BrdOPry

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I've been talking to a recruiter and took my practice ASVAB today. I got a 74 with a pounding headache and also despite not having done anything with my brain in the past two years.
He was really impressed and made it sound like this is the highest he has seen in a long time. (No surprise, to be nice he is in one of the less fortunate areas of town.) He said this opens me up to anything except GeoSpatial..which is actually one of the things I'd like to do, so it looks like I'll be doing a lot of studying. As far as interest's go obviously since I'm on this forum mechanical-based jobs are all their (Aerospace propulsion, anything involving air-bound vehicle maintenance/ repair). I've also looked into the fabricating part of repairing the aircraft, but it doesn't really seem to be my cup of tea.
So I guess my real question here is, Airman, what is your AFSC and give a few reason of the good's and the bad's involved, I am joining and don't plan to get out anytime soon. Btw possibly seeing some combat, i.e. Aerial Gunner and Security Forces isn't out of the question either. I know I'll get the few who say "oh it's your choice and do what you want." but I'm just getting ideas.
Thank you for your service and time Airman and other Armed Forces Members.

AndyIsLost

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If you're anything mechanical, you're fucked, Aerial Gunner almost no one gets, Security Forces you're fucked but it's easy as ****.

I'm Munitions and It doesn't take a genius to do it but the work place sucks, I'm also a Security Forces augmentee so I work with them quite often and I like it more than my own job.

The jobs people seem to love are the more "Operational" jobs, like In-flight refueler, loadmaster, AWACS, etc.

I've been in for 3 years, maybe some of the SSgts and above could give you their input.

sparky1397r

EOD. Shoot me or EODguyJake a PM if you want to know more about it.

jmargo

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Operations are where its at....Loadmaster or Boom operator will get you in the door. Avoid AWACS or Joint Stars back-ender jobs.

StoleIt

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If your in the AF...why not do something with airplanes?

That's my thought process anyway. I vote FE, Load, or Boomer.

AlamoTA

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Agree with ops jobs. Load master will take you all over the world and get you some extra pay. Real SF troops have access to some cool training and jobs. And yes its pretty easy stuff if your not the cerebral type.

87DodgeD150

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stay away from 2a5x1....just sayin lol

jmurray87

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My AFSC was 2a5x1....lol


But 5 weeks into BMT I was separated due to a past medical problem I had, that I later turned out shouldn't have caused me to be separated so I get to go back soon and do BMT from the start all over yay! Granted it was nothing hard but still...

Anyways, lots of great jobs listed some which are hard to get and have LONG waiting list and the AF is cutting back more and more each year so you should consider yourself lucky to get ANY job before basic while I was at BMT MOST people were in Open fields with no jobs yet. Though one guy in my flight was Aerial Gunner...I was jealous.

hawk584

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combat medic

Z28/2002

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I was 3E7X1, Fire Protection

They are on the constrained jobs list that came out, so are Security Forces

http://www.military.com/news/article...ined-jobs.html

firemech21

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Im an MTI currently here at Lackland. Get a hold of me if you have any questions. I might be able to assist you.

dezldave961

Your best source of info will be to take these guys, and people around your area/home base, up on their offer to speak directly about the fields they've been in and around.

If my field (9S100) had anything entertaining to discuss, I would try selling it, but it's pretty education-heavy to get through training (electronics, physics, math, etc.), then a crap shoot for various assignments in our different specialties. I'll probably be doing some SF augmentee duty soon, too, but their overall experience is a bit more than our limited interaction.

The meat of the AF is what is mentioned above, with various plane-related jobs that you can get into. That's if you want something "old school AF" as folks outside see it, because there's a ton of career fields that don't directly interact with flying/flightline operations as well as the many that do.

As I said, the job-specific info each person can offer, is going to be your most solid source to help you decide... plus you'll want to have a list of a few jobs you're willing to sign a contract for, to help your chances of shipping to BMT in the near future with less waiting.

Good luck, and enjoy the experience if you come in.

jarheadtex

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haha...lol combat

jprcrprv2

As a 1A371(airborne mission system specialist) AMSS with 14 yrs active duty. I can say with 100% confidence look into any 1AX(3,4,6,7,8) specialty. It would make you an enlisted aviator which means 1. Your job is to fly on planes 2. You get flight pay starting at 150 a month all the way to 400 a month depending on how many years you have flying just for doing your job. I dont know of any maintainer, cop, or jet mechanic who gets paid extra for doing their job. For me that was a major factor. There are other career fields that recieve special/hazardous duty pay but I couldnt begin to list them as I am not that in the know. If I had to do it all over again I would try to be a boom operator or a loadmaster. Just for the simple fact they go more places around the world that any AWACS/J-STARS/or RJ will ever get you. Additionally a lot of the 1A carrer fields will either have a enlistment or re-enlistment bonus sometimes both. One thing to remeber if you sign up for somthing you dont like you can always retrain at the end of your first enlistment. If you want some more info about being an enlisted aviator let me know.

I almost forgot. DO NOT ENLIST UNLESS YOU HAVE A GARANTEED JOB!! The last thing you want is the Air Force to pick one for you.
because a 12hr shift standing behind a plane on the flight line with an M4 counting rivets ******* BLOWS!

StraightTimeStirrups

I am not Military but I am an Aircraft Mechanic. I dont know how they do the scoring in the tests anymore but I would say reach as high as you can in a skill set that will get you a job when you are done with your enlistment. I will do you no good to work on Ejection Seats if you hope to be an Airline Mechanic in the future!

The other thing is to set a goal of being a Crew Chief so you get training on the WHOLE system instead of just say munitions!

Third, study your *** off and make use of the available training and most important DOCUMENT ALL OF YOUR TRAINING! I dont care if you pick up FOD on the ramp, document it that you did! It will help you big time when trying to get your service time signed off as experience!

Joe

StraightTimeStirrups

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLuhOhkUykM

I am not sure if this was made on your behalf but have a listen!

Joe

stangkillin

avoid the 2M0 field. unless you LOVE snow

sparky1397r

Ignorance is bliss.

gerard76

I was a 2A373 (F-15 Crew Chief). If you like doing mechanical work this is a great start. Due to my experice as a crew chief I was able to get my FAA Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic Certificate. Also I got my Associates Degree in Aviation Maintenance Technology through the Community College of the Air Force. While doing all of this I went to college and recieved my Bachelors in Aviation Management. I am now in the Army (not recomended) and am a Maintenance Test Pilot on Blackhawk Helicopters. My point is that just entering into that AFSC opened up a whole world for me in aviation and I am very marketable after I leave the military. EOD, Boom Operator and stuff like that is cool but has no real place (or at least low demand) in the civilian world after your military career.

If you like mechanical stuff and want great training that is worthwile after the military something like and aircraft mechanic is a great choice. Just my $.02

sparky1397r

Respectfully, you don't know what you're talking about in regards to EOD.