BF2S Forums Air Force or Army ROTC

Little BaBy JESUS wrote:

Just a question as I'm not sure how it works over there. But do you apply for a specific job or do they assign you one?

To be honest, probably whichever gives you the best post-service options. That would be my choice, or at least a large consideration.

Well for the Army, you select which jobs you'd like to get. Then based on things like PT scores, GPA, LDAC (sort of a 'final exam' for cadets) scores and I think commander recommendations, you either get the jobs you wanted or not.

For the Air Force you have to take the AFOQT, AF Officer Qualification Test. If you score well on that, have a good PT score and I think a high GPA then you can get almost any job you want.

As for post-service options, if I want to go into law enforcement then either branch would work well. If I go into something major-related (right now I'm looking at business) they'll both provide development for leadership skills. But driving a tank doesn't really have applications in the civilian world, whereas being a pilot can get me into civilian airliners, or being an battle manager might make it easier to become a civilian ATC, etc.

Go to both. See what they offer. You can be in meps sitting in that chair and they're waiting for you to sign the papers, but it doesnt matter, you dont have to sign shit until your satisfied. I would go with army *and i did*. All depends on your asvab, your GT score, and such dictates your job. YOUR RECRUITER WILL GIVE YOU A LIST OF WHATS OPEN AT THAT TIME. IF 121st Inf Unit NEEDS A MEDIC OR TRUCK DRIVER THEN YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE OPTIONS. Depends on whats available. Go army.


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NeXuS wrote:

Go to both. See what they offer. You can be in meps sitting in that chair and they're waiting for you to sign the papers, but it doesnt matter, you dont have to sign shit until your satisfied. I would go with army *and i did*. All depends on your asvab, your GT score, and such dictates your job. YOUR RECRUITER WILL GIVE YOU A LIST OF WHATS OPEN AT THAT TIME. IF 121st Inf Unit NEEDS A MEDIC OR TRUCK DRIVER THEN YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE OPTIONS. Depends on whats available. Go army.


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Nex, I'm talking about ROTC here. Ain't no ASVAB as far as I know. I have a boatload of respect for enlisted men, but at least for now I'm focusing on schoolwork and getting a commission.

eleven bravo wrote:

coast guard

Pops did it for 28 years.  Pilot, finished as a Capt (O-6).  There are people on this plant that wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for him.  Retired and banking... Basta'd.  You Enlist, they will stick you on a boat for the first 6 months...

eleven bravo wrote:

and they have no barracks (from what i undterstand) which means fatter paycheck for BAH

True.  The only place we had "on base housing" was in Kodiak Alaska.

you dont have to be commissioned for Army aviation

DB I haven't heard of swimming being necessary for the Army or the Air Force. Maybe for certain jobs.

@GS, you mean being a warrant officer right? I've considered that as well... I still wanna just get my degree though.

Helos or planes, or UAVs. I know that UAVs in the AF are currently a rated position... sure hear a lot of uproar from pilots about that lol.

Raimius, you're in the Academy. Any regrets? Wish you had picked a different branch? Or do you like/love it and see yourself a successful Airman?

Ioan92 wrote:

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
-Albert Einstein

Now I wonder why you quoted that. Could it be because you come from a backwards, irrelevant country?

Ioan92 wrote:

JohnG@lt wrote:

Ioan92 wrote:

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
-Albert Einstein

Now I wonder why you quoted that. Could it be because you come from a backwards, irrelevant country?

A bit of thinking is required to understand.

Countries are irrelevant.

Easy for you to say

Ioan92 wrote:

JohnG@lt wrote:

Ioan92 wrote:

A bit of thinking is required to understand.

Countries are irrelevant.

Easy for you to say

Well, I've lived in 3 different countries, Canada, Germany, and this thing called "Romania", so yeah, I'm a traveler.

Of course it's easy for me to say that countries are irrelevant, because they are. Whether or not will mankind still exist when the concept will be understood, I have no idea. But when I see people enthusiastic about joining armies and taking part in killing other humans and their families for land control or economical reasons; I just tell myself that that moment will never occur, we will be extinct by ourselves by then.

Mankind is at the age where it can determine its future and achieve its true civilization, but also the age where the complete opposite could occur.

Threads like this make me lean towards the last option.

Countries prevent more wars than they start. You think one world government would stop people from fighting? No, the world would be in constant rebellion because there is no one size fits all solution to government. There are too many different ideas about what is the correct path and too many lifestyle choices that people can choose from.

On the other end of the spectrum we can all live in towns and cities with no government above but that's just one step from anarchy, world trade would collapse and there would be no one to stop one town from creating a military and conquering everyone else. Right now with the emergence of nation states we have detante and less wars than at any previous time in human history.

JohnG@lt wrote:

Ioan92 wrote:

JohnG@lt wrote:

Easy for you to say

Well, I've lived in 3 different countries, Canada, Germany, and this thing called "Romania", so yeah, I'm a traveler.

Of course it's easy for me to say that countries are irrelevant, because they are. Whether or not will mankind still exist when the concept will be understood, I have no idea. But when I see people enthusiastic about joining armies and taking part in killing other humans and their families for land control or economical reasons; I just tell myself that that moment will never occur, we will be extinct by ourselves by then.

Mankind is at the age where it can determine its future and achieve its true civilization, but also the age where the complete opposite could occur.

Threads like this make me lean towards the last option.

Countries prevent more wars than they start. You think one world government would stop people from fighting? No, the world would be in constant rebellion because there is no one size fits all solution to government. There are too many different ideas about what is the correct path and too many lifestyle choices that people can choose from.

On the other end of the spectrum we can all live in towns and cities with no government above but that's just one step from anarchy, world trade would collapse and there would be no one to stop one town from creating a military and conquering everyone else. Right now with the emergence of nation states we have detante and less wars than at any previous time in human history.

Now that's the usual argument I encounter when boarding this subject, as always. If what currently is; is the best we can do, then that would mean that we are not an intelligent species. What you have right now is the same thing there always was, under the mask of technology and political correctness. You're still having superpowers harassing the other "regions", you're still having religious extremists, you're still having "terrorist" attacks. Humans always blame those events but most of the time are too lazy or just simply dumb to question WHY did that exactly happen. Why where planes flown in the twin towers and et cetera...

Also a one world government would not change anything, I give you the agreement here, as it still encloses to a bunch of morons with no interest for your well being that would control the entire world even easier due to things such ass one world currencies and such. Although, a unified world where people let down their stupid values such as religion or ethnic values or whatever and actually work together for their own well being is deemed to success. However I fear that I'll be an atom by the time that happens, even myself have a hard time imaginating such a world, probably due to primitive instincts that riddle man.