I am about to enter either the Navy or Airforce and I am currently a translator and would love to be able to continue this profession for my country but I have been told that if I do I will be sent to the war zone. Being a dedicated wife and mom of two, I really don't want to choose a career that will definitely put me on war's path--I realize that there are no guarentees once you enter the military. Thanks in advance!
2007-06-26 03:50:05 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Army linguists are guarentteed to go to a war zone - just because they are a linguist - they are a soldier first - with Navy / Air Force it is different - it depends on the job that you have - talk with a recruiter about spesific linguist jobs - most of the time with the Air Force it involved ear phones and a little cubical. Even if you know a language, they will still send you to the DLI - they may assign you a different language all together, then you still have to go on to your AIT school depending on what job you have - Air Force mostly goes to Goodfellow. That process takes 1 1/2 - 2 years depending on you language. Who knows we could be out of Iraq by then. Pay is good once you are in for a while - but as an Enlistedman with kids, things are tight , you can do it, but you just have to be smart(unless you have a spouce working then it is lots easier. The military will move your family to Monterey for you DLI then to Goodfellow - then to whereever you will be stationed - easy moves. You can walk out of the DLI with an associates in your language and a security clearance - after your military career is done it is super easy to get a gov job that pays VERY well. If you get assigned a different language than you already speak, you can still take the DLPT in your first language and get language pay for 2 languages. My husbands a linguist studing KOrean here - it is his 3rd language. We love it. Hope things work out for you. They are long hard days of school - 8-10 hours in a class room with 3 hours of homework at night. Family time is minimal, we just learn to budget it like money. Jeeper Peeper is wrong - there are Korean linguists is Iraq right now - because they are soldiers first and have other talents besides linguists - that is the way the Army works
2007-06-26 05:11:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What would you like to hear; a LIE; No, it's not true. All linguists have cozy stateside assignments far away from any of the hazards of combat, or the TRUTH: Yes, you'd be sent to the war zone if that was the language that you spoke. But do me a favor, and stay where you are; for I couldn't stand another stupid person serving in my military. I've got enough idiots to deal with now, I don't think I have the tolerance for dealing with another one.
2007-06-26 07:48:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
the Navy's CTIs are NOT translators. they sit in small dark rooms and listen to communications and transcribe them. Do you qualify to take the DLAB?
HOWEVER, this doesn't mean you won't get deployed or be sent somewhere where you stand a chance of being in harm's way. in fact.. EVERY single job in the military has that chance.
2007-06-26 08:21:50 · answer #3 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they might desire to because of the fact they help AlQaeda anyhow..... there is not any purpose interior the U. S. for anti American leftist liberal extremists that purely be attentive to the thank you to protest against motives they don't additionally be attentive to the history approximately. those "hire a protestors" spew lies, carry wood indicators that they are able to't even supply an answer for, take care of those that are against u.s., harbor our enemies, take care of unlawful immigrants that don't belong here and are the reason for all civil disobedience here on our soil like the kin terrorists they're. i don't care what occurs to them. merely kidnap them, blindfold them and deliver them to the factors they protest for and notice how they like the scientific care they acquire. that would desire to teach their real colours because of the fact they have not got the braveness to head to Iraq, Darfur, China, Myanmar, Lebanon and different worldwide places to stand the governments. purely a team of cowards that think of that protesting hundreds of miles away can scientific care the worldwide's ills.....
2016-09-28 11:44:08 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lordy lordy if you enroll in any military branch then you automatically have a chance to go to iraq or afghanstan they need people to keep everyting runing some jobs you will have more of a chance than others but either way there is a possibility that you could go to iraq
2007-06-26 12:48:59 · answer #5 · answered by Honey Badger Doesnt give a Shat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming you speak Arabic, Farsi (sp) or Pashtoon (sp) you will almost certainly be going to a war zone as soon as you clear training.
2007-06-26 03:56:08 · answer #6 · answered by New Dog Owner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not true.
It depends on what language's you speak.
They certainly don't need Korean speakers in either Iraq or Afghanistan.
But if you are trained in arabic, farsi or pashtoon, then you will more than likely be deployed to either Iraq or afghanistan.
2007-06-26 10:08:18 · answer #7 · answered by jeeper_peeper321 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it doesnt matter what you enorle as, once you're in, you're in. they can send you anywhere they want.
2007-06-26 03:58:42 · answer #8 · answered by joe the man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋