Should I Join the Air Force with a bachelors degree?
Enlisting right out of high school you come in as an E1. If all goes well, you will be an E-3 after 16 months. At the end of 3 years, you will be an E-4. You are a 21 or 22 year old E-4. Now, if you get your degree you wait 4 years and enlist as an E-3. Then 28 months later you put on E-4. You are a 25 year old E-4. Promotion to E-5 and up are all based on testing... your career field and professional military knowledge, with additional points for Time in service, time in grade, decorations and medals, and your performance reviews. Doesn't really matter if you have your degree or not...you don't get any extra points. It is only at E-8 & E-9 that they look to see if you have your degree or are working on it. Even then, it is still not a requirement.
Joining the Navy with a Bachelors degree?
For various reasons I've been heavily considering joining the Navy in Fall 2012 upon getting my bachelors degree in Information Technology. My major track is in Information Security. I also plan to have a cyber security certification by then called the (ISC)2. There seem to be a lot of jobs in this in the Navy. I want to eventually have a shot for FBI in cyber forensics. This seems like a good in for me. I also have an Associates degree in Criminal Justice I received last year. Most websites I've looked at have vague information about enlisting with a degree. I know the pay will be higher. I more or less wanted to know the difference in training. Will I still go to boot camp or will I go to OCS? I'll be 25 at the time, this is not too old correct? Also, will the military pay for my grad school tuition? I'd love the opportunity to serve my country but signing away my life for several years is obviously a concern for me.
Benefits of joining the Air Force with a bachelors degree?
I am in my second year of college at a university. I am interested in joining the Air Force when I graduate. What are the benefits? How is going into the AF at age 23 different then joining at age 18 or 19? Thanks!
Enlisted Air Force to Navy Officer?
well it's better to go into Navy than get the O1E "kiss of death" there are certain unwritten rules that you know about that depends on your EPR's GPA and a lot of the military do not take non technical degrees that all depends on who you know and who you know ps officer is lot of headache there a lot of tension you will have to the ones that went to Navy Academy and civilian college I wish you luck you need to contact OCS or AOSC those people live to kick people out it's what they do I lived in New Port RI they told me that straight to my face you start as an E-5 https://www.netc.navy.mil/nstc/otcn/
Should I enlist in the Air Force at the age of 33? I’m feeling my call.
I enlisted at age 35, and did one deployment to Afghanistan at 37. I outdid most of the younger peeps on my PT test.I’m going against the grain and say yes, as long as you understands what that means. If you are willing to enlist you would only do it to go active duty, this means, working for the Air Force full time.Go active duty. This way you get all the benefits there are. Including a pension eventually.Active duty means you will have to move when they tell you to move. If this is ok for your wife and 4 kids, then go for it. They can usually go to school on the base.Active duty means that if you live on base, they pay for your housing. If you live outside base, they give you money to pay for housingKnow that someone at age 22 can be yelling at you. You will be surrounded by a lot of young people, a lot of them outrank youMake sure that you list your Associate degree, so that you can enter as an E-3, get paid as an E-3, rather than E-1. Enlisted ranks are E-1 through E-9.Air Force is the correct branch to go. Do not join the army. That’s what I did. That’s the only mistake I did, joined the army, ended up looking for bombs in Afghanistan. The Air Force is the “most common sense applied” branch. None of them are common sense, but there is a relative ranking between the branches.The benefits are incredible. If you feel stuck at a dead end job, and you think Department of Defense can be interesting, enlisting is not a bad way to go. Once you qualify for school benefits and put in enough years, you can pass them on to your kids.Are your wife and kids ok with you being gone while you do basic training and your “job” training? During this time, you will not be home, and they will not house your family. For me, this was 6 months.You can qualify to student loan repayment as one of the benefits. This will take care of some of your only debt that you may have.So, long story short, if you feel stuck, do it. Understand that they may treat you like an 18 year old, and if you are ok with that, you will not have an issue. Take it seriously, promote as soon as you can, and always do a great job, regardless of peers that may look at it as a temporary phase of their life and not give a shit.
Navy and Air Force Enlisted vs Army Officer which route?
Graduated with BA in Economics. 3.0 GPA I've spoken to Air Force recruiters, Navy recruiters and Army recruiters about joining and going through officer school. Air Force said they are overmanned. Might be a bit competitive but he is willing to work with me. Navy said they were super competitive, they are looking for 3.5 and higher. Army said they can get me in. Took the AFOQT and scored 82 85 83 89 80 Took the ASVAB and scored 95% AFQT and 130GT I know I want to serve but I do not know yet which route to take. I am here looking for feedback as to which would be the best choice. Going in as Navy E-3, or Air Force as E-3, or going through Army OCS with a chance to commission. Which is the best route?
Joining the Air Force after college?
Ashley, Since you have your bachelors degree you will likely want to become a commissioned officer as opposed to enlisted. Officer Candidates do not take the ASVAB; you will take the AFOQT. There are some very good study guides such as Barrons or the Military Flight Aptitude Study Guide that you can buy at your local bookstore. The advantages of being an officer are a larger paycheck and the opportunity to utilize your education/work experience to Mentor and lead young airmen into battle. Sadly, with your degree you may not be a good candidate for the technical boards (which would be jobs like the bio engineering) but you can still apply non-technical jobs like IM/Intel etc. To the best of my knowledge the next AF board selection is in April and there may not be another board selection until next fiscal year. To best prepare go to baseops.net and read some of the posts there. Do not take everything on that forum as 100% truthful gouge though. Once you have researched a little call a recruiter and get the ball rolling. The entire process may take up to 6 months with testing, MEPS and board selection. Study for the AFOQT for at least 6-8 weeks and for 1-2 hours a day. Yes this sounds crazy but there are a lot of smart kids taking this test so you want your scores to be in the 80's or above. Also start bugging some high ranking active/retired military officers in your community for letters of recommendation. These letters cary a lot of weight on your package. Congrats on the running. Don't forget pushups/curlups though. I wish you the best of luck and thank you for volunteering to serve our great country. Edit, to caveat on stephen/christian: AF officer recruiters will not try to sucker you in. They are only accepting about 15% of candidates right now so they have no goals or quotas to meet. They want only the best candidates and could care less about the "average college graduate". Be honest with your recruiter and they will be honest with you. You might have to call 10-15 times to get ahold of them, there are a ton of kids out there that want to get in and only a few with the drive and determination to pursue a commission. Don't give up and it is a reality, the prize is 100% worth it.
I am currently debating joining the air force. I am a 20 year old female and need some advice?
I currently have over 60 credits at the university I am attending so I would rank as an E-3 if I enlisted soon. My question is should I enlist soon or should I wait a year and a half til I get my bachelor's degree to enlist? From the information I am finding I don't see officer as being really what I am looking for anymore. So any advice about enlistments? I am very interested in the careers: Public Affairs Apprentice, Still Photography, Operations Intelligence, and Imagery Analysis. Possibly a paralegal apprentice. Maybe these aren't even the right careers for me? I want to do something exciting, something you wouldn't normally be able to do. Any ideas? Thanks so much!