Hey THeDant:
I was in the AF, I served over in Washington D.C at Bolling AFB. I was AF Presidential Honor Guard. I worked at the Pentegon, Arlington National, The White House and many other really great places. I had a job unlike all the other people that will prob post in here. I was alongside the cream of the crop. In the AF there are jobs for everyone, any job you can think of in the real world Its in the AF....
The AF took a young spoiled punk and turned me into a responsible, married, father of 2, sucessfull business man, I got out due to hurting my back while on duty unfortunatly.
but I can honestly say that going in was the best decission I have ever made. I left for basic training in Texas 2 days after graduation and within 6 weeks I was turned into a different person. I joined to be a Para-Rescueman, which is the AF Special Forces, sort of like the Seals, the Rangers the Green Berrets, or the Force Recon. ParaRescue is hard, on every seal them there was always a para rescueman, its great and dangerous work. I was hand picked to goto the AF Presidential Unit, so I choose to take a different route and did that. You prob will too. As far as the thing on college about going and not going, I believe that it is great to go and then come in as an officer, into the AF cause you will have the rank and get paid more than just a regular enlisted airman, however most people can not afford to go so they choose the AF or another service first then get college while they are in and in the AF you will have way more time to do that then any other service, I choose the AF cause my old man was an Army Col. HE wanted me to be a ranger like he was but he also commanded the Old Guard, the Presidential Honor Guard for the Army. I first got turned onto the idea of the AF cause, I was in a service recruiting center and talking to all the hard assed services, and was set on going into one of those, when I walked by the AF recruiters door and he yelled out hey, you ever though of going ot college, that got me, I started to got to college through the AF on my Montgomrey GI bill... You pay into it your first year $1200.00 and they pay for the rest of your school till you get your Grad degree, can't beet that. So thats why I choose to go into the AF, Basic training was a breeze, not that physical, more mental, training alot of pay attention to detail, cause you dont and you work on the F22 you dont tighten a bolt down it comes off it hits the turbine jacks something up plane crashs, the AF looses 100 Million bucks...see what I am saying..hahah It was great too cause if we did a joint services thing, with the other branchs of service they would all be having to sleep in tents on the ground and we would be in builiting..base hotels.. The AF isn't really the service like the Marines or Army, It is basiclly you and me in a uniform. MY wife is in the AF still , she has a normal 7:30-4:30 workday with all her weekends off, its great.. If you ever want to talk more PM me and Ill drop you my phone number, It was the best chioce I ever made.
