air force reserve?
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- ********
anyone in it or have any experience with it? would an anti-bush type survive if one were to sign up?
- jevad0
why the fuck would you want to?
- k770
there was an excellent article at NY times about the reserves. you should go find it. it was a story of 2 friends, 1 lost his leg, the other one died. i don't think polical affilation matters when you're in the meat of it.
- Meeklo0
yeah!
dont get pull into that man, you are smarter than that.
- ********0
regardless if your anti bush do you really want to be in the air force?
what are your reasons? money for college? an education? to fly? i'm sure not everyone in the military is for bush so i don't think you should really be concerned with that.
i have a few friends in the army reseve and they love it although one may be put on active duty and shipped to iraq.
- ********0
I have heard of the army reserve as quite a bad situation, but heard air force was different... one weekend a month type of thing, not full out recruit... perhaps I should just buy a bowflex... you have the link to that article or was it a paper copy...?
- ********0
you've been told wrong. all of the army reserves after basic training (4 weeks) go through one weekend a month, two weeks a year. they all love it.
i think you're on 'active' duty for either 2 or 4 years. and if you like it you can resign (as one did) and he's now a ranger. one of the other ones signed back up and is flying an apache helicopter.
- ********0
The 'Air Force' is by far the easiest of the basic trainings.
It's a great adventure, go for it.
Had a buddy who flew copters in the Philippines when we had a base there.
Political affiliation has nothing to do with it. Stop believing media BS hype.
- shellie0
my my my. why would you guys want to encourage him to join that shit?
oh yes... more work for you.
- ********0
Had another buddy who was a Marine pilot (ace) but unfortunately his F-16's landing gear wouldn't go down and he drowned just off of Jacksonville, Fla. Needless to say his parents received a sh*tload of money from that crash from the manufacturer of that jet.
:(
- ********0
i'm not saying do it or not do it i'm just trying to give him some facts. and the reserve doesn't necessarily = getting killed in iraq.
- ********0
exactly kOna, nor are all of the US's external forces positioned in Iraq as well. We have bases all over the world. You could be put anywhere or not be sent out of the US at all.
Depends on how they see you fitting in once you get there. Specialties and all.
Pro vs. Cons, if you think there are more Pros then obviously jump on it, if not, then you know, back on out of the alley.
- Nairn0
Fuck it - may as well join up of your own free will before they the NWO fires up conscription again.
- mrdobolina0
now is not the time to join any armed forces, dude.
with the rate of recruitment so low, you have a worse chance of being deployed to a warzone.
- StratusGD0
Wasn't aware Marines flew F-16s...thought they did FA-18s and Harriers (as far as small fixed-wing goes).
Anyway, I have a brother, a cousin, an uncle, and a father who are all Air National Guard/AF Reserve. Its not that bad. Just remember, your commitments are a MINIMUM. 8 weeks basic (AF is supposed to be the easiest, but still hard as hell), plus your tech school (this was an additional 3 hard months for my brother - an aircraft maintenance tech), then your commitment. Which can be extended, not always by your choice.
Also, your 1 weekend/month, 2 weeks/year is a minimum. My brother (a full-time guardsman) is deployed for a week at a time at least once every 2 months, often every month, and has done several 3 and 4 month tours.
But it's not all bad. He's got some amazing skills, had his college paid for, and travelled to a ton of places. And, to be fair, Air Bases tend to be relatively fixed - buildings may be temporary, but they're at least buildings, not just tents.
And no, not everyone is a rabid Bush supporter. Do they outnumber everyone else? Probably. But in the end, yor popularity will rest on your ability to get your job done without killing/injuring/angering someone (so yes, you will have to keep your mouth shut and do what you're told).
Most of all... figure out exactly why you're doing it. I almost applied for a pilot slot (I have my private FAA cert)... but I didn't need the money for college, didn't want to abandon my life for 3 years (pilot training can take that long, at least), didn't want to ditch a design career, and didn't take orders from W (or really, anyone who I can't totally trust).
I've seen people go in for the right reasons and do great, and come out with a very different perspective on things. And I've seen people go in for the wrong reasons, and really screw things up.
- mrdobolina0
beware the stop loss.
- ********0
Maybe it was an FA-18 and not an F-16, but then again this happened in 1996.
- Nairn0
what a beautifully formed, cryptic statement, MrDobs.
- a-train0
One of my dads friends used to fly Apache's in the Army Specail Forces and now he is a Doctor that is in the Guard.
If you want to go into the armed forces, I would recommend going into the Nation Guard because the chanses that you will be shipped out are very low and you can keep the job you have now. You only have to go in to the "base" like 30 hrs a month.
I would do it. Its extra cash and you have bragging rights ;-0
- mrdobolina0
imagine the disappointment and frustration this would cause.
- ********0
ohh h*ll that's nothin' how many countries have used mercanaries to do their dirty work?
Think of the Hessians, Indians, Bushmen, American snipers in Africa, etc.
tee hee