So I made up my mind and I want to serve my country. Up untill three days ago I was pretty sure I wanted to join the Air Force because:
A: Im married and have a 10 month old daughter
B: Shorter deployments would be easier on my family
C: Better Housing (so I hear) which would be better for my wife and daighter.
D. They seem to offer alot of jobs with electronics (which is my SECOND career choice)
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Now ive been reading about the Army, Marines, and Navy the last few days and it seems that the ARMY has alot of jobs in the medical field in which intrest me big time such as pediatric, optician and etc (MEDICAL Field) which has always been my first choice of something I want to do after the Militery)
Now the NAVY has always been a dream for me since I can remember but im cutting it short because:
A: I have people tell me all they do is clean clean clean clean clean and clean (which i dont mind I much rather do that then shoot people lol)
B: Always on sea…so when will I see my family?
But the navy has something else that intrest me (Construction) I think its listed as….My father is a retired home builder and does very very well…and growing up I used to go to work with him and loved it. So maybe that is something I would like to do as well.
As far as the Marines….as much as I would love to be one this is what stops me:
A: They say you eat, sleep and play Marines…which means it does not sound like ill ever see my family
B. The only jobs that intrest me were Air Traffic Controll and Engineer.
SO overall these are my carrer goals: I want to be in the medical field..Pediatrician, Optician, Physical Therapist, Or even Radiology.
If thats not an option I love electronics : Electronic Engineer, Avionic Electronic seems pretty cool but im not sure how many of those jobs are available in the civilian world
As mentiond I love construction: Home Builder, Project Manager something like that.
I know it seem like I have no idea what I want to do but its not like that.
Im 26 years old and ive been out of school for 8 years now…so I got to work a little on all these fields as a helper or just community service..so all these fields were of my intrest and is something I can picuture myself doing.
So back to the question: Can I train to become any of those in the Air Force?
What branch would give me the best oppertunity to be someone in the civilian world?
I hear so much bad stuff about the Amry….I want to know if its true….I mean I hear stuff like rapest, treat you with no respect, living sucks, and a whole bunch of other stuff and that makes me back up because I dont want my daughter to live in those conditions.
Well enough for now everyone hear gets my goal hear is I want to serve my country
While im serving I want to know my family is going to be taken care of
If I dont make a career in the out of the militery, which branch will best position me for a great job as a civilian?
Ohh yea last question: Do you need to be an officer to train in these fields??
Thank’s in advance to everyone.