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Mar 23, 2006 | 03:13 PM

#16

6T6CPE

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From: Jersey shore

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Originally Posted by vader716

Yea well this last part kinda ticks me off. I've got more qualifications than have these kids getting out of the military but I cant touch the jobs cause they are lined up for these kids.

Getting the education is great but holding these jobs for ex-military bugs me.

The "guaranteed job" program isn't for when you get out of the military. It is what you do when you are in the military. If there is a job opening in the military that you want to fill then they will guarantee you the job in a binding contract. What they actually guarantee you is training for that job. You must pass the training/school. If you fail the school they put you where they want. They do not let you out of the military.

Mar 23, 2006 | 03:16 PM

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6T6CPE

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From: Jersey shore

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Originally Posted by Budha05STX

One thing to watch out for when heading down here to SA is to try not to be down here for basic during the summer as much as possible. Every year during summer there is usually one or two in basic that die because of the heat during their training.

June and July for me. Thank God we were in the new barracks that were air conditioned. But I had to move into the WW II baracks afterward waiting on a school date in Biloxi. I still had a lot of fun there.

Mar 23, 2006 | 03:22 PM

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6T6CPE

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From: Jersey shore

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Originally Posted by ddellwo

Just out of curiosity, when was this? I would have spoken to them in the late-80's -- is it possible requirements changed? Seriously, if they had told me I could get into the ATC program, I'd have been gone, since I was really disenchanted with the business world at the time! Kind of makes me mad thinking about it now!

I went in in 74 and my oldest son was going in in 2002. Recruiters will try to staff the unwanted jobs by saying you're not qualified or just not knowing. I work with people now who were in during the 80s and wear glasses.

Your eyes don't have to be 20/20. They have to be CORRECTED to 20/20 if they're bad.

Mar 23, 2006 | 07:53 PM

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1969Mach

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From: Colorado

Hey UC...

My company looks for IT guys quite often. If you're good, you would start at about 60K a year base pay, and lot's of OT.

Just go here, bookmark it, and check in every couple of weeks. The HQ building where all the IT techs work is at 116th and Huron. You live right there anyway.

www.tristategt.org

NO company around beats the benefits package at Tri-State.

Last edited by 1969Mach; Mar 27, 2006 at 11:34 PM.

Mar 24, 2006 | 02:00 PM

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northernnorm

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From: Yukon, Canada

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Originally Posted by UrbanCowboy

My job sucks; I can't take it anymore. I've been looking for another IT job for a couple months now with no luck. ........................ If I want to get the cash; I should stay in IT. This sucks; I dont know how much longer I can take this company and this job that forces me to surf the forums 8hrs a day.

Is that what you IT guys do? Surf the 'Net?
Man, if I had known that, I would have applied for every IT job I've seen. I thought you had to have a degree or something like that to be an IT guy.

Mar 24, 2006 | 04:47 PM

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rltripp

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From: LA- Lower Alabama

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Originally Posted by 6T6CPE

PS. Your first stop in the USAF would be San Antonio. If you were to be a Controller you would then go to Biloxi, MS for ATC school.

Forget the AF B.S. and join the real military. You could be a controller in the Army and get an all expenses paid trip to one of 5 lovely installations located in either Oklahoma, Missouri, Georgia, Kentucky, or South Carolina. Then you would be wisked away to beautiful southern Alabama for almost a year while you attend school, and I can laugh at you while you're marching down the side of the road!
Who am I kidding, if I had it all to do over again, I would have probabbly gone AF:o