Can you be an AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER, and work for the FAA straight out of the Army if your MOS 15Q?
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Qualifications used to be 3 years work experience and no bachelors degree were necessary.\n\nAs a military controoler, you should have the ability to direct-hire into the FAA without much hassle.\n\nDo your homework.  The FAA is embarking on a hiring binge.  They want to hire roughly 600-650 new people each year.  If you have prior work experience, you can be sure you will be noticed.\n\nLook into the NATCA web page for employment opportunities.  They can be more help than I.\n\nATCS at Cleveland Center ARTCC
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Yes, and by many means. Just make sure you do so BEFORE they are scheduled to deploy anywhere, or it will be a lot harder. The easiest way is to simply stop going to drills. yes you can get all sorts of hell for it it, but recruitment and retention in guard is SO low right now, they try NOT to give you a discharge that would prevent you from getting back in at a future point. The easiest way beside that, and perhaps the safest, is get an address at least 50 miles from your unit, were they dont have a unit availible with your MOS. The guard must offer to give you another job, but if its not your MOS, it, you can legallly refuse and its a discharge.If you havent done basic yet, or your schooling, when you go to meps, just tell them you have ashma and your recruiter told you to lie about it. They will instantly belive you and discharge you on the spot.
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You should talk to an Air Force recruiter or a Navy recruiter.  There is lots of real fly time if you are selected.
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Look, check with the U.S. military bases. Lots of americans (not military) get overseas jobs that way. try "AAFES"  I think that means army air force exchange serves
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Depends on the Branch(army will take Non Commissioned Offciers to pilot their helos as warrants)  BUT \n\nMinimum:  Be a US citizen.  4 year degree in a tech or hard science major.\n\nCertain drugs are PDQ with no waivers.. LSD and Coke are two that come to mind.  MJ..only if it's under a certain number of times TOTAL and not within like the last five years.  No Alchohol or weapons related arrests or offenses.  You also must be young enough and healthy enough.. the Flight Phyiscal is very comprehensive.\n\nThe entire program is extremely competetive, no matter the Branch.  But will spelling and grammar skills like you have shown, I doubt you have a real chance.
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Yes.  But be sure you are not interested in any position that involves security clearance.  If you get married to a felon, it could limit your ability to move up the ranks since it might affect your ability to get approval to do some military tasks.
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You can do that if you go enlisted. They will help you get your bachelors, its called TA tuition assistance, as well as having the MGIB.
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Check on the Asthma because if you no longer have it then it would have been considered R.A.D. (Reactive Airway Disease) which cannot prevent you from getting in.\n\nUnless you were expelled for any reason then being sent to a community school should not be an issue.\n\nOnce you finish high school you need to figure out whether or not you want to attend the Air Force Academy which takes four years and you graduate as a commissioned officer or go through Officer Candidate School which takes a lot longer and you cannot be guaranteed a commission.  \n\nBecoming an Officer is really the only way you can fly, there are ways that you can become a pilot as an NCO (Non-Commissioned Officer) but it takes a lot longer than either of the others, and by the time you get that far you might only have a few years left to be able to fly for the Air Force before you are considered too old.
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I worked for the Government for 25 years first as an ART (Air Reserve technician) -- (which is just an Air Force reservist that works as a civil servant for 160 hours per month, and the one week-end per month you change into your Air Force uniform and work an additional 16 hours) \n\nI started at a wg-8 level because of the (then 8 months) of training I received as an Air Force Reservist "Avionics Electronics Specialist." \n\nMy job description was under position AF job classification position number 32830 “Avionics Communications Specialist”\n\nThis was a 6mo. temporary position. As I neared the end of the 6 months, I was able to get a “Career conditional” position offer for the same job and same pay, the only difference is that I had to move my family 2000 miles to Vienna AB, near Youngstown Ohio to work for the (then) 910th TFG (Tactical Fighter Group) to work on the avionics gear in the twin jet engine Cessna built \nA-37 “Dragonfly” – it was a cool little jet and fun to work on. \n\nWhile in this location I was promoted to wg-11 and also moved up in military rank from Airman Basic to Sergeant in the AF Reserves.  I also went from career conditional status to Career status. \n\nIt is at this point where it starts to get difficult for the government to get rid of people that don’t do their jobs, because there are a LOT of regulations protecting civil servants – this is why Civil Servants get a bad reputation – (it is also my opinion, why we have pin heads running the government, but that is another bedtime story)\n\nAnyway I worked at this location for 2 and 1/2  years and then applied for a lateral transfer to my original work location at Hill AFB in Utah *\n\n·*  Side note to the moderator: pay attention and I will reveal enough personal info that you can find out exactly who I am and then complain about my other politically incorrect posts on yahoo, and then whack my yahoo account\n·Or just save time and ask me, I’ll tell you, and then you can whack my yahoo account\n·Or save even more time and just whack my yahoo account. \n\nNot a hard decision is it?\n\nAny way back at the ranch;\n\nI got the Lateral transfer back to Hill but I had to compete with other Career Civil servants with equivalent training and skills and good yearly appraisals and BLAH BLAH BLAH – what it boiled down to is that I got my old job back for the same reasons anyone would get their old job back.\n·I worked hard\n·I went from a wg8 to a wg-11 in less than 3 years (which doesn’t happen often)\n·They knew who I was and how I worked\n·And of course; “It ain’t what you know it’s WHO you know” that gets a LOT of jobs – yeah it isn’t fair, but neither is life – cowboy-up and deal with it.\n\nI worked for the 508th TFG for about another 3 years and then when they got the new F-16 Falcons, (and became the 419th TFG),  well let me put it this way; Did your parents ever buy a new car when you were a kid? – all of a sudden you weren’t good enough to ride in the new car were you? Well that is sort of what happened to me. All of a sudden I wasn’t cutting my hair short enough on Reserve weekends and my mustache was too long, I just wasn’t making the grade in keeping compliant with the Air Force Regulation 35-10 (their dress code)\n\nSo away I went on another lateral – which I had to compete with just the civil servants on Hill AFB this time, and got magically transformed from an ART to a straight Civil Servant doing depot level maintenance on Avionics ATE (Automated Test Equipment)\nNow I was still working on the F-16 but I was repairing the Circuit cards that went into the Avionics Black boxes. So skill wise it was like going from being a dental assistant to a brain surgeon.\n\nBOOWAHAHAHA! That will teach them to make me cut my hair!\n\nuh, No, I don’t suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it!\n\nAnyway I did a lot of other stuff for the Government, (some pretty cool stuff actually) t
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Depends upon what career field you would like to get into.  If you're looking to go fighter pilot, mmm, well, let's just say your chances are slim.  Want to work on the jets those proud few fly?  Better chances for that than flight school.  There are alot more desk job/technician positions in the AF than probably in any other branch.  The ASVAB will determine what kinds of jobs you have some innate ability for, and then the best bet is simply to shop your recruiters until you find one that will give you straight up answers and a job you'll be happy with.  Some people say that it is hardest to enlist into the Air Force. Personally, I think that's a bit high-minded.  Your success in the military is dependent on finding a good match with a MOS (job) that fits your personality and interests...and how willing you are to work at improving yourself.
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Well since you are not at WEST POINT (USMA) you are not going to get a RA commission (REGULAR ARMY) you will get a RESERVE COMMISSION (99% of new officers get these so no big deal ) and since the DEMS won and will likely take back the white house and the coming withdrawl from Iraq, you would do well to take somethig you like and something to fall back on-I am a civ employee on McChord AFB and some RIF's(reduction in force- military version of LAYOFF!)have happened to at least 2 LT's here. If you are going INF and planning on going AIRBORNE that degree might be ok for a "HOOAH" lifer ,but if you think the army will be a SKATE job ,wait til you are competing with decorated VETS for the few active slots left after a 7 year $100 billion dollar war and a dem government-good luck!
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Join the Army and become a paratrooper.  Not many things out there more riskier than jumping from a plane while in flight.
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You won't qualify for military because of your short vision. You can for civilian, but not commercial. Go to your local airport and see if there is a flight school, some colleges teach it too.
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Check this out, to be a pilot, You can do about 3 thing. 1. When you get out of high school, got to college, and enroll in ROTC. That way you can get 2 things out of the way, A degree and your commission. 2. Talk to a Recruiter about OCS (officer candidate school). The 3rd option is to make Warrant Officer. In which case, you go talk to a recruiter about becoming one. The difference in being a warrant officer and a regular commissioned officer is a Warrant Is the master of his/her job. They know it and every component that makes it tick. Regular officers know just basics. I am pretty sure of this because a great friend of mine is a CW-4( Chief Warrant 4). Also remember that you can navy or army and fly as well. In fact the Navy has more pilots than the air force. The Army has more the need for helicopter pilots though. I hope that this shed a little light.
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it depends on what you would like to do. If you join the Army in a combat arms unit it will be like never leaving basic training; always in the field, pt every morning, marched to chow, etc etc...If you do not go into a combat arms unit life will be simular to a regular job in either branch. The Army and the Air Force both have many vocations to choose from(noncombat arms army)but the Air Force may have a greater degree of high tech training available but this is just an opinion as I have never been in the AF. I can tell you with first hand knowledge however that if you are not looking for combat or a regimented life where you are not in control of much at all do not go into a combat arms unit I.E. Infantry, Artillery, etc. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marinesm combat or no what ever you choose you will be able to hold your head high as they are all noble and something to be proud of.
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Well to be honest, probably diesel mechanic would be your best choice.  The aircraft mechanic field will offer you a lot of excitement and a better chance of traveling though.  \n\nThe market for the aircraft mechanic is much smaller than the vehicle mechanic.  A lot of the jobs (parts repair jobs), are being out sourced to Mexico.  You will always need a line mechanic  to fix the plane but you can send your parts   elsewhere to rebuild them.  As a diesel mechanic you can find a position just about anywhere!  With aviation you are limited to the major hubs until you build up seniority.  \n\nTell you what, do the Crew Chief thing and get your A&P license.  Then while your still in find a local diesel mechanics school, use your G.I. Bill (around 40G now), and after you seperate or retire you can do that and then move into a middle management position.  \n\nIn the AF after about 10 to 12 years you really aren't physically working that much anymore, mainly supervising and controlling maintenance.  I always recommend that you get out there and continue to get your hands dirty from time to time when your in a supervisory or a management position.  Your troops will respect you more for it.
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Yes you can, providing you meet all of the requirements that any one enlisting in the service must meet.\n\nFlap Jackson is incorrect.