I never knew there were leadership positions like this at AF Tech school. Nice to learn something new, and nice to see you enjoy mentoring new Airman at Tech School.
They have always had the. Red rope -- squadron leader, yellow ropes under red rope, they assist in marching to go class- your OJT /AFSC. Also have green ropes. 1972 my medical specialist school was at Sheppard AFB. We matched to school and back again after classes. The ropes help the Training instructors -- such as inspections. We had about 30 flights of females back then. Karen 72-97 AF/ANG. 50 yrs ago was Green and then Yellow rope. Back the only had red, yellow and green ropes
Sweet Jesus! There was none of that when I attended technical training at Keesler AFB, Mississippi in the summer of 1979. We didn’t even have to march in formation when going to our tech school; it was practically around the corner. There were a couple of “ropes” and the rest of us were trainees and that was all. We did have a Chief Student Training Advisor (who acted like an MTI) and a couple of STAs who were, well, drunk with the power of their authority. Sounds like the Air Force has come a long, long way since then. Hope you and Kyle are doing okay. He’s not kicking himself in the backside for punching out of the service, is he?
Just keep in mind as soon as you get to your first duty station all that stuff goes out the door. Just don't let it go to your head :) . When a new airman got to the squadron and bragged about being a rope we just laughed. OTS had its own rank structure with upper class and lower class ot and ranks. Graduation day. We were all just 2nd LTs . I was glad I was prior enlisted and had proper perspective. That was decades ago though.
Yeah, we had some red ropes when I went through who thought it was going to get them BTZ. It must have been quite a shock when they got to their first duty station and they found out no one cared about that anymore.
Man I'm a white rope right now and I love it so much!! I have a longer tech school (6 months) so I'm always volunteering for events and running around and it's made the time fly!! I've also met some great people and our Chaplain here is amazing! Definitely an experience I'm grateful for!
How can you apply to be a Teal Rope? I have had some stuff happen to me in college and I was really good at helping others who went through the same thing once I had recovered and think I could do a good job helping people with these issues because I care a lot and know how to talk to people.
So far in my experience the prior service Airmen are respected by the "new" Airmen and the Sgts test them more like adults than the rest of us. The ones I've interacted with have all been super chill and have had really valuable insight in different areas so it's a really great situation having them around
I'm gonna be doing the same as prior service Army. From what I've heard we definitely get a lot more freedom and we are looked at different since we have prior experience. Is it true that we don't stay in the dorms with everyone else?
@@6packjesus dude that's awesome! Way better beds and don't have to deal with the shenanigans of tech school. Hey we went through that once no reason to have to relive it lol 😆. What AFSC are you joining as?
For my tech school my black ropes went to practice almost every day to practice drill performances, Jodie’s etc. green rope there’s a lot of responsibility because if your team does good or bad it falls back on you. Also you have to be voted into the green rope leadership position. I was a green rope and I enjoyed it just have to be a captain of the team essentially.
Please can someone help me! I’m going to Meps this Friday I don’t have a job list yet because my job options are limited as non US citizen, But the list of job I got from my recruiter do not interest me but I can do the medical which he said is not available. Do I insist on medical ? Also is it true that if you are a non us citizen after tech school you cannot be stationed abroad ?
I’m a non us citizen as well and wanted to do law enforcement and they told me I couldn’t. I got assigned personnel as my job, and once I become a citizen I can cross train into law enforcement. You can do that if you are okay with waiting
i was a Teal Rope in tech school down at Fort Sam Houston! bein an Airman Leader in tech school was so awesome! i pulled a ton of 341s from anyone who either crossed me or did the wrong thing right in front of me. i yelled and smoked people. my nickname was the Butcher i was more like Regina George from Mean Girls because i always acted like an MTI and i have a so strict and so stern side! i took a ton of pride takin 341s and showin my authority to everyone 😊
Dont do any leadership positions in tech school. It does nothing for you when you get to your first base. Have a good time at tech school meet new people and go off base
@@eloymarquez4783 nada, its time consuming and not fun. Learn your job to the best of your ability and have fun responsibly and move onto your next base.