![]() Training sorties are boring, but at least it breaks the monotony. Many opportunities to do fun bonus stuff - RED FLAG Nellis or Alaska, ANGEL THUNDER, FOAL EAGLE/TEAM SPIRIT/whatever it's called now, joint stuff with other services, etc. I rode around in helicopters and rucked around in the desert for a week playing OPFOR for a major exercise. As aircrew you have, rough estimate, 50 or so ground and flight training items that it's your responsibility to be current in, so that occupies some time as well. Generally chill environment, do some work, have some "root beer" and jalapeno popcorn, leave at 3 or so independent self-starters will find more success than people who prefer a more structured environment. Other stuff: pay is better, $250-$400 per month in language pay, $125+ per month in flight pay, deployments of course come with additional pay and no taxes. Your mileage may vary I hear things are different elsewhere. I don't believe you can become a linguist without getting 100 or better on DLAB unless they've totally changed something. I'm retraining out of 1A8 into the 1N at Goodfellow right now and it sucks. The good thing about DLI is that your teachers are all natives and you have little to no military oversight in the classroom, depending on your language. ![]() I can only speak for mine and we had almost no military oversight at the schoolhouse. This was awesome because it fostered a much more relaxed environment and a better atmosphere for learning. The vast majority of people who go through aren't. The Air Force doesn't care if you are or not either because they almost never pick a language for you that you already speak anyway. I'm sure you're able to work more of that stuff out to your favor as a retrainee though. When you go through as a non-prior it's just a lottery and whatever classes happen to be starting the week you get there for the most part. I was Dari and and when all was said and done it took 2 1/2 years to get to my operational squadron. In fact that was about as streamlined is it could have possibly been. ![]() All to do one RJ rotation and then move on to way cooler shit that they don't do anymore. You can hit PM me if you have any specific questions.Welcome to the United States Air Force subreddit. CRYPTOLOGIC LINGUIST AIR FORCE MONTEREY FREEĬRYPTOLOGIC LINGUIST AIR FORCE MONTEREY FREEįeel free to discuss anything about the Air Force or military in general.
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