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Question
My son will be completing the enlisted securiy forces training after the first of the year. as a level 3 trainee, what are the expectations of deployment? what percentages of these airman are going right to combat areas? or are a good number of these airman doing their OJT on home airbases? I am not looking for gurantees just reasonable expectations.
Hi Ron,
Once he graduates from Security Forces Technical School, he will be granted a week (or so) of leave (vacation time), and then proceed to this first duty station.
The chances that he'll deploy anywhere, right away are slim (nonexistent).
It's possible that he could deploy as a 3-level, but it is unlikely (to the extreme) that he would deploy as a brand-new 3-level.
Squadron commanders determine (within their squadrons) who are eligible to deploy, or not, based on the deployment-tasking. While 3-levels sometimes deploy (especially in deployment-heavy-tasked jobs, such as Security Forces), they rarely (and I mean *rarely*) are tasked to deploy, until their commanding officer, flight chief, and supervisor certify them as ready -- that takes several months of OJT training after arrival at the first duty assignment.
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers
Expertise
Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
Experience
Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
Education/Credentials
Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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