Originally posted by Freakshow:
I've been through a few of these types of drawdowns in my career and everyone always seems to freak out thinking that the loss of experience will doom the Air Force, but it doesn't. People adapt and move on and the Air Force keeps right on rolling so don't sweat it. May suck if you're in an AFSC that has to retrain but it's better than being jobless.
Yeah... I wouldn't mind having to cross train, as long as they don't just stick me with something, maybe let me choose from what's available and I'll be happy.
And you're right... sure does beat no job. True I can make a LOT more doing what I do (electrician) on the outside... but at least it's guaranteed $, unlike my dad in Alaska which they've been out of union electrical jobs for over a month.
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