Jimmie Doerfler: @Mr. Smith, thank you for your response sir. I wasn't talking about the job being fun necessarily, I meant the off duty recreation enlisted men do together.
Logan Bero: Hello Bob.Being in the military is NOT FUN.Fun is when you go to Disneyland/Disneyworld/Six Flags.You join the military to perform a service.Yes, after your assigned duty hours are up you can go to the movies, or whatever recreation you can fit into the off-duty time. That might be "FUN" for you. Fun is a description of the enjoyment you get from playing. Your job in the Air Force is not FUN. It is not play. It is serious business.You can not relate FUN to being an officer or an enlisted man. The job is not "FUN." The job is SERIOUS. And, it must be performed seriously. You will not be kidding around and joking around and laughing and being a goof - if that is what you mean by "fun."Everybody that "tells" you to go to OTS for the Air Force does not know what they are talkin! g about.The PREFERRED WAY to become an officer in the Air Force is to be enrolled in a college that offers 4 years of Air Force ROTC. And, you sign up and take 4 years of Air Force ROTC.Then, when you graduate you will be commissioned and go on active duty as a Second Lieutenant in the Air Force for 4 years. If you did not do ROTC and did graduate from college you CAN APPLY for Air Force OTS. But, remember this: ROTC is almost automatic. OTS ONLY has 7 classes a year scheduled. AND, the number of available seats for college graduates who did not take ROTC are limited. Usually, a class might have between 120 - 150 students. That is a very, very small acceptance rate for the entire Nation. Your odds are small. If you don't get accepted one year you may reapply a second year or even a third year. In the meantime what are you doing to do for employment while you wait?Enlisted experience and officer experience is just "experience." One can not say which is better. Ea! ch has its own methods and expectations of duty. Rewarding is! the feeling you receive inside your mind and soul for the work effort you perform towards the Air Force Mission. People will feel rewarded equally whether they are officers or enlisted personnel. In any job function when one does a great job and sees the fruits of their labor - that is rewarding.So, your question is not what you need to be considering as to whether you are planning on joining the Air Force. If you WANT to BE IN the Air Force, then, decide and join whichever part of the Air Force personnel strength you can qualify for.If you want to become an officer then go to college and take 4 years of AF ROTC. You will be about 24 or 25 years old when you get commissioned. And, you will be close to 30 years old when your service time is completed - if you don't remain on active duty.If you want to enlist after high school, then; go to the book store and purchase a study guide for the ASVAB exam. About $20 bucks. NEVER see a recruiter BEFORE you get the book and w! ork it for 30 days at 15 pages a day. Why? Because you need to know what the recruiter is talking about or you will just nod your head, not remember 5 minutes after leaving the office, and be taking the critical ASVAB/AFQT test cold and unprepared. You must score a minimum of 50% on the AFQT (Armed Forces Qualification Test) to be accepted for enlistment in the Air Force. AFQT does not get your job. The MAGE scores from the ASVAB are what qualifies or disqualifies you from certain jobs.If you were going to take the ACT or SAT exams for college you would buy the practice books. Same is needed for the ASVAB. Be smart. PREPARE.What you "heard" that "enlisted men had more fun and had less restrictions on them" is PURE B.S.Never "listen" to people who give those kinds of answers.Best wishes.Larry SmithSenior Master Sergeant, USAF (Ret.)First Sergeant...Show more
Peter Lapoint: Officer, hands down. You don't have to go through bootcamp, just OTS, and you wont have t! o spend years and years saluting kids who are brand new to military, bu! t have a degree. And better jobs.I lived with 2 f-16 pilots in az, who were over at Luke AFB, finishing up training, and they had no restrictions really. I mean, they lived off base, no curfews, did whatever. One got stationed over in Korea, and was excited, because he has a bunch of friends over there, and they buy super cheap little cars and have demolition derbys randomly after tagging up the cars. and just sooooooo many stories. the other got a chance to go into special ops and bought another house in florida, and vacations over in italy and says he loves what hes doin now...Show more
Coleman Deliberato: @Jenny yeah, but I don't want to be one of those stuck up kids. and I heard enlisted men had more fun and had less restrictions on them.
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