I GOT INTO THE AIR FORCE!

[Peaches]

Originally posted by Edd@Jan 14 2004, 02:46 PM
well unless he's planning on being a career "pinger" (as opposed to a career "squid", "grunt", or "jarhead") He may also want to consider what skillpath is gonna get him the kind of job he'd want back in the
civilian world!

Oh, trust me, that's all he's thought of. :P The problem is that most of the jobs which USED to translate well into the civilian world (aircraft repair, air traffic controller, fuelers, etc) have about 100 applicants for each position, with things looking worse.

He looked into the medical field since that's where the $$$'s going to be in the next few years, but he's really not THAT interested in it. I told him it was silly to spend 4 years learning how to do something he doesn't like so he can spend the rest of his life doing something he doesn't like.

They pay 100% for his school while he's in, plus the GI bill. I recommended he do whatever job he WANTS to do w/o out putting much worry into what he can on the outside (within reason - Band would be a bad idea, for instance :P ), take some accounting/finance/business classes on the AF's dime while he's enlisted and then use the GI bill to get a degree for work outside the USAF.

But he's never listened to me before, hehehe.