I want to join the USAF and be a pilot but i also wanna join the Army and be in the 82nd Airborne?

Question

What should i do

Answer 1

You need to choose for yourself. Both service, in all fairness, are tough in their own ways.

To be a pilot in the USAF, beside basic physical conditioning, you will need to have a high degree of mental agility (think through a rapidly developing situation, assess and act quickly), and good motor skills (quick reaction time) for stuffs like BFM (basic flight maneuvering) and ACM (air combat maneuvering).

Prepare for lots of academic lessons as well. There is a lot of theory work before you will actually commence flying, so prepare to be both physically and mentally burn-out during the training phases.

I won't know about how the Airborne course is, but I've heard from friends that its as demanding as well (more so on the physical part I would think).

Anyway, its all about choices and if you like what you do, then good for you (its easier to turn a hobby into a means of living than the opposite).

My best advice is that you do well in your academics first (if you are still in high school or college). Once you have that pat down, its easier for you to decide.

Best of luck to you. And hope you get into the service that you like.
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The answer given by one of the repliers above unfortunately does happen, so I feel its also my responsiblity to let those who might want to enlist or sign on as a commissioned officer have a better understanding of the Armed Forces.

Sexual harassment do happen in the military, just as it does in the corporate office in the civilian world. Its your right to make it known to your superiors of the incident and let the proper investigating authority know about it. If your immediate superior does not take actions against such incident, you are allowed to go to the higher echleons in your relevant chain of command.

Always go in that order, do not attempt to jump it, because it will only make things difficult.

As for paychecks, its best to verify that all details are correctly known by them, be it the Army, Air Force or other branches. Remember, better to hassle them now, then to have a bigger mess to clear up later.

Answer 2

You have to be an officer to become a pilot. So that might not be an option for you. Personally I would probably go for the pilot spot if you can, I don't see whats so special about 82nd Airborne.

Answer 3

Well, you can join the air force and be in the 82 airborne. My nephew is what they call a TACP. I think that's tactical air controller paratrooper. He is attached to a ranger outfit in the 82 airborne.

He went to tactical air controller school in the air force and then to paratrooper school in Georgia. After that he was assigned to Fort Bragg and attached to the 82 airborne.

Pretty exciting job, but it's tough. He has to make so many jumps a month to maintain his airborne status.

Good luck. I prefer staying on the ground. Our infantry sargent always said nothing but bird crap and fools fall out of the sky.

Answer 4

the army has pilots, and the air force has an airborne section.

check with a recruiter.

Answer 5

Try for both and see which one you get in.

I would try the USAF because it is harder and if you are eliminated you still have the airborne, but go for the 101.

Answer 6

i would highly suggest going into the air force, you quality of life is much better then the Armies. oh and being a pilot expect looooooooooonnnnnnngggggggggg hours. enjoy!

Answer 7

To be a pilot you will have to of course go to college and to though the ROTC program. And be accepted to be a pilot. It is very competitive.

Answer 8

Serve 8 years in each. Then figure out your final four and retire.

Answer 9

go into the army. more opprotunites in the army. we own the airborne school.

Answer 10

Please know your chances of flying a plane for any branch of the military is slim to none. They do series of tests and exclude all but a tiny portion of the applicants. They won't tell you that though, until you are signed up. Then it'll be swabbing the poop deck or peeling potatoes for you.

Before you join the military please know that many members of the military are paid only once a month and the wages are laughably low.

Then please know they sometimes send your paychecks to the wrong accounts and don't fix it until a few months later, because in the uniformed services, the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing. Not everything is computerized and fixing things is slow.

They will even send you incorrect orders. My personal favorite was when they sent us orders to go to Korea just 2 days before our wedding, when we were really in the middle of an educational delay. It took several days to clear it up. We had to fax delay orders to 6 different people and we had angry brass calling us on our honeymoon. "Honey, General Sphincter is on the line again- he wants a hard copy of your original orders sent to him no later than 2 days. We'll have to overnight it!" Overnight = $20 for their f'ing mistake!

If they overpay you, they will just rip that money back out of your account before you even get the notification letter in the mail, so you have all kinds of bounced checks.

You will be told you get a pay increase so you sign up for more time, and then don't get an increase. When your time is up, now they are keeping soldiers "indefinitely" because so few people will sign up during a war. They have the right to keep you far far beyond your contractual period.

Crime on the bases is high because soldiers are paid low wages and some are on welfare. They never catch the theives. Expect your stuff to be broken into many times a year. Don't leave things out in your car. Put locks on all the doors of your living quarters.

Please know that when you enlist, you are not given all you need in the field, even just for simple field exercises. You may have to invest $1,000 for basics like a field flashlight, camel pack water backpack, extra socks and fatigues, walkie talkies, flea collars to put around your ankles (sand fleas), and the list goes on...

Please know that, as a soldier of any stripe, you must undergo a series of relatively new and unknown innoculations that have proved in the past to make men sick. When you complain, and have proof, your claim to benefits will be denied.

Please know that when you enlist you will be exposed to toxins and your superiors may keep this from you, which is related to the above warning.

The tips of US munitions are now being made out of depleted uranium. When they go off, the area all around the explosions are filled with uranium particle dust which goes into the lungs and causes all kinds of symptoms, like asthma and numerous neurological problems. They don't give you a face mask. In fact, they tell you it is harmless, but if you check the radiation levels of the air particulates near Iraq post bombing, you can see the elevated levels. The particles even drifted over Europe and lowered their air quality ratings. Google the halflife of uranium. It's in the hundreds of thousands of years.

At the beginning of this current Iraq war, our president signed into law huge cuts in veteran's benefits. He just wants to show all you soldiers how he supports your hard work out there in the 120F Iraqi sun.

You will be asked to do things that are against your morals. You will not be able to avoid them. You may be forced to kill people you personally know for certain are innocent. You will feel hot, bored, desperate, freaked and sad. Not in that order.

You will have hardship tours of long periods without your family friends and loved ones.

Girls around the bases have many vd's.

Please know that whatever the recruiter tells you, it is surely to be at minimum 100 times worse. The recruiter is not paid to play tictactoe with you. He is to say whatever it takes to get you to sign.

Please know that when you are a member of the services, your body becomes just "government property" and you are treated as such. You are made to swear an oath stating just that during induction ceremonies. If you have any grain of personal pride and human dignity, you may want to think about that.

While it's fun to shout WHOOAH! and dress in fatigues, the US military offers no real benefits. Sorry kid. They will leave you high and dry. Legless and poor, with nervous ticks like eye twitching.