air force

Hello, I’m reaching out to any former or current Air Force Special Operators who have gone through the pipeline while balancing family life. Specifically, I’d like to hear about your experiences managing the challenges of raising kids during your career. I'm a husband and father of three...

Hello ShadowSpear community, I am a 30 year old male, with a personal training background of 10+ years, currently applying for Air Force ROTC. I intend to pursue an engineering degree at the University of Central Florida. The MOS I intend to apply for is that of either a Combat Rescue Officer...

Good day all. I'm in a doctorate program for psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, and I am in the process of applying for a direct commission with the air force. I had heard that there may be certain provider roles with Air Force Special Warfare as some type of "human maintainer"...

Greetings, gentlemen. I'll cut straight to the chase. On a several year old thread on ArmyRanger.com (not sure if I'm allowed to link it), a TACP raised some concerns he had over the future of the TACP career field. He stated that with technological advancements, TACPs are moving more towards...

Below are my questions. I could not find proper details regarding these questions using the search feature and old threads. If I have overlooked something, please be patient and redirect me in the proper direction. 1) Do you know if there are SOST equivalents in the other branches? If so, what...

Hello everyone! I am a 24 year old Active Duty Hospital Corpsman and have served in the military for approximately six years. After graduating from high school, I enlisted in the U.S. Navy and began my career at 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment in Hawaii. After two deployments, I PCS'd to...

Hi Everyone, I am currently trying to understand all the color vision standards that are needed to be met in order to become a PJ. I have talked with many people who have given me very conflicting information and cant find out anything online as all that info is also conflicting. My...

I am currently a active duty marine and I’m trying to transition to the AF and be a Tacp. I understand I have to do my full enlistment before I can be eligible. While me being active duty, would I have to EAS before a recruiter can even start any paper work on me. Any information from anyone who...

Hi I'm Skull and I'm trying to find out some information about becoming a JTAC, I have never served in the military before, I met an Uber driver who turned out to be a former Green Beret and is mentoring me about the military, he assigned me to find out what type of MOS I should get in the Air...

Hello ladies and gentlemen! Glad to be apart of the site! A little bit about me, I joined the Army right out of high school, served in the signal corps. I have been out almost 3 years now, civilian life wasn't what I thought it would be. I am now looking to go back active duty Air Force as TACP.

Good day ladies and gentleman! Excited to find a community to further my knowledge and to also aid my peers in my remaining training. In my final years of high school, I saw the documentary Inside Combat Rescue and since then I have aspired to become a CRO. I decided it would be in my best...

Hey guys, new to this site. Little bit about me. I'm a senior in HS for the time being but will be going to VMI next year enrolled in AFROTC. My dream is to commission and be a Combat Rescue Officer. I have done a bunch of research on it but more info never hurts. My mom was in the Coast Guard...

Anyone here get notified today of their selection for SSgt (AF)?

Hello all, I have a few questions that I hope you can answer for me. I'm a near high school graduate looking for a career in the Air Force, with my ultimate goal,becoming an SOT. My knowledge on all this is very limited,but,I do plan on gathering as much information as possible, as soon as...

Hi SS Community, I have been invited to assess with an AFR RQS in August. The assessment consists of what looks to be a mega PAST (1500m swim, 3 mile run, etc.) and an interview with unit leaders. If a candidate excels in the PAST and the unit leaders like him, then they will send that person...

So for the past 5 years I have set my eyes on a career in special operations. I have done my research of each SOF unit and I have come to find that I am most interested in either Army SF(18A) or Air Force CRO. Between those two, I have the strongest passion to become a CRO but when comparing the...

Hello SS community. I'm a 34yo SSgt in the USMCR and am researching options to go SF through any branch that has openings for a prior service guy. PFT 283, CFT 300, Expert Rifle, Expert Pistol, Advanced Swim Qual, 12 mile ruck in 2:58. Here are the cliffs notes: A lot of the options people talk...

Hey everyone, I'm currently in the DEP for the Air Force. I'm 23 years old, love to run, am a strong swimmer, and am about 2 pull-ups away from being able to pass the PAST test. I also have my skydiving A-license. I'm trying to decide whether I should enlist with a Pararescue or SOWT...

Hey guys sorry I joined on my phone and did not see that I had to make an introduction! Well my name is Andrew, and I am really interested in joining the Air Force. But I'm stuck between two jobs, and one of them being outside the Air Force and in the Army the 75 Ranger Regiment. I am in the...