[Brendanochs]

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 aircraft and going to air shows. I’ve always been a huge fan of aviation and will finally be starting a PPL this coming March. I will hopefully be getting a PPL right before I turn 31. I joined BogiDope to see what options I have being in my 30’s wanting to serve and fly planes. I hope it’s not too late. Any advice and insight would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you.

[Brendanochs]

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 that PPL in March and get a better idea if this is truly something that I have a calling for (I really think it is). Then I can REALLY dive in.

Thank you,

Brendan

[Brendanochs]

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? Or rush units first and then if they like me I go to Officer training?