For women in the Air Force!!?
605540
US Air Force Basic Training is perhaps the easiest of all of the services. Just keep your nose clean, do what is asked and you will do fine. Physical Training is part of it, but you will have help along the way. They don't expect you to run two miles in 15 minutes, but they do have a standard to go by and to pass you must pass you physical fitness test. Just tell yourself you can do it and you will.\n Basic is a mind game, in that they are trying to get you out of thinking like a civilian and more like a soldier. It is not brainwashing! Basically just changing your thought process to follow orders and work under pressure.\n You will have harassment, but everybody does. If you feel you are being singled out, you can report it. Also the males are educated against harassment, but some of the few think of themselves as a ladies man.\n  If you do join and are lucky enough to pick you job, try for something in computers or maintenance. If you do it long enough in the service, you have the chance to become certified in the real world and can get a great paying job in the future. Just remember, keep your nose clean and an open mind and you will do great. Good Luck!
618034
i actually tried to join the air force when i was 18.  this was in 1990 during desert storm.  i scored very high on the asvap test and the recruitor said i could have any job i wanted but every job that i suggested he denied because women weren't allowed to do those jobs (this was back before women had been in combat).  so i kept suggesting jobs, he kept saying no becuase i was a woman.  finally he said i should just play in the air force band.  i went off on him and told him where he could go, and at that time i realized that if i was telling off a recruiter, perhaps i didn't have what it took to join the military anyway lol
471745
yea it would be a great idea for her to join, after a 4 year college degree..she should join the Air Force as an intelligence officer. (KEY WORD: OFFICER) and AIR FORCE! much much better benifits if your an officer in the USAF\n\ngood luck
295161
My husband was an Air Force officer for 10 years and loved it.  Opportunities abound and the pay isn't bad in the officer ranks.  The Air Force has the most to offer in terms of recreation, housing and other amenities.  That's not just personal opinion, either.  While he was razzed for being in the "easiest" branch of the military, he did his time overseas and worked a lot of hours.  \n\nI'll take the nicer temporary housing and commissary any day of the week for a bit of razzing.
1031006
my husband is in the Air Force for that and he really likes the Air Force because we stay put, we don't have to leave all the time we stay on a base we don't go off on a boat all the time (which my daughter and I could not go anyway) and the Air Force is better for families anyway. There is also more kinds of planes to work on as well there are the fighters and the heavies(cargo) then there are the Intel planes so there I think are allot more options, but I am not sure about the Navy.
619588
NO!...Go ahead  I'll take the heat..call me a chauvanist if you choose.  I was in the Marine Corps in combat...I just would never want to see a woman there.  I can't justify it.  I have a daughter in the Air Force (medic) and I'm very proud of her...but infantry...absolutely not.\nThere is only one really practical reason I can offer for not allowing women in the combat mos's.  While I know that women can demonstrate significant levels of physical fitness I don't believe they have the upper body strength and size to engage in combat against men.  I believe that for them to train side by side with men would cause standards of training for men to be lowered.  Only those who have trained for infantry can appreciate this.
658438
The answer is yes!  i am an airforce security forces or MP.  and the airforce has a sniper school that deploys with a special group..  i dont know the details, but i know of a young female airman who is a security forces like myself.  People always so no, but what the hell do they know.
794438
she will do fine..i was the same way.  you can still be a girly girl and kick a!! in the army.
248630
FRG meetings and participation are totally voluntary.  I personally reccomend getting involved with yours....but if you have had a lot of issues with the unit I can't blame you for not wanting to be a member.  My husband and I just got up to Alaska, and I joined the FRG just so that I had other women to be around, at least once a month! LOL(My husband left for Iraq only a month after arriving here)  You wil be amazed...you can meet some really great people; of course, there will be the b*tches too....we have one member who informed us at the last meeting that we needed to start finding childcare for meetings, she obviously has NO children!
1079653
I was there for 9 months in Electronic Principals, a tech school, that base was so much fun! The river walk is the heat, and there are always those little basic trainees running around that you can laugh at. I think it is one of the best bases in the Air Force.
886999
Women being in the SEALs is too specific. You should write about whether women should be allowed into comabt roles. You have plenty of examples, the best being the Isreali use of women for combat and the US use of women in Combat support roles which more and more lead to an actual combat situation. In the past, women in combat support roles rarely ever crossed the line to combat, but it is happening very frequently now in Iraq and Afganistan. It is a timely and very interesting subject.
1035292
Acutally the military is better for many women than civilian life. The training and advancement oppertunities are the best they have ever been for females. There are restrictions on serving in Special Forces, Submarines, and most ground Combat units. But they are females on most ships, flying planes, and holding command ranks through out the world. How many Fortune 500 firms can say that???
811798
I am enlisted Air Force I think you should, having a occupation that fits the Air force is more important. In nursing for instances you can get direct commissioned. \nHuman resourses, weather, Air way science, computers and Military science are big ones. You should be thinking about a Masters too if you are considering being an Air Force Officer.
53093
I feel very strongly and joined the Air Force in 2002.  This is a great country and this is a very important time in history.  There is nothing wrong with the reserves. I have friends in the Air force reserve and they do a lot for this country. Go for it and be proud.
492666
Try the PX!\n\nHere's a link to a site that might have what you want:\n\nhttp://www.e-publishing.af.mil/mastercatalog/product.asp?cat=major&code=SY\n\nAlso here's a site for military wives.  They might be able to help you find what you're looking for:\n\nhttp://www.airforcewives.com/
193575
Any woman who can play ball as seriously kick-butt as she can deserves kudos and respect! Go Bird! ;)
1155843
I would suggest Air Force myself but to each there own.  My number one advice is physical fitness. Run 3 miles ever other day, do sit ups ( we know it's not the best exercise for the back but hopefully the army will change it soon), and practice push ups when ever you can.  Number two talk to female soldiers.  There are just some things that guys don't deal with in the military that women have to so connect with them.  Number three don't get all hung up with some big drill Sargent yelling and screaming.  \n\nGood luck!