Canadian Forces 2000-present
Hawk pilot.
United States Navy
EM3
1986-92
USS LaMoure County LST-1194
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United States Navy
EM3
1986-92
USS LaMoure County LST-1194
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Did you do A-school in Great Mistakes?
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Did all the Air Force types fly or did anyone sit in any bunkers waiting to turn keys?
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Air Force O-3, 2000-2005 (ballistic missiles / weather satellites)
I was a rocket scientist for the Air Force. I never saw the numbers, but we were told as a rule of thumb that fewer than 10% of officers were pilots, and that officers comprised roughly 25% of the Air Force. At only 2.5% of the total, it’s unlikely that you’ll have very many pilots on here, but Airman Doors is aircrew: an enlisted man who makes the plan do its mission (vice driving the bus). S&M (space and missiles) is another growing field; “Ops” officers do their four years in a silo waiting to turn the key, but acquisition guys with engineering degrees skip that crap and do an operational tour in technical intelligence or aircraft maintenance.
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Canadian Forces 2000-present
Hawk pilot.
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Hey Crimmsy, where are you currently posted (if you don’t mind answering)?
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Royal Signals then Special Forces.
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Training at Catterick then transferred to Cardington RAF?
From Cardington to ??
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USAF Capt (O-3) 1981 - 1989
Ground Forward Air Controller / Air FAC O-2 pilot
F-16 pilot
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USAF 1971-1975 Sgt/ and I was a ROMAD in Korea. I’ve got 6 hours right seat in an Oscar Deuce. 
three of them throwing up
US Army 89-93
NJ National Guard 93-present
Have held MOSs in aviation and armor.
Thank you all.
For my part, I vote early and often and shipped a deck of plastic cards for poker playing in Iraq.
I did make a customers day when I asked about his hat, he wouldn’t tell me so I looked it up. I then told him what I learned. He said he wanted to marry me. He was a member of the Silent Drill team the 2nd year it existed.
No, through the nuclear program in Orlando, FL (Basic was there, too- :)). Made it through the A-school and some of Power School before my brain melted.
There seems to be a few EM’s on the SDMB
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No, through the nuclear program in Orlando, FL (Basic was there, too- :)). Made it through the A-school and some of Power School before my brain melted.
There seems to be a few EM’s on the SDMB
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I opted out of nukes. When they said I was an EM, I said I would not serve 6 years. So I got to go to fleet as an E3. I really thought I was guaranteed Nuke ET, I was very unhappy about it at the time. I think it worked out much better this way. I do not think I would really want to work in a Nuke power plant anyway. I was just a gullible 18 year old that got fast talked.
Jim
Same here. I nailed the ASVABs, and they started hounding me. I had no $$ for college, so off I went, rocked out of Power school, and ended up on an LST, then in a damned war where I didn’t do jack (we were the “amphibious fake” in Desert Storm - although if we HAD gone in, Lady Lamoure would have led the assault, with yours truly at the Bow Ramp Controls!).
My best friend went in at the same time - he got ET - I think he’s an ETC now, if he’s still in - went the undersea route.
USAF Major (O-4)
Active duty 1990-2000. Reserves 2000-2003
Pilot - C27, C-141 (duh), T-1