I've always considered the ANG / AFR
09-09-2007, 04:15 PM
#21
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Wrong, AFR works EXACTLY like ANG, minus the State chain of command. You'll be taking away half your opportunities if you don't consider AFR.
09-09-2007, 04:29 PM
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Baron,
I was a 95 AM grad from Auburn. I just hired with CAL while I am at VT-35 (advanced multi-engine for AF C-130s) as an instructor. I faced the same decision as you did back in the day but I did not have the vision or incident that you have. I went active duty Marine Corps becuase they offered the spot. I imagine that you are looking at the 357th at MGM or with BHM? Bottom line with this, you need to show a lot of face time with the units to get accepted. They want to make sure that you are a good guy with long term potential with the unit. This is the biggest hurdle to cross.
As for the vision, Kalyx is right. You need to have 20/20 correctable. If not, RK is the only waiverable procedure for aviators and not Lasik.
Call over to Montgomery and ask a recruiter without going into too much detail about who you are and etc... about the weed use.
Also, see who is from AU over at the units and ask them questions while getting a little face time. Be more than happy to go over and hang out on a drill weekend. I may know a few guy there who can help answer your questions.
Best of luck and War Eagle!
I was a 95 AM grad from Auburn. I just hired with CAL while I am at VT-35 (advanced multi-engine for AF C-130s) as an instructor. I faced the same decision as you did back in the day but I did not have the vision or incident that you have. I went active duty Marine Corps becuase they offered the spot. I imagine that you are looking at the 357th at MGM or with BHM? Bottom line with this, you need to show a lot of face time with the units to get accepted. They want to make sure that you are a good guy with long term potential with the unit. This is the biggest hurdle to cross.
As for the vision, Kalyx is right. You need to have 20/20 correctable. If not, RK is the only waiverable procedure for aviators and not Lasik.
Call over to Montgomery and ask a recruiter without going into too much detail about who you are and etc... about the weed use.
Also, see who is from AU over at the units and ask them questions while getting a little face time. Be more than happy to go over and hang out on a drill weekend. I may know a few guy there who can help answer your questions.
Best of luck and War Eagle!
09-09-2007, 04:36 PM
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flybynuts, always great to meet a Tiger!
Face time I can do. Definitely.
My vision is 20/20 or better with correction, but there's apparently a threshold of where a bad uncorrected vision will also disqualify. 20/70 it seems.
War Eagle
Face time I can do. Definitely.
My vision is 20/20 or better with correction, but there's apparently a threshold of where a bad uncorrected vision will also disqualify. 20/70 it seems.
War Eagle
09-10-2007, 07:14 AM
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BaronPete,
Go to www.baseops.net, click on military pilot in the upper left corner, then click on military pilot forum in the upper right corner. There are different topics in the forum board, but the aviation medicine board has countless threads on vision requirements and and I believe has them permanently posted on the top of the board. However you can worry all you want about what the books say, but until you have a military doc say what your eyes are, you will not know. As someone mentioned earlier LASIK is disqualifying, I believe LASIK has recently been allowed(do not quote me on that though), From what you said about your eyes they should be okay the only prob you might have is the astigmatism but again only a military doc with be able to say. Easiest way I found to get the TBAS and AFOQT out of the way is, find the unit you really want to apply to, speak to the enlisted recruiter who can set you up with the AFOQT and TBAS. Then once this was out of the way, talk with and get familiar with who hires for UPT, get your application package in and wait for an interview. (This applies to the Guard) Each unit has a little bit different way they want the application package put together, but once you get the first one together it will be much easier to get others together for other units. About your conviction problem I have no idea about how that will affect you process. If you get on the baseops forum there should be someone on there who has done UPT hiring boards and may have an idea how it will affect you, its probably on an individual basis though. On the baseops site there is a link for jobs, here a lot of units around the country post contact names and email addresses as well as if they are hiring. Also http://www.ang.af.mil is good, you can look up contact info for most units through this page. For the reserves just call the main 1800 # for Air Force recruiting and ask for who is in charge of hiring for the reserve units. They will be able to tell you who needs people and can give you their contact names. Good luck.
Go to www.baseops.net, click on military pilot in the upper left corner, then click on military pilot forum in the upper right corner. There are different topics in the forum board, but the aviation medicine board has countless threads on vision requirements and and I believe has them permanently posted on the top of the board. However you can worry all you want about what the books say, but until you have a military doc say what your eyes are, you will not know. As someone mentioned earlier LASIK is disqualifying, I believe LASIK has recently been allowed(do not quote me on that though), From what you said about your eyes they should be okay the only prob you might have is the astigmatism but again only a military doc with be able to say. Easiest way I found to get the TBAS and AFOQT out of the way is, find the unit you really want to apply to, speak to the enlisted recruiter who can set you up with the AFOQT and TBAS. Then once this was out of the way, talk with and get familiar with who hires for UPT, get your application package in and wait for an interview. (This applies to the Guard) Each unit has a little bit different way they want the application package put together, but once you get the first one together it will be much easier to get others together for other units. About your conviction problem I have no idea about how that will affect you process. If you get on the baseops forum there should be someone on there who has done UPT hiring boards and may have an idea how it will affect you, its probably on an individual basis though. On the baseops site there is a link for jobs, here a lot of units around the country post contact names and email addresses as well as if they are hiring. Also http://www.ang.af.mil is good, you can look up contact info for most units through this page. For the reserves just call the main 1800 # for Air Force recruiting and ask for who is in charge of hiring for the reserve units. They will be able to tell you who needs people and can give you their contact names. Good luck.
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