J00 in the RL! / 26 SWM - I love to cook, spend cash on girls, drink Heineken / Danq 21 years ago

26 SWM - I love to cook, spend cash on girls, drink Heineken

Hehe - ok, ok... I lied. I don't spend cash on girls anymore! Its the '05!


This is me -



And this is a pic I took with my dads old, extremely shabby USB cam last year off my porch -

Guest 21 years ago
Danq
Verileah
I would suggest having a good idea of what you would like to do before you speak with a recruiter. Many recruiters are more interested in filling a slot than in finding the best fit for you, and you may find yourself in a pressure situation rather than a comfortable question answer session, heh. You can probably research the career fields online. Try to talk to people in career fields that interest you.


Good suggestion! If and when I talk to a recruiter I am going to make it clear that I am not signing shit and will not be pressured. If he or she tries it, I'm walking out and will find a different recruiter. Thats why I want to know as much as I possibly can before I subject myself to potential bullshitfest from a soldier that is only there because he is required to be. :) So far I've spent alot of time of AF's website, and my cousin is an excellent resource. I asked him how pilots are selected for different aircraft, and he told me that part of how they choose is based on your temperment. Guys that are agressive and can handle extreme G-strains well end up in fighters, and the calmer guys that can handle long flights end up in bombers and planes like the U-2. Piloting would be great, but I am sure that there are other jobs in the AF that could be just as fun and gratifying... which is why I want to learn more.

Thanks Larene! Any info is helpful to me.


My experience with recruiters is that if you so much as make it seem like you are leaving they will do what they can to make you stay. I scored really high on a test afilliated (sp?) with the army, and they called me so damn much my father actually told them i moved to some foreign country to live with the navy or some crap. lmao. Even tho i was never interested in enlisting, ive spoken to several, and became good friends with one, and they will stop at nothing to get you in. Seeing through the silver lining they put on everything is the first key (they will tell you all kinds of things you *might* do, but never what you will *probably* do), and then letting them know its you who decides. /shrug GL with that. :)
Droggen 21 years ago
IMO the militar is like ever career there are a shit load of might dos and a small amounts of probably dos. and that is because people are lazy and don't move on to be what the WANT to be.
Verileah 21 years ago
Droggen, you are probably right on the enlisted dependants having the worst view of the military. I think your list of criteria for an enlisted person to sign up is a bit off, but I'll be the first to admit that your list shows the most common attitudes. I knew many people who had a sincere wish to serve their country and thought this was the best career choice for them. Just because they chose not to go to college first doesn't mean their intentions aren't pure and they aren't making a sensible choice. Sometimes; again, this is somewhat rare to see.

On the "every job is bullshit" thing...well yes to an extent, but my point is joining the military is about more than having a job. You're joining a new lifestyle.

I agree with you on getting out if this choice isn't right for you. I would say the culture perpetuates fear of the outside, but Danq already knows what the outside is like :). My father stayed in the Navy for 20 years because it was honestly what he wanted to do. I'm not sure what he did exactly (secret stuffs), but it was compelling enough to him to drop out of high school, get his GED, and pursue his dream. He happens to be the smartest man I know, and chose to put his heart into the military. When he retired and took on a civilian career, the number one thing he missed was the people. Seeing all of the back biting and sleaze that can be involved in a civilian life was a shock to him. My husband, on the other hand, stayed in for four years. He said that if it had just been the job itself (he was a crew chief for 141s) he would have been fine. He didn't like the military lifestyle.
Droggen 21 years ago
Yeah i guess you are right with the life style choice. Im not and will never like it. But would join in a heart beat to continue what my dad started and couldn't finish. I think it would just be a situation of honor for my rather then a career.
Danq 21 years ago
The Air Force has a saying - "bloom where you are planted." I'm confident that I'd excel no matter where I ended up. :)

Field work doesn't scare me in the least. I'm not considering joining so that I can be behind a desk - I get paid more than most officers already, and I already sit behind a desk. If I didn't get to do field work I'd be disappointed.
Droggen 21 years ago
You want dirty firled work? Or flying fieldwork?
Danq 21 years ago
I didn't realize who you were until I saw that you owned Keahi - now I have some sort of reference :)

Dirty, flying, whatever. If I got a shot at pilot school I would take it and work to the max, but if the AF didn't want me there I would be fine doing something else.