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<blockquote data-quote="Zorasmiles" data-source="post: 4563860" data-attributes="member: 579923">Honestly, if you&#039;re already in school I&#039;d urge you to continue.&nbsp; Complete your associates, find an Air Force ROTC program and enroll.&nbsp; The AFROTC program will give you a little spending money and put you on track to go active duty.&nbsp; I&#039;m assuming you&#039;re a father(conners&#039; dad) and knowing that you&#039;re married--you can do much better for your family completing school and accepting a commission into the Air Force on active duty.&nbsp; You&#039;ll make more money and have greater opportunities to travel.&nbsp; I know you&#039;ve expressed an interest in Fire fighting and I&#039;m sure you can pursue the same line of work as an officer.&nbsp; My advice to you is to fully weigh out the good and the bad.&nbsp; Set a timeline that works for you and your family.&nbsp; Spend true quality time with your family before you make the big leap.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you are pressed and want to enter the service ASAP, make sure you get the credit for school which will give you a stripe or two, every bit helps when you have a family.&nbsp; Don&#039;t trust your recruiter--treat him/her like the enemy, get everything written in your contract as agreed.&nbsp; Look for jobs that offer a bonus that won&#039;t require you giving up an arm and a leg.Hoxie...EOD is a great field and only for the brave at heart.&nbsp; I&#039;m pretty sure the extra money is a great incentive as well.&nbsp; It&#039;s not the super glamorous job that Steven Segal makes it look like but it is a much needed career field.&nbsp; A close friend of mine who is EOD believes that his career field truly makes him &quot;hold his life in his own hands&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zorasmiles, post: 4563860, member: 579923"] Honestly, if you're already in school I'd urge you to continue. Complete your associates, find an Air Force ROTC program and enroll. The AFROTC program will give you a little spending money and put you on track to go active duty. I'm assuming you're a father(conners' dad) and knowing that you're married--you can do much better for your family completing school and accepting a commission into the Air Force on active duty. You'll make more money and have greater opportunities to travel. I know you've expressed an interest in Fire fighting and I'm sure you can pursue the same line of work as an officer. My advice to you is to fully weigh out the good and the bad. Set a timeline that works for you and your family. Spend true quality time with your family before you make the big leap. If you are pressed and want to enter the service ASAP, make sure you get the credit for school which will give you a stripe or two, every bit helps when you have a family. Don't trust your recruiter--treat him/her like the enemy, get everything written in your contract as agreed. Look for jobs that offer a bonus that won't require you giving up an arm and a leg. Hoxie...EOD is a great field and only for the brave at heart. I'm pretty sure the extra money is a great incentive as well. It's not the super glamorous job that Steven Segal makes it look like but it is a much needed career field. A close friend of mine who is EOD believes that his career field truly makes him "hold his life in his own hands". [/QUOTE]

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