Yes I did a bit of research before my enlistment and chose 4 as 6 had very little impact on my career and paycheck. I’m truly glad I chose 4 years with the experience I had with my job.
This was incredible, thank you so much! I am trying to get back into the Air Force and can’t even do one full push up yet so I have been looking for things to help! I’m going to try all of these, thank you thank you thank you!
It's hard, but honestly we can choose our hard and joining has really helped me have stability and being that single parent, that's something that is a priority to me.
I’m still active duty and while my mental health has definitely declined while serving, the resources that are available to me do make such a positive impact in my life
@@AmberKuunani wait why don’t you? I was told by my recruiter I’m able to submit a cross train packet around the 3 yr mark later on. Why aren’t you reenlisting? Please reply!
@@NicoleBermz I was told that when I enlisted as well. However you do have a short time frame before you have to reenlist and you’ll have to be eligible for the desired job. I.e ASVAB score which you can retake anytime in your career, there must be a spot open in your rank, and you must look for the specific coding to see if you actually qualify. Say if you decide you reenlist and want to cross train and don’t like SF, you’ll be stuck in SF if you don’t cross train within your “window”. I tried retraining into medical but I didn’t qualify because I wasn’t previously medical although I did have those choices when I first got my list of jobs before I left for BMT. It is crucial to wait it out for the job you feel that suits YOU unless you honestly just don’t care about the job you get. Don’t get me wrong, benefits are fantastic when you can use it but SF operational does have a lot of unpleasant sides to it.
@@AmberKuunani thanks for replying so quickly! I got an overall score of 41 and my mage goes as follows M:16 A:39 G:44 E:27. So my highest is General and according to the Air Force website there’s several jobs in the AF I can do with a G44. However, my recruiter says the only thing that will open up is SF because she hasn’t seen anything else open up. I told her I don’t mind waiting in the DEP program. SF is the last one on my list and she also told me I had to put it down. I’m not picky but I rather give my list a chance to see if something comes up. I put down traffic management, material management, and a few other jobs I can’t name on the top of my head. She’s making it seem like SF isn’t available either by saying “we can lock in SF in December when it becomes available and you can ship out in January.” Ugh! So you’re saying to wait it out in DEP and see if something comes up? Maybe wait 3 months?
@@AmberKuunani haha totally understand that!!!! Makes a lot of sense to be in the right mind state while hitting those pr’s. That’s why I ask and don’t judge right away!
@@AmberKuunani im thinking about joining AF as a mom of two married to my husband who is prior military. but i’m very nervous sad about the thought of leaving my kids behind 😭 like could i actually do it 😢
