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wat its like being in the air force? do u hav traditionnal hours? (wake up in the mornin, go to work, come bak home) do u have people constantly yelling in your face?is it a friendly enviorment?do u regret having gone into the air force? or wud u say it is by far the best thing that has ever happened?do u know any1 that quite the air force? for wat reason? wat r the major set backs to being in the air force? all i hear is good.....but there has to b some bad right?
Thank you for your time and answer!
You may wish to read my article "What the Recruiter Never Told You" at: http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/joiningup/a/recruiter.htm It discusses the good and the bad about military service.
After basic training and job training, work hours are very much like civilian jobs -- it depends on the job. An personnel specialist, for example, would likely work a straight day-shift (7:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday). A Military Police Officer (Security Forces), on the other hand, would have shift-work, because police operations must continue 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
If someone does something really stupid, they most certainly can get yelled at, by their supervisor, the first sergeant, or even the commander (no different than civilian bosses).
The biggest difference is that you cannot just quit anytime you want to, and you are subject to military law. If you're late for work in civilian life, you might get fired. In the military, that's AWOL, and you could be court-martialed, and go to jail.
The best part of being in the Air Force was the opportunity to travel. In 23 years, I've seen pretty almost every country in the World.
The biggest drawback is you will, at times, get assignments that you don't like.
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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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.
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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.
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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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