Quote Originally Posted by EvasiveEF9
At this point in time, I'm not sure. My contract is a 5yr, so I've got another 4years to go before the decision is imminent. It'll depend on a couple things. My MOS at that time, my rank, the economy, and if I've got a family or whatever. But also, I don't know what they're going to do fo rsure, but I heard something along the lines of this particular MOS not having a re-sign bonus. If they do, you can bet I'll be looking in the civilian world for a job, more likely. I never got a signing bonus when I first enlisted. Most everyone else in my MOS got at least 5g's. I won't make the same mistake.

My choice to re-up will ALSO depend on my education. If I can finish out school while still enlisted on this contract, I'll be re-upping as an officer. If I don't complete my education, I'll probably re-up as a reservist, and go back to school. Then when school is done, I'll have the option to amend my contract, and I'll then be a reserve officer. Another amendment can then be made if I choose, and I'll be an active duty officer.

I haven't yet gone on tour, but I hope to see Afghanistan. Also, we actually still have a large presence in Japan, and frequent Korea and Australia (many don't know that. Sorry if I insult your knowledge on the topic). If I can get something like that, I'm definitely down. But again...THAT part depends mostly on if I have family whether I'll wanna go or not. So long as I'm single, send me anywhere. But I don't wanna raise a family the way I was raised where daddy came home after I was asleep, and was gone (most of the time) before I woke up. Nor do I wanna be like many military families where the military member misses either the birth, or a good portion of their children's lives. I wanna be there for my kids.

I do actually enjoy the job I have now. I just hate the solid hours, and irregularity of them. It makes it hard to plan. Buddy of mine in my shop had a girl from out of state fly in last weekend. We were told at the last minute we were working friday night, so he only got to spend about 36hours (including sleep-time) with her, and she spent most of the time in his room alone. Luckily...he didn't like her much, LoL, and was happy when she left. Nonetheless, I enjoy the job, but the hours suck. What do I wanna switch my MOS to? As an officer, I wanna fly. Enlisted, I may switch over to admin, computer science (networking, programming, etc), or one or two other things. We'll see when the time comes. For now, I'm stuck where I am no matter what for one more year before I can do anything.

You looking at enlisting or something?

LoL. You may not get perks, but you probably get paid well This economy is really messin' with people, man...can't wait til it comes back up. Hope Obama knows what he's doing...


yup. There's always one douchebag...

I wasn't saying I work more hours than anyone else, just saying that 70 is a strain on the body. It was a simple rant. Did you overlook the topic where it says that's all it is? Where I said I don't really have much to complain about? I think it was my like first or second post in this thread.

Douche-off, man. It's just a little rant...
calm down cowboy nothing to get upset about. I would do 70 hours to if i worked around helicopters, you dont get to that every day.