You are probably right about the waiver - we did that all the time in the late 70s and early 80s.
Air Force skills are probably the most useable after you get out, and as a Navy vet it galls me to have to say something nice about the Air Scouts. All three of those will have civilian applications, but the two medical specialties MIGHT adapt more directly to civilian life, depending on how long you plan on staying in, where you end up stationed after schooling, and any number of other things. If you are thinking in terms of one enlistment, they're probably all equal. As you go further on, you can get so specialized that there really ISN'T a comprable job "outside."
Twenty years ago I would have said just the opposite, because the opportunities for going to work for a defense contractor after as little as six years were far greater than they are today.
I made as much in my first three years out as I did in ten years in, and all I did was play with paper and little plastic boards with a lot of wires.
One last question, just out of curiousity ... was your recruiter's mouth moving?
Last edited by PornoDoggy at Dec 12 2003, 01:42 AM