Navy or Air Force

[delfin]

Which would you join if you were forced between the two?

And why?

[Mtriple]

Air Force.

I'd rather be called a Zoomie than a Squid.

[tofubento]

Air force.

1. the women.
2. Hilton hotels
3. the women.
4. the only NON officers that see combat, are pretty bloody badass.
5. the women.

[318isbmw]

Airforce. My grampa was in it, so that's where I'd go.

[der affe]

Air Force. my dad was kind of in it (Air National Guard)
so i would lean that way. i am too old to be drafted though

[Herb]

AirForce or Army. The AF has better living conditions and their overseas combat rotations are tipically only 6months (which you can split with another airman to do 3months each, cool). The way they promote is - time in service:time in grade/points/job related technical test for proficiency/board based. Promotion is slower than in the Army - time in service:time in grade/points/board based. Pay scale is about the same. In the Army you can pick your job, where as in the AF you are placed based on your ASVAB scores, but if you score high enough you get some choice (not 100% sure on this - ~80%). AF is more likely to get you to a cool duty location overseas (more options) Italy, Germany, Japan, and others; the Army will get you to Germany and Korea EASY, but getting to Italy and Japan is a long shot.

Just remember that what ever you pick, everyone in the Armed Forces relies on another branch in some way, shape, or form. Rank is rank, no matter what the branch, so show them their due respect - even if you just respect the rank and not the person wearing it.

SSG Herbert E. Scranton
US Army Active 7yrs/ US Army Reserve 3yrs and counting (Active owns Reserve/NG in operations, but the people are still some of the best I have ever known bar none.)

Train In Peace As You Would Fight In War.

[blunttech]

air force. better food and equipment. when i was overseas in the marine corps we would steal air force jackets and then go and eat at the air force mess halls. on okinawa the marine corps mess hall had rats running across the floor once in a while.

[Money$hit]

<------- Ohio Air National Guard :up:


Its great, I got a sick bonus, a top secret clearance and they pay for my college. Go Air Force.

(I wonder what they'll say when I tell them im going out of state to grad school next year ;))

[tecks2k]

I was ARMY for eight years, and i'll say that the Air Force has the life. If I had to redo it, that's where i'd be.

And Money$hift, keep an eye on your state legislation(if it already isn't in effect), but most states right now are currently trying to pass laws for guard members to get full out of state tuition as well. I know DE Air/Army Guard just passed this law, and many others are trying.

[Money$hit]

key operative is "grad school"

They will pay for your undergrad, but unless you are about a captain, going for major, they wont pay for grad school Im pretty sure. One kid in my unit got into the economics Ph. D. program at Auburn, and they either let him out of his contract, or he transfered to a unit in Alabama. Not really sure what happened.

[BigWaveDave]

their overseas combat rotations are tipically only 6months (which you can split with another airman to do 3months each, cool). Pay scale is about the same. In the Army you can pick your job, where as in the AF you are placed based on your ASVAB scores, but if you score high enough you get some choice (not 100% sure on this - ~80%). AF is more likely to get you to a cool duty location overseas (more options) Italy, Germany, Japan, and others; the Army will get you to Germany and Korea EASY, but getting to Italy and Japan is a long shot.

You do not get to choose your rotations. You do not get to split them. The typical AEF rotation is 4-5 months. It maybe longer depending on your job. IE Security Forces typically require a 6 month deployment a year plus 2 months training beforehand. Boom operators (inflight refuelers) do 60 on/60 off rotation.
You get to choose your job in the Air Force just like in the Army. Yes, it is based on your ASVAB scores. If you do score above a 56, I think you can get almost any job in the Air Force. There are some other jobs that require different tests. Linguists take the DLAB, Programmers take the DLPT.

Don't know what job you are looking at in the Air Force/Navy but both have great jobs. The Air Force has enlisted Aircrew members same as the Navy but in the Air Force the travel a shit ton more. And you get Flight pay, per diem, etc. The pay charts are the same across the board.

The Navy has their Nuclear program, which will get you pretty close to your bachelors degree.

Let us know what job you are looking at and we can help a little more.

[Money$hit]

BTW, in the Air National Guard, you pick your job off of a list, and its guaranteed as long as you dont wash out in tech school.

In my AFSC (3C0X1), we had 5 people wash out in a class of 13.

[Nicademus]

Personally I'd do Air Force or Army. I'd study up for the ASVAB before you take it.

[BigWaveDave]

BTW, in the Air National Guard, you pick your job off of a list, and its guaranteed as long as you dont wash out in tech school.

In my AFSC (3C0X1), we had 5 people wash out in a class of 13.

I use to do that...Must be a box of rocks to not get past that.

I went SERE (lost 38 guys) then xtrained into loadmaster.

[Money$hit]

I use to do that...Must be a box of rocks to not get past that.

I went SERE (lost 38 guys) then xtrained into loadmaster.

Some guys were retarded as fuck, I never understood that.

Id love to train into the combat officer position for SERE, Pararescue, Combat Controller. I can run (7:50 for 1 1/2 miles) and push like a mofo, but ive never swam a bunch in my life.