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drgreenthumb00

drgreenthumb00

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Airforce or Navy? (experienced individuals help please!)

Alright. After I finish up with school after the fall I plan on joining the military. I want to become a cop but im your average white boy and people say there is no way i will become a cop unless i was in military or a minority. To an extent this is true but I'm gunna join anyways because people say that the military was the best thing they ever did in their life.

Anyways which one do you think is a better branch. I'm not all about ground warfare so i'm leaving out the army and the marines would be to tough for me. Any particular reason which one is better. anybody have any idea which branch gives better benefits and pensions.

I was going to enlist and if I like it after 4 years stay with it. I was about to join the airforce right before 9/11 happened but I bailed out. I decided to get a degree first so I can go in with stripes and possibly an officer. My only downfall with the military is i have very minor asthma but i think i might be able to over come it if I train myself and buld up my lungs little by little.

THANKS FOR THE INPUT PEOPLE!
 
Depends really what you want out of your experience. If you want to see the world and come back an alcoholic join the Navy. If you want to get a good education and come back an alcoholic joint the Air force. If you decide AF just be sure you don't end up pumping gas...try and get into space systems or aircraft mechanics.
 
aye stupid kid heres some of lil things i know bout both
boot camp is usally the worst part of any military training
air force is 6 weeks very light physical demanding most educational
navy 9 weeks bout as tough or tougher than the army must be a decent swimmer good at listening
now some of the pluses and negs of them both
air force almost garunteed to have great education when done great bonuses air bases usually are in the deserts not all bout flying
navy good inbetween schooling not so bad bonuses crappy outfits bonuses are somewhat difficult to get good travelling most likley small spaces pays off to stay the full 20

and one thing for all military everything they promise get on paper or theyll fuck any way possible. i know from experience
and if they say your gunna be officer dont believe them it takes atleast 6 years to become one even with full college
 
dj daz thanks for the info however u have your numbers mixed up abit on the navy.. ive been doing my research and like i said boot camp is the only thing that scares me.

Air Force basic training is 6 weeks at Lackland AFB, Texas.
* Army boot camp is 9 weeks and occurs at a variety of places based on your specialties.
* Coast Guard recruit training is 8 weeks at the Coast Guard Training Center, Cape May, N.J.
* Marine recruit training is 12 weeks at Marine Corp Training Depots at Parris Island, S.C. and San Diego, Calif.
* Navy basic training is 8 weeks at Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Il.


Wezzy Wigg u make it sound so easy to get into that stuff. It's not. You have to take a test and qualify for those positions. You would have to be a smart mo fo to get those jobs
 
QUIT BEING A PANSY AND JOIN THE FUCKING CORE YOU WORTHLESS MAGGOT!!!!!
heh
atri
 
dude i was in marine boot camp its 13 weeks cuz they dont count the week of processing but your still in the mcrd and its the same for navy too
 
Well, if you like wearing white bell-bottoms, being referred to as "seaman", and getting harassed by dickhead Marines on a daily basis, then join the Navy. If you want to actually learn something useful, and have more respect when you get out, join the Air Force.

You shouldn't base your decision on boot camp though, as they are all about the same (except for that crazy ass Marine psycho boot camp).
 
While I was never in the military, I grew up around it my whole life because my dad was an officer in the Marines. Joining either the Marines or army doesn't necessarily mean you would be involved with ground warfare--if you don't want to be in a combat position they don't want you there.

Now, between the Navy and Airforce I would lean towards the Navy, except for the fact that you need to consider that depending on your MOS, you will be spending a significant part of your life in the middle of the ocean. From what I've had people tell me, unless you're an officer, life at see isn't the greatest. On the plus side though, you do get to see a good portion of the world.

As far as the Airforce is concerned, you will live a much more comfortable and easier life if you decided to join. When we lived in Japan, we lived on an Air Force base that most people would agree was the best base around out of any service. Also, in the Airforce, you will get much less of a military experience, as officers and enlisted will call each other by their first names. I know this sounds like I'm nitpicking, but if you know anything about the military you would know there is something inherently wrong with this.
 
I'd lean towards the navy as well. My dad never spent any time in the middle of the ocean. If one of the reasons you are going is because everyone says "it was the best thing they could have done for themselves" then go with the navy. The reason they say this is because it gave them a structural living that they didn't have before. Taught them to be self-modivated, and a hard worker. You'll deffinetly get this out of the navy, but like simply said I'm not too sure how much of this you'll get out of the AF. Now, seems to me that since you're graduating from college you already are self-modivated and a hard worker. So, maybe these aspects aren't entering your pro's and con's.
 
Re: Airforce or Navy? (experienced individuals help please!)

drgreenthumb00 said:
I want to become a cop...
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Why? So you too can become a drug-warrior and protect the interests of the rich?

To an extent this is true but I'm gunna join anyways because people say that the military was the best thing they ever did in their life.
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And the last one, in many cases. If getting turned into a mindless killing machine appeals to you the, hey, who the hell am i to judge you... 8)

Anyways which one do you think is a better branch. I'm not all about ground warfare so i'm leaving out the army and the marines would be to tough for me. Any particular reason which one is better. anybody have any idea which branch gives better benefits and pensions.
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The navy, for sure! Here, let me sing you a song to convinve you...

In the navy To the tune of the Village People's track of the same name.

"In the navy!
You can get down on your knees!
In the navy!
You can catch a bad disease!
In the navy!
You can touch men on the bum
In the navy!
people pretend to be your mum!
In the navy!... etc. etc. etc."

Well, i'm sure you get the picture... Good luck on your mission to become a cold blooded killer, see you in hell military boy! :D :D :D
 
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^^^ How many people do you think have been killed by cruise missles launched from Navy vessels?
 
There's a big difference between being an infantryman on the front lines and being someone who presses a button to lob missles at targets hundreds of miles away. I don't think either of them are "mindless killers" but maybe I should have said that people in the Navy don't see front line combat. Someone can easily counter that with mentioning the Navy Seals, but I'm not including them since they account for about .00001% of the Navy.

I just think it is an ignorant statement to say that people in the military are all "mindless killers". Especially considering the fact that 99% of the jobs in the military (let alone Navy or Airforce) don't involve any kind of violence.
 
I was in the army for one enlistment,... anyone around this place that knows me is well aware that I am not a "mindless killer". For fucks sake, I was in communications... I fired a rifle a total of 3 times after I got out of basic training (all range firing, no live targets).

My advice to you, join the Air Force. You will get a better education, period. You also will spend far less time in areas where you might get your ass shot off (maybe not less than the navy, but air force pukes are ALWAYS "in the rear with the gear").

The biggest knock on the Navy in my opinion... sea time. You might get stuck living in the desert for a year or so... but you won't be trapped on a floating hunk of metal for 6 months out of a year either.
Plus the Navy has so many freakin uniforms... too much laundry to be done all the time. ;) (though their general duty uniform, "dungarees", are basically bell-bottomed jeans and a blue button down shirt)

ATRI, I can't believe you made such a major typo! Even an army guy knows it's THE CORPS. :p
 
thanks for all your input. I'm probably gunna go start talking to a recruit more than likely the AF at the end of the summer. that way if i decide to sign up hopefully I can leave for boot camp in december-early next year after i finish up my bachelors degree.
 
Regardless of what service you are looking at, with your educational background you should definitely look into going to OCS and becoming an officer from the beginning. I understand that not everyone wants to be an officer or would even be good in the position, but if it's something you're interested in, you should try to go straight into the officer track.
 
It's my personal opinion that if drgreenthumb wants to be a police officer and not a manager, he should stick with enlisted. I don't have anything against officers, but most of them in do nothing but push paperwork... especially so in the Air Force.

Talk to the right recruiter and with a 4 year degree you can enlist as an E-3 or 4 (paygrades are (E)nlisted 1-10) instead of a buck private. I don't know if you can get E-4 from the Air Force, because E4 in the AF is a sergeant... in the Army it would be Specialist, and I knew several people that went to Basic Training as E-4/Specialists.
 
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