Canadian Forces 2000-present
Hawk pilot.
United States Navy
EM3
1986-92
USS LaMoure County LST-1194
Did you do A-school in Great Mistakes?
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.
Hey Crimmsy, where are you currently posted (if you don’t mind answering)?
Training at Catterick then transferred to Cardington RAF?
From Cardington to ??
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
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