TLDR; Recruiter only cared about my age and not athleticism and degree/current career. He just told me no – I wont be able to be a pilot at 30. Did not ask anything about me. He just told me go to enlisted and get benefits.

Just went to an ANG recruiter in Atlanta, GA to see if they had another angle of information. Upon arriving the guy asked…

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Snip,

I truly appreciate the info.

I am signed up for the job announcement alerts and am looking at those each week just to get an idea. That’s good to know you can rush first and then do training to be sure you know what job you are getting. I’ll look into the other tier options for BogiDope in the coming months as well. I’m going to start…

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Thanks for the reply, Snip! I’ll continue working on this and see where it leads. In the meantime, I will consider doing a 1:1 session soon. Is there a place you can point me to that will give more information about what rushing is and what stage that comes in training? For example, do I need to go to Officer training first and then rush units?… Read more

Hi everybody. I’m Brendan. I’m another “trying to do it later in life” person. I’ve always wanted to serve but never knew in what capacity and ended up going to school, getting a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, and becoming a Software Engineer instead. Now I have a strong urge to be of service. I grew up always looking up at…

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