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Old 07-16-2007, 05:34 PM
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Default AF guys what do you do and how do you like it?

I work supply here at Barksdale and just hate coming in to work every day. I'm going to look into crosstraining and see what's available. I would love to have a job where I have a sense of accomplishment at the end of the day. I think I would like to crosstrain into comm and do something with computers or maybe weather because I've always been interested in that. I don't want to be a crew chief or do any kind of aircraft maintenance so don't bother telling me about those. Yeah so anyway like the title says what do you do?
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Have you look into CE? They have tons of stuff to do ie: EOD, Firefighter, EA, Utilities, HVAC, Heavy Equipment, Electrician...

I'm utilities troop a.k.a. water boy.
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yeah brad come to CE man be an HVAC/R j/k man have ya did anything new to the car lately or are you still looking to get the new camaro
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i think most jobs get old after a while. most people don't love their jobs but you definately don't want to hate what you do. i'm a 1N3 (linguist). i can think of other things i'd like to do but i don't dread going to work every day.
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Fire Fighter..****** LOVE it.
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command post here (1c3x1).
airforce.com says this:
As a Command Post Apprentice, you’ll serve as one of our nation’s first lines of defense against attack. Positions are in Air Force operations centers that are located worldwide. If qualified, you can perform your command post position as an aircrew member. The standards of selection of a Command Post Apprentice are extremely high, since the effectiveness of the Air Force depends upon their capable and timely response to emergency situations.

In reality all you do is a little flight following, take a test every month to make sure you know your ea procedures, call the commanders and first shirts and let them know someone got hurt, injured, or get in trouble, and call them when something happens to a aircraft. Oh yea you also get to be online a lot and watch a lot of tv.
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Another CE guy here. HVAC/R. Starting to look for something else also though. Getting to be too much of the same old thing everyday.
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Originally Posted by 00silver6
yeah brad come to CE man be an HVAC/R j/k man have ya did anything new to the car lately or are you still looking to get the new camaro
I just put suspension on it when I got back from Iraq. Koni 4/4s, sams springs and bars. I still want that new camaro though.
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Originally Posted by bene
Have you look into CE? They have tons of stuff to do ie: EOD, Firefighter, EA, Utilities, HVAC, Heavy Equipment, Electrician...

I'm utilities troop a.k.a. water boy.

Hmmm, electrician seems like it would be pretty cool.
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Originally Posted by Ruckus46Gt
command post here (1c3x1).
airforce.com says this:
As a Command Post Apprentice, you’ll serve as one of our nation’s first lines of defense against attack. Positions are in Air Force operations centers that are located worldwide. If qualified, you can perform your command post position as an aircrew member. The standards of selection of a Command Post Apprentice are extremely high, since the effectiveness of the Air Force depends upon their capable and timely response to emergency situations.

In reality all you do is a little flight following, take a test every month to make sure you know your ea procedures, call the commanders and first shirts and let them know someone got hurt, injured, or get in trouble, and call them when something happens to a aircraft. Oh yea you also get to be online a lot and watch a lot of tv.
Not to bash, but talk about fluffing up a crap job.

Boom operator, all the way. KC-10's especially.
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Beale AFB U-2 Crew Chief! KC-10's are crap!!!! LOL J/K Going to Korea in Nov. If you aint a Blackcat you aint ****! All you Red Horse fools know what i am talking about LOL
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Originally Posted by BADBANDIT
Beale AFB U-2 Crew Chief! KC-10's are crap!!!! LOL J/K Going to Korea in Nov. If you aint a Blackcat you aint ****! All you Red Horse fools know what i am talking about LOL
U2's are cool. We (KC-10's) deploy to the same place. Last time I was there I got a chase car ride. THAT was cool.
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Originally Posted by Fastbird93
Not to bash, but talk about fluffing up a crap job.

Boom operator, all the way. KC-10's especially.
you mean easy job
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I work Supply at Beale AFB for the U2's and it has it's pros and cons just like every single job so I can't really complain too much about it. However, I wouldn't mind cross training into X-ray Tech or something in the radiology field.
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uh.....security forces

i basically got screwed into this one. my recruiter told me that with the score i got on my asvab, i'd get any job i wanted. well, i didn't want to be a cop, but here i am.

admitedly, there are some fun times, like working the gates when all the girls are coming back from the beach, but that's about it. i actually plan on crosstraining when i hit my 5 year mark, and if i can't, getting out and going to school
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yeah I'm supply at pope (yes..No hope pope-but there is hope thanks to brac..lol),so I know how the supply world can be. I'm working supply for ce in Iraq right now.
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I'm Vehicle Maintenance (grease monkey) but I love my job, just hate most of the people. We have an easy shift and usually we aren't allowed to actually repair stuff, just replace the parts.
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ammo, not a bad job at all, tons of cool people but not the job for me, hoping to cross into tacp when my window comes up.
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Retired Weather guy....I enjoyed it unti I worked my way up to staff work (HQ). I am getting ready to return to service (sort of). Going to work at Hickam AFB as a contract weather trainer for SAIC.

My son is a comm weenie (computers) at Yokota. If anyone has questions about weather, I can answer them.
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Originally Posted by Fastbird93
U2's are cool.
...and extremely noisy. The Chase cars are the cat's *** though.

Vehicle maintenance(GP mechanic). In Minot VM kinda sux if you don't like workin on Humvees all the time(i personally learned alot about them and enjoy workin on'em). Korea (osan specifically) Its really pretty cool, yeah you bust your *** at work and at PT (for sure) but lots of shop functions and cook-outs :cough: Keg party :cough: plus they have chase cars there...

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