Im thinking about joining up in the future and im wonderin about army or air force...comments?

gene r

first off the pay scales are the same you need to decide which program has what your looking for. and the chances of getting what you want. both army and airforce R good choices.

Justin

it depends what u want to do in the air force and army.

Silly Girl

All I will say is be prepared for anything, including Iraq or worse. It is the military and they do fight the wars.

You are very brave for thinking about this. I wish you luck and safety.

goodcharlottefreak040404

Ft Stewart is where my uncle lives (He works for them now....he is a "retired" Marine) And despite how hard the training looks I say GO FOR IT!!! Any kind of military, army or whatever will strip you down from ALL your pride, but will build you with so much courage and confidence and mental ability it is AMAZING!!! It's a lot of fun, and there is no racism or anything like that.....One thing about Hygene...you'll learn how to take a shower and get dressed in less than 5 minutes!!!! You get 2 mins to take a shower and 3 to get dressed!!! If you decide to do it I say Good Luck and Have Fun!

Sweet Dragon

Yes go ... beans are for you obviously. Beans will teach you english so you can fight in plain "american"...

twosweet28

Being an Army veteran myself, of course I'm a little partial.
But I agree with gene......you have to look at what each offers and what you want to to.....if you decide to do it......good luck to you...

NiCoLaS W

GO army.. air force is a bunch of *******

SSG wife

I would say army. My husband has been in for 11 years now and loves it. He says the airforce is for wimps. I don't have any personal knowledge but from what he says go army.

valsacar

I've been where you are, so hopefully this will be of some help to you.

Originally I wanted to go Air Force, and most of my family told me to do that. After time speaking with both recruiters I found a few main differences.

1. Army will write your job into your contract(you have to push for it, and don't sign if it isn't there). Air Force will give you a job "field" which is an extremely broad range of jobs.

2. Army will let you choose your first duty station, based on the needs of the Army. In my case I was give 3 choices, or CONUS(anywhere in the states). Air Force wouldn't offer me this.

3. Air Force has a higher standard of living, ie they get nicer barracks.

Pay and benefits are all the same, though Army is said to promot faster(I had a few ex-Air Force guys in one of my units, they came over because they couldn't go up in the AF). With faster promotion also comes faster demotion. IE Army gives it faster, but will take it away faster as well.

For me I went with Army, because knowing what job I was going to do was the most important thing for me. I also wanted choice of station, I didn't really care where I was going, I just wanted to know before I signed up.

I hope that's usefull for you, as always sit down with the recruiters and hear what they have to say. But remember, if it isn't in writing, you don't get it. Make sure you read that contract and understand each line before you sign it. That's not just with the military, that's with everything that requires a signature on it.

St. Hell

Don't do it.

Be a doctor, be a store clerk, be a stripper, be a Welfare bum. But be ALIVE.

Be ANYthing...except a soldier.

Pilar L

I used to work for the military a few years ago. The Army were pretty much the physical guys. They were the ones that were deployed the most and had to work much harder. It did not matter if you were a grunt or pushing paper, you work harder. The Air Force guys had it made. They did not have to be deployed as often, and it is a much better branch of the military if you are looking for an education sometime in the future. The Army has more bases around the world than the Air Force, so they get to see a lot more of the planet. It all depends on what you are looking for. My uncle was in the Air Force, now he has 2 doctorates and a whole lot of other degrees, never left the U.S. I have friends in the Army and they have been to Germany, Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Italy, and Fort Irwin, California. One just went back to Afghanistan for the 3rd time a couple of months ago, and my other friend is going to Iraq in one month. Hope that helps some.

trinity

don't join. for god's sake do not join while we are in the middle of the war. save your own life. if the draft is started, then go, but not now...you have the possibility to do so many other things. this war is not legitimate. watch the movie, "why we fight" and see for yourself

ascarta2

air force is for wimps :P go army!

sabre6

I was in the army, Master sergeant, 2nd battalion, 1st armored, and it was tough, but they treated me well, After I made staff sergeant I began to get respect, and it went well. there were a lot of rough times. Being that I was a Tanker, I was always on the front lines and it was very rough, always the first to go. My father served in the Air Force and said that it was much better treatment. When they flew, it was in a 747, when we flew it was in a bouncing turbulent C-130. We slept in tents and My father stayed in hotels. Their food was better , and the money was better even if you were in the reserves. He was active duty. If I were you I would join the Air Force. If you want to drive tanks or pond the ground with artillery or want to be a ranger, Special forces Etc. Then join the army. If you want to make money and live in luxury then join the air force. Don't get me wrong, the air force is still a hard branch, but they seem to get better treatment Sometimes.

DOOM

Join the air force. They have this crazy notion of taking care of their personnel.

JAMES11A

What do you want to do? All branches have the same medical coverage, pay rates etc. A medical equipment repair specialist is more likely to sleep between sheets than a Ranger, SEAL, Marine Recon or Special Forces soldier.

Figure out what you are qualified to do, then figure out what you want to do. Then do it.

Charles Dobson Focus on the Fam

Don't join any branch. Stay home and get a real job. If you join you will be fighting for a government that doesn't care about you. You wont be serving America or fighting for America instead you will be fighting for George Bush Inc. and their interests.

Be smart and keep your distance from the miitary.
Oh keep in mind that the recruiters are just salesmen interested only in numbers. They will tell you anything and promise you anything to get you to sign up.

Geoff L

Value your life and don't join. Value it even more and get an education. Your abysmal spelling and grammar only reinforces the widely held notion that the military are targeting the young, uneducated and disadvantaged in their recruitment drives!!!

Michael

I've never met a Marine, Soldier, or Sailor that did not absolutely love the living conditions that the Air Force enjoys. That's why they think we are "soft" because we don't dig our beds and live in field conditions all the time. Educational benefits are excellent as well.

Pay is the same regardless of service, based on rank. Responsibility is different depending on the service, and also on the jobs within each service. Promotions are harder to come by in the AF vs. other services, its also hard to lose rank in the AF than the other services. Promotion difficulty comes from others in the service that are highly knowledgeable in their respective fields, and those are the ones you compete against for promotion.

The AF doesn't have field exercises as much as, say the Army. We are a smaller force, and many people work outside the "combat zone" in support roles vs. actual eye-to-eye with the enemy. Although there are jobs that take you in the line of fire as an enlisted person. We send our Officers out to do our fighting, in that sense, I'd say were are smarter.. or dumber for sending our future leaders to fight and possibly die.

In the Air Force, Enlistments are for 4 or 6 years, your choice.

In the Air Force, your chances of finding a job that equates to a civilian job is probably easier. Not a lot of jobs for retired infantrymen in the civilian market.

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