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Kyle · 10-20-2002, 02:24 PM

What would a new recruit expect to be payed once he joined the AF?
and what kinda bonuses do they give?

*AzCivic* · 10-20-2002, 02:26 PM

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Originally posted by AccordinStyle
I was told by MEPS (sp?) that my career field was only offered for a 6 year enlistment...yeah, that was bullshit...and on top of that, they didn't start offering an enlistment bonus in my career field until my 6th month of Tech School so of course I didn't get shit....oh well...and I know how you feel about the military paying taxes but that's a whole other story......

Oh dang that sucks. My dad was a Marine recruiter working at the MEPS and he knew the air force recruiters so I didnt have to worry about getting screwed over. So i screwed myself. If you really want out you could say you're gay, but even I dont hate my job that much.

Kyle · 10-20-2002, 02:28 PM

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Originally posted by AzCivic
Oh dang that sucks. My dad was a Marine recruiter working at the MEPS and he knew the air force recruiters so I didnt have to worry about getting screwed over. So i screwed myself. If you really want out you could say you're gay, but even I dont hate my job that much.

wtf, lol, thats funny...
do people actually do that?

*AzCivic* · 10-20-2002, 02:31 PM

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Originally posted by Mobbo
What would a new recruit expect to be payed once he joined the AF?
and what kinda bonuses do they give?

About 1100 before taxes and you be given a dorm room and free food. As far as bonuses go, don't let that be you deciding factor. There's one reason why the military offers bonuses: they cant keep people in the the career field. Which might be because the job sucks(like mine), or its dangerous, or the money on the outside is alot better than staying in once your trained(most computer jobs).

*AzCivic* · 10-20-2002, 02:33 PM

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Originally posted by Mobbo
wtf, lol, thats funny...
do people actually do that?

Yeah I've heard a bunch of stories, so if you start talking to a recruiter and he promises you something get ahold of me or someone else in the military and find out if its true.

V8killimports · 10-20-2002, 02:35 PM

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Originally posted by Mobbo
So, Whats the deal with taxes?...i thought you didn't pay or somethin...

I don't pay state taxes at all.. I am a texas resisdent and will be while they have have state taxes.

Kyle · 10-20-2002, 02:36 PM

Well, what jobs do you think would be nice...and what score do you need to get on that test to get them?
I took the practice test at my friends uncle's house...and i got a 50 on it...that was 2 years ago...i'm definetly sure that i can get 65+ now...

*AzCivic* · 10-20-2002, 02:37 PM

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Originally posted by V8killimports
I don't pay state taxes at all.. I am a texas resisdent and will be while they have have state taxes.

I'm a cali resident and i don't pay them either, i just had to fill out some form saying I'm a resident but I dont live there, not many people know about it.

*AzCivic* · 10-20-2002, 02:38 PM

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Originally posted by Mobbo
Well, what jobs do you think would be nice...and what score do you need to get on that test to get them?
I took the practice test at my friends uncle's house...and i got a 50 on it...that was 2 years ago...i'm definetly sure that i can get 65+ now...

Personal and information management, if you want to get some college done. Those are easy as hell to do.

*AzCivic* · 10-20-2002, 02:39 PM

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Originally posted by Mobbo
Well, what jobs do you think would be nice...and what score do you need to get on that test to get them?
I took the practice test at my friends uncle's house...and i got a 50 on it...that was 2 years ago...i'm definetly sure that i can get 65+ now...

What are you're interests and goals??

Kyle · 10-20-2002, 02:46 PM

I just wnt something that i can do, and enjoy until i retire...or to do something that sucks and get payed a lot for it until i retire...lol

*AzCivic* · 10-20-2002, 02:51 PM

Well something you might enjoy, I might think sucks. Like maybe you like cooking, I don't. If you want something challenging and you make alot of cash inside or out, then an air traffic control job is pretty cool.

Kyle · 10-20-2002, 02:54 PM

I don't want something really challenging...cuase sometimes i just can't handle a lot of pressure...I just need something where i can go to work every day and know what i'm gonna do...I need structure...

*AzCivic* · 10-20-2002, 02:58 PM

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Originally posted by Mobbo
I don't want something really challenging...cuase sometimes i just can't handle a lot of pressure...I just need something where i can go to work every day and know what i'm gonna do...I need structure...

Just about any job in the military is going be structured. I say Personel or Information management, low stress, easy to do, off on holidays and weekends. Basically a 9-5. And you can do some college at the same time.

Kyle · 10-20-2002, 03:01 PM

What kind of bootcamp/training thing do they do in the AF?

*AzCivic* · 10-20-2002, 03:18 PM

Its six weeks long and its not that hard. Nothing like the Marines or Army. Sure you get yelled at but big deal everyone there is getting yelled at. The exercise stuff is a piece of cake, anyone can do it.

Rob · 10-20-2002, 06:20 PM

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Originally posted by Mobbo
What would a new recruit expect to be payed once he joined the AF?
and what kinda bonuses do they give?

Hey Mobbo, I jumped in on this one kinda late...if you have any questions about the Air Force or the military in general and Az or V8 doesn't get a chance to answer them, let me know and I'll do what I can to help you....

Kyle · 10-21-2002, 12:46 PM

alright, cool...

armyguy5 · 10-22-2002, 12:57 AM

haha actually in the army you get treated like your twelve. Stupid things go on. Room inspections at 0330. I live on the biggest post in all of the military. I'm a 14J (juliet). it's a sentinel radar operator. I track anything that moves in the sky and classify it. the only thing i can think of this transfering over is to an air traffic controller. um my basic was 9 weeks, and was tough. never thought i'd drag my head in woodchips but i did. I went to Ft. bliss tx in el paso for 19 weeks of school (damn) where we still had drill sergeants even though i was told it was like college. i got no bonus for join but i did get 54,000 dollars for college (24,000 army college fund 30,000 MGIB). i enlisted for 2 years. since i'm from illinois the state pays for all my college. i dont pay taxes. we get all weekends off. one four day weekend a month and other cool shit. my pay grade is e-3 and i make 1305 a month. i pay a car payment, digital cable, cable modem, surround sound..new computer..the whole works. It's not that bad. Drinking is fun =) i dunno if you wanna know about the army talk to me

chris
2002 Honda Civic EX coupe
HHB 1-44 ADA (air defense artillery)

Rob · 10-22-2002, 01:04 AM

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Originally posted by armyguy5
I went to Ft. bliss tx in el paso for 19 weeks of school (damn) where we still had drill sergeants even though i was told it was like college.

I feel you man...my dorm in school was right next to the Army barracks (Keesler AFB. MS) so I would see how they got treated and such...didn't look like fun. My Tech school was 10 months long but it was like college (kinda). I actually miss it a little........

VR4_Craver · 10-22-2002, 08:23 PM

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Originally posted by AzCivic
[B But you have to wonder why the minimum ASVAB score to get into the marines is lower than that for the Air Force. [/b]

SEMPER FI DO OR DIE..GUN HO, GUN HO! that is why you dont have to be smart to be a marine you just have to used your head.

VR4_Craver · 10-22-2002, 08:25 PM

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Originally posted by mt.biker
What would you know about our military you ignorate F*CK. Get outta here with your redneck comments.

Now i'm gonna school you, you inbread mother f*cker.

The Canadian military has no need to be as large as the American one. Though the American military comes up to Canada to train with the Canadians, so alot of the tactics you learn in flight school are developed in canadian airspace. It is one of the few countries that a militar aircraft is given a HUGE area to fly around in with little need to contact the tower for promision to cross into another airspace, giving the pilots a great learning evnoirment. Interesting you should say we suck aswell. In the last year the "top gun" program was active the canadian air force flew down and walked all over the americans winning something like 9 out of 11 possible awards.

F*CK YOU IGNORATE AMERICANS! I'm sick of the Canadain bashing, find someone else to pick on you ungreatful assholes!

And i though you said you never bash people on the board....or generalize.

Kyle · 10-22-2002, 08:30 PM

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Originally posted by VR4_Craver
And i though you said you never bash people on the board....or generalize.

I was just as pissed as Biker was...
he had all the right in the world to say what he said.

*AzCivic* · 10-23-2002, 05:02 AM

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Originally posted by AccordinStyle
I feel you man...my dorm in school was right next to the Army barracks (Keesler AFB. MS) so I would see how they got treated and such...didn't look like fun. My Tech school was 10 months long but it was like college (kinda). I actually miss it a little........

When were you at Keesler? I was there for my tech school as well.

Rob · 10-23-2002, 06:22 PM

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Originally posted by AzCivic
When were you at Keesler? I was there for my tech school as well.

I was there from May '98 to Jan '99......you were in the 334th, right? I was in the 338th.

*AzCivic* · 10-23-2002, 09:10 PM

I was there from sep'99 to march'00, oh well we werent there at the same time. Oh i was in the 335th, nice new dorms and only had to share the bathroom with one person. I've heard alot of crap about other squadrons.

Rob · 10-23-2002, 09:23 PM

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Originally posted by AzCivic
I was there from sep'99 to march'00, oh well we werent there at the same time. Oh i was in the 335th, nice new dorms and only had to share the bathroom with one person. I've heard alot of crap about other squadrons.

Yeah, when I was there we lived in the shitty dorms....they sucked. The new dorms weren't built until after I graduated....but I've been down to Keesler a couple of times for training classes and all that.....it's totally different now. The triangle isn't the triangle anymore

10-20-2002, 02:24 PM	#81
Kyle elyK Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New Braunfels, TX Age: 38 Posts: 3,390	What would a new recruit expect to be payed once he joined the AF? and what kinda bonuses do they give? __________________ IGNORE THE FACTS EXPLORE THE TRUTH

10-20-2002, 02:36 PM	#87
Kyle elyK Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New Braunfels, TX Age: 38 Posts: 3,390	Well, what jobs do you think would be nice...and what score do you need to get on that test to get them? I took the practice test at my friends uncle's house...and i got a 50 on it...that was 2 years ago...i'm definetly sure that i can get 65+ now... __________________ IGNORE THE FACTS EXPLORE THE TRUTH

10-20-2002, 02:46 PM	#91
Kyle elyK Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New Braunfels, TX Age: 38 Posts: 3,390	I just wnt something that i can do, and enjoy until i retire...or to do something that sucks and get payed a lot for it until i retire...lol __________________ IGNORE THE FACTS EXPLORE THE TRUTH

10-20-2002, 02:54 PM	#93
Kyle elyK Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New Braunfels, TX Age: 38 Posts: 3,390	I don't want something really challenging...cuase sometimes i just can't handle a lot of pressure...I just need something where i can go to work every day and know what i'm gonna do...I need structure... __________________ IGNORE THE FACTS EXPLORE THE TRUTH

10-20-2002, 03:01 PM	#95
Kyle elyK Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New Braunfels, TX Age: 38 Posts: 3,390	What kind of bootcamp/training thing do they do in the AF? __________________ IGNORE THE FACTS EXPLORE THE TRUTH

10-20-2002, 02:51 PM	#92
AzCivic Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Az Age: 44 Posts: 3,804	Well something you might enjoy, I might think sucks. Like maybe you like cooking, I don't. If you want something challenging and you make alot of cash inside or out, then an air traffic control job is pretty cool.

10-20-2002, 03:18 PM	#96
AzCivic Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Az Age: 44 Posts: 3,804	Its six weeks long and its not that hard. Nothing like the Marines or Army. Sure you get yelled at but big deal everyone there is getting yelled at. The exercise stuff is a piece of cake, anyone can do it.

10-21-2002, 12:46 PM	#98
Kyle elyK Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New Braunfels, TX Age: 38 Posts: 3,390	alright, cool... __________________ IGNORE THE FACTS EXPLORE THE TRUTH

10-22-2002, 12:57 AM	#99
armyguy5 3rd Gear Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: allendale, mi Age: 42 Posts: 568	oh no the armyguy read the military post haha actually in the army you get treated like your twelve. Stupid things go on. Room inspections at 0330. I live on the biggest post in all of the military. I'm a 14J (juliet). it's a sentinel radar operator. I track anything that moves in the sky and classify it. the only thing i can think of this transfering over is to an air traffic controller. um my basic was 9 weeks, and was tough. never thought i'd drag my head in woodchips but i did. I went to Ft. bliss tx in el paso for 19 weeks of school (damn) where we still had drill sergeants even though i was told it was like college. i got no bonus for join but i did get 54,000 dollars for college (24,000 army college fund 30,000 MGIB). i enlisted for 2 years. since i'm from illinois the state pays for all my college. i dont pay taxes. we get all weekends off. one four day weekend a month and other cool shit. my pay grade is e-3 and i make 1305 a month. i pay a car payment, digital cable, cable modem, surround sound..new computer..the whole works. It's not that bad. Drinking is fun =) i dunno if you wanna know about the army talk to me chris 2002 Honda Civic EX coupe HHB 1-44 ADA (air defense artillery)

10-23-2002, 09:10 PM	#106
AzCivic Moderator Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Az Age: 44 Posts: 3,804	I was there from sep'99 to march'00, oh well we werent there at the same time. Oh i was in the 335th, nice new dorms and only had to share the bathroom with one person. I've heard alot of crap about other squadrons.

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