Which should I choose?

Question

ok I either want to join the United States Marine Corps and enter Sniper Training OR I could try for the United States Air Force and enter Fighter Pilot Training. I NEED HELP!!!!!!! any suggestions?? *People currently or at some time have been employed under either choice are encouraged to answer.*

ok this is a new part. I have not gone through College. Actually Im not in HS yet. I have completly researched both subjects for a few years and no recruiters are answering my questions.

Answer 1

If you haven't finished high school - do that first. After high school - you can ENLIST - but you will probably never fly a fighter jet. The recruiters will feed you a lot of bull - about qualifying for officer programs - but if you want to fly a jet you have to go to college. If you want to fly a jet for the Air Force or the Navy - you almost have to have a degree in engineering. The Marines are the most likely to guarantee you a seat in flight school without an engineering degree, but in all cases you will need good grades. To be a sniper, you would have to enlist in the army or marines. Both places will teach you the same thing, but the Marines will say they will teach you better. They think they tie their shoelaces better too. In fact Marines do EVERYTHING better than all other people combined - just ask them .

If you decide to enlist, go to the recruiter with a veteran that you respect, and don't sign any papers without a guarantee IN WRITING that you will get the training and duty stations that you want. Recruiters are mostly good guys, but it is their job to get you in the military, not to get you what you want. You have to make them understand that to get you in the military, they have to get you the training you ask for.

If you are interested in aviation, I would join the air force, they won't teach an enlisted guy to fly, but you could be an ATC (air traffic controller) there, and with that training, you could get a job as a civilian ATC, many of the current ATC's are getting ready to retire, due to the fact that Reagan fired all of them at once back in the 80's, which means lots of them are now retirement age. ATC's make good money - it is probably in the top five jobs paywise for people without a bachelor's degree. And you will make far more than many people with a bachelor's degree.

Good Luck and read before you sign.

Answer 2

I would go into the Air Force and try to be a pilot. Here are a couple of reasons.
1. A fighter pilot has alot more civilian options for employment than a sniper if you decided to leave the military.

2. It also depends on what living conditions you want to have while in the military. The Air Force has way better living conditions than the Marines. The bases are nicer and you get to go to far better destinations than your average marine.

I enjoy the army but if I had to do it all over again I should have went Air Force.

Answer 3

For both Sniper training and Fighter Pilot training you're going to need excellent vision. You don't need any other prequalifications to be a sniper. But in order to be a fighter pilot you have to be a commissioned officer. And that requires at least bachelor's degree.

I was suggest being a fighter pilot. You'll get paid very well while you in the air force. And after you get out you'll have an easy time finding work.

Do you have a bachelor's degree yet?

Answer 4

In order to be a pilot in the USAF, you have to be 1) an officer and 2) a pilot. Yes, the USAF trains its pilots, but you still have to be an officer. That means college, preferably using a ROTC scholarship, or go to the Academy. You can (probably) go thru Officer Candidate School (I'm sure the USAF has one), but that means enlisted as a normal airman, getting college, and then applying for the school.

As for the USMC and Sniper training, you would enlist as a regular marine, and then apply for the school. IF you meet all the requirements (height, weight, shooting, physical fitness), then you would go to the school. Upon completion of this, you will be privileged to carry the identifier of Sniper.

Either way, you will have to complete HS (diploma, NOT a GED)

I recommend that you check out ALL the branches. See who will guarantee what. Please note, I said guarantee, NOT promise. A guarantee is in writing, I promise is nothing. If it's not in writing, you have nothing.

Answer 5

I would just worry about getting through HS first. You will go through a lot in your HS years and will prob change your mind.

As for recruiters not talking to you. They are not allowed. You have to be atleast 16 before a recruiter will talk to you. Plus what benefit do they get from talking with you. The time they spend talking to you they could be working on getting a person actually into the military. You see where Im going with this.

Either choice is a good one and I think you have plenty of time to think about it. Both will require a lot of training and basically pure luck to get into.

Answer 6

Can't anyone answer? Have you researched both programs and found out what is necessary before joining? I'd look deeper than what the recruiter tells you, recruiters today are probably ready to promise you a jet to get you to join. Find the facts, do the research and then join what suits your physical ability and mental ability. Do you fly now? Do you have a pilot's license?

Answer 7

wow thats an exciting two choices...i like both..let me decide..hmmm i'm gonna go with the sniper training...it seems more interesting because you have to study the object really well and you are not in a jet fumbling around some which honestly might be harder but if you like that challenge then ok..u know what i mean..like as a sniper you are in your own free space maybe. Good Luck

Answer 8

Personaly I'd do sniping or the Fighter Pilot Training.

Answer 9

Fighter Pilot Training! How could you not? If I could've joined the military that's what I'd do!

Answer 10

I have known some really cool Air Force people. USAF has a cocky reputation, but it is the best in as far as family and community. You never have to leave your family behind. They go where you go. My family has history in the Army and Navy. I'm a Navy man myself. There's no way I could have ever taken my family with me on a carrier, sub, battleship or any other vessel. But, I still love the Navy.