BogiDope | SwollenOstrich | Activity https://bogidope.com/members/swollenostrich/activity/ Activity feed for SwollenOstrich. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:13:17 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.18.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 f51cb485313e904ebb4ba7f3c47c3f67 SwollenOstrich replied to the discussion Army Guard Competitiveness in the forum Army http://bogidope.com/forums/discussion/army-guard-competitiveness/#post-330086 Mon, 18 Dec 2023 01:53:45 -0500 Reply to Army Guard Competitiveness

I was in the guard and was tempted to go army aviation for a minute, and ultimately chose not to for… reasons. But to answer your question: I think you’ll find the Army side is much less of a formal process than the Air Force. Meaning, don’t expect for anyone online to know what units are hiring or when. As far as I’m aware such a site…

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]]> a2b0ca20a07ae2e39b3ba82cb2339f54 SwollenOstrich replied to the discussion Leaving army aviation to pursue AF pilot career. in the forum Air Force http://bogidope.com/forums/discussion/leaving-army-aviation-to-pursue-af-pilot-career/#post-330069 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 20:43:30 -0500 Reply to Leaving army aviation to pursue AF pilot career.

I actually made an account to comment after seeing your post; I did a similar route and had 0 issues. There’s a lot of bad information out there, especially some rumors that commissioning into the AF as prior service is difficult/impossible etc.

Take your tests, work towards your PPL, and send out the interviews. That’s all there is to it!

]]> b1d5aa6c0e48bf6071fcfd6a324c3537 SwollenOstrich replied to the discussion Introduce Yourself in the forum General Discussion http://bogidope.com/forums/discussion/introduction/#post-330068 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 20:41:22 -0500 Reply to Introduce Yourself

Howdy. I’m prior Army, selected to fly for the AF reserve unit of my dreams. Here to help others, gain some knowledge, and tell other pilot hopefuls to stop overthinking little stuff.

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