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brother wants to join AF
I work as a civilian for the Army and SO is ex AF, but got out 7 years ago. My brother is looking at going officer and has his bachelors, graduated in May.
Can anyone explain the difference btw going enlisted and officer besides the OCS part? Does he still see a recruiter and take the test? not sure what he is thinking exactly but he mentioned SP or maybe intell....degree is in psych.
TIA
ETA, does anyone know if you can still branch public affairs as a 2nd lt?
Re: brother wants to join AF
any reason why? i am a PAO so I know he would be a good fit, but I also know they are cutting back in that MOS in the AF
I don't have much knowledge about the officer candidacy process in the AF, but I needed to chime in and mention that my DH and I have been Security Forces for a combined total of 21 years, and if your brother voluntarily goes SF officer I will kick him in the kneecaps.
SF officer duty is bad, bad, BAD shiit duty. Unless he's absolutely in love with the idea of law enforcement/infantry and can't picture himself doing anything else, he needs to stay far away. He's going to deploy out the wazoo and spend all the rest of his time writing pointlessly stupid policies and kissing @ss. He will not be doing any actual law enforcement work.
Most SF officers I know were "volun-told" into SF because of their degrees. Most of them do an excellent job and are dedicated to the AF, but they hate SF.
Intel is a much better option and will translate more easily into a civilian career once he gets out. Still very deployable, but chances are good he won't be commanding convoys in Iraq like SF.
** ETA that he needs to look into the mental health career as an option, with that psych degree... Even if he's not planning to go into counseling on the outside, it's still an option for him. Not sure about officers but until recently there was a nice bonus for enlisted retrains into mental health.
They're cutting back on every AFSC (AF version of MOS) right now. It happens every few years and is part of the risk of being an officer. They cut tons of people, then panic and open everything back up, then cut them all again. It's almost comically cyclical. If he's really interested in a field and has a strong application package, I wouldn't worry about reduction in force.