Advice needed - Daughter thinking about service

[bvilchez]

Originally Posted by Darrell

I think she should join the Air Force. They take better care of their people and have better facilities than the rest of the services. They also have a great Intelligence field, especially for Intel officers. Make sure she is seeing an OFFICER recruiter, and not an ENLISTED. You don't need your little girl who just spent 4 years getting a degree, getting suckered into joining the Air Force for 4 years as an E-3.

EDIT:

Tony beat me above about the officer recruiter thing.

Darrell you're my boy and all and I can't wait to herf with you but you only served in the Air Force correct? Just my but I've only served in my beloved Corps and don't know how anyone else takes care of their people. I understand it's your opinion and I respect it fully. But let's not jump to conclusions here please.

On the other hand Darrell has made a point that I have seen time and time again in the Corps and that's my junior Marines telling me they have a 4 year degree. WTF!?!?!?!? I hate it when recruiters do that because it makes us look bad as a whole and 99% of the time gives that one individual a bad taste in their mouth about that service since the recruiter pulled a fast one like that.

Whatever choice she makes just instill in her that it's a commitment. If she goes military and sticks with it for a few years then tell her to enjoy it and to make the most of it. There are many programs out there for officers that will definitely be beneficial for when they decide to transition out of the service and into the civilian sector. Some may even apply to something she might want to pursue later.

Biggest thing is make sure she weighs ALL her options.

Cryptolinguist for the Air Force would probably be her best bet. That was my plan until my health deteriorated so badly. My cousin and few guys I smoke with have done that and it's a darned good job especially if she has some prior language experience. Although the languages really needed right now are Middle Eastern. Since her language experience is Indo-European her best bet would be to try for Farsi or Pashto which are relatively easy to learn in comparison to a Semitic language like Arabic or an Altaic language like Korean.