Guys I'm thinking of going into the armed forces.
Recently, I had found out from my best friend, that he would be joining the Navy.
On Monday he took his Asfab (however you spell it), and on Tuesday he had his physical and signed 4+1 years of his life to the United States Navy for delayed entry. He leaves December 6th.
My other best friend left 3 Mondays ago for the Air Force under some kind of avionics/repair type thing.
I was reading up on the Air Force because I've always said, if, under the most unlikely of circumstances, I were to join any armed services, it would be the USAF mainly because of my taste for jets. That was years ago; but its still the first place I checked out.
After a bit of research 1st party and 3rd party, I've found that I find Pararescue (or PJs for short) to be something I would really enjoy striving for. Its completely unrelated to anything I do in my life except maybe its physically strenuous indirectly related to working out in the gym (But still thats very far off)
The washout rate for PJs is 70%. It is the hardest group of special forces to get into in the entire US military. Basically, from what I gathered, you are not unlike a SEAL or other special forces unit but you are a combat medic able to be inserted anywhere in the world at a moment's notice. HALO jumps, scuba diving, Helicopter insertion, amphibious, etc are all parts of it. The training involves a multitude of different places from Navy, Marine, USAF, and Army bases. It is EXTREMELY hard. And its something that I really want to do because it IS hard. Always been telling myself and been told by others (friends and family and teachers) that I can do anything I want to do because I have the intelligence and the willpower (when I want it).
I just feel that it may be time to put up or shut up.
Benefits aside (though they are very intriguing), I feel that I would be very honored if I could get to the point of donning the maroon beret.
If anyone has any info they'd like to share, please do so...
-Brian
Recently, I had found out from my best friend, that he would be joining the Navy.
On Monday he took his Asfab (however you spell it), and on Tuesday he had his physical and signed 4+1 years of his life to the United States Navy for delayed entry. He leaves December 6th.
My other best friend left 3 Mondays ago for the Air Force under some kind of avionics/repair type thing.
I was reading up on the Air Force because I've always said, if, under the most unlikely of circumstances, I were to join any armed services, it would be the USAF mainly because of my taste for jets. That was years ago; but its still the first place I checked out.
After a bit of research 1st party and 3rd party, I've found that I find Pararescue (or PJs for short) to be something I would really enjoy striving for. Its completely unrelated to anything I do in my life except maybe its physically strenuous indirectly related to working out in the gym (But still thats very far off)
The washout rate for PJs is 70%. It is the hardest group of special forces to get into in the entire US military. Basically, from what I gathered, you are not unlike a SEAL or other special forces unit but you are a combat medic able to be inserted anywhere in the world at a moment's notice. HALO jumps, scuba diving, Helicopter insertion, amphibious, etc are all parts of it. The training involves a multitude of different places from Navy, Marine, USAF, and Army bases. It is EXTREMELY hard. And its something that I really want to do because it IS hard. Always been telling myself and been told by others (friends and family and teachers) that I can do anything I want to do because I have the intelligence and the willpower (when I want it).
I just feel that it may be time to put up or shut up.
Benefits aside (though they are very intriguing), I feel that I would be very honored if I could get to the point of donning the maroon beret.
If anyone has any info they'd like to share, please do so...
-Brian