Thinking about tech school options
Cargo Master
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4 months before I got out of the Army I sent out 8 resumes to various truck shops. I had 7 call-backs and a job within 24hrs.
Wrenching trucks is OK, but wrenching aircraft (for example) is cleaner, easier in some ways, and the work environment is generally much better.
I went in the Air Force in the 1981 Recession and haven't felt one since. Retiring before age 50 was nice too, and very few civilian vehicle mechanics pull that off. Various buddies have gone on to lucrative overseas military contract work, as I would if I were single.
Iraq is done, A-stan will be done soon, so perpetual sandbox deployments will go away.
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From: Running Springs CA
Looking back at your original post, I think a few classes at the local community college combined with "homework" in the form of tearing down a junk engine on your own time is a way to go. I went to engineering school, all math and science theory, so I rebuilt a couple of engines to get valuable experience in how things really work.
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Looking back at your original post, I think a few classes at the local community college combined with "homework" in the form of tearing down a junk engine on your own time is a way to go. I went to engineering school, all math and science theory, so I rebuilt a couple of engines to get valuable experience in how things really work.
anyways guys
..thank you all so very much!!!!
Cargo Master
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Yeah, I wish i had signed up, but im bout to turn 25 and i dont wanna be gettin out in my 30's so ive taken that option off the table
Many vets do the "professional student" thing for a few years after getting out since you also get a stipend to supplement cost of living. Nice way to ride out the economy while adding qualifications. Others move into Guard and Reserve slots then into civilian contracting afterwards, or into State and local government which often give retirement credit for time served. Many options, but few prospective enlistees are aware of them and they think .mil world is the first half of "Full Metal Jacket".
Four years flies by, and it's a youthful party monster environment if you are into that option, or hit the books and soak up free education while in.
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I almost signed on for the Marines..I was so close I could taste it, but its now what I wanna do at this point. Ive spent the last few years travelin a lot doin various things, church programs and window installation and such but now i wanna settle in and get the bulk of my schoolin done by the time im 30. And I like stayin close to my lil bro, he's 7 and i happen to be the major male figure in his life and i wouldnt have it any other way. that kid loves big trucks and racin like no other i have ever seen.
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