Advice for Basic Training: shut up and listen. Do what your told, exactly as you’re told it, and do it right the first time. Best detail to get if you can is Dorm Guard Monitor. Other titles appear to have more weight, but you decide when people sleep. More importantly, you can give yourself the best shift (I always took the one right before PT so I would already be up and ready). Go to church, even if you’re an atheist. It’s the only place you’re safe from the MTIs.
Advice on job: If you’re in top shape and want a high-speed job, TACP is a great compromise between PJ/CCT and the rest of the Air Force. If you’re less interested in eating bugs and slitting throats, RF Transmission Systems is still pretty “military” if you volunteer for mobile comm. In both cases, you’ll train with and/or work with the Army, but live much better.
Good luck and do what the mean man with short haircut and campaign hat tells you.
[quote]VlocoG wrote:
Whoops! I meant, “How was your transition right after you got OUT of the military?”
[quote]pelham32 wrote:
[quote]VlocoG wrote:
Thanks for the input!
How was your transition right after you got in the military?
What are you doing now?
[quote]pelham32 wrote:
Aerospace Ground Equipment is pretty relaxed and I always could get a lifting session in when I was in that AFSC. However I’ve only been to Pope and Duke Field.
Like the other guy mentioned, Security Forces would be a good one or maybe something medical… Loadmaster although an interesting job, the schedule and flight times are probably too hectic to lift on a consistent schedule… Good luck!![/quote]
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In basic training you can’t really lift, but you participate in calisthenics and running with the flight. In tech school you can lift but also have to participate in Squadron PT… I’m currently in school… A word of advice , CLEP test everything you can while in military because its free…[/quote]
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My transition went well, got enrolled in school and the discipline learned helped me see what I wanted and developed a plan to get it.
If you want a desk job, try for something like finance or those people that issue a new CAC card… I was maintenance myself
Generally speaking, the more technically demanding your job and the longer hours you work, the less mandatory PT you’ll have to deal with. Depending on your boss, a lot of admin (desk) jobs would work out well for that.
Another rule of thumb; while of course you’re doing AF and I’m USMC, the idea is the same…first couple years you don’t get much freedom, then as you pick up rank and qualifications, you get more room to self-regulate. The military is by no means the ideal atmosphere for getting as big and strong as possible, but it also isn’t the worst. Work your ass off (at work and the gym), stay out of trouble, and you won’t have problems.
Recruiter was shocked that it only took 2 weeks for me to book a job. Supposedly, other people have been waiting months…
I booked knowledge operations management which would have me shipout in January. He advised me to stick with it based on my preferential lifestyle, but Im still adamant on staying on the quick-ship option.
Basically quick-ship, allows me to be an alternate for someone who was not ready, refused or ineligible to shipout at their scheduled time. Originally, I was an alternate for ALL of the 64 recruiter locations within our recruiting Squadron, but now since I booked a job for January, I can only be an alternate for 6 recruiter locations.
NOTE: Based on HOW I described my juvenile record charge, I do not have top security clearance and ineligible for Security Forces; and unfortunately EOD, which I was interested in doing.