army enlisted or air force officer?

Well, if you have a degree, why not make it a choice between Army or Air Force officer as opposed to enlisting or commissioning?

I was in the Air Force, so my view will be biased of course, but I would suggest the Air Force all the way around. In particular for quality of life, the "cushiness" of deployments, and all around opportunities afforded after your service. But that's just me.

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army enlisted or air force officer?

im going to join the service after im done college

im either going to enlist in the army or try to become an officer in the air force

ill have a bachelors of science in education in math, thats my degree

i know about some of the differences between an officer and enlisted, pay, quality of life...

There is no basis to answer your question as you haven't provided an interest in any MOS or AFSC specialty. Further, even in career fields which harbor both officers and enlisted men, their jobs are as different as night and day. There is no "better" service. How about you start with career fields of interest and work backwards from there. For example, if you wanted to be a Ranger, then clearly the Army would be your only option; Just as if you wanted to fly an F-22, the Air Force would be your only option.

Steve, you were Army enlisted for 6 years? Yet you think the USAF gets paid more than the Army? No branch pays it troops, we all get paid from DFAS. Tard. As for the food, it depends on where you are, I've been to many Army chow halls that were better than Air Force. Especially deployed.

I think it depends on what you want to do. To get real far in an Air Force officer career, you really need to be a pilot, or just be very very very lucky if you aren't. Otherwise your chances of going beyond O-5/O-6 is are pretty hard.

Air Force quality of life is better overall, but you gotta keep in mind, we get tasked into Army units A LOT. Which means, your quality of life is only as good as who you are with at the time. The "cushiness" of your deployment depends on what your job is. I think anyone who says their deployment was "cushy" were probably the ones the original ABU was designed for: Paper pusher non sortie desk jockies. Yeah thats right, they designed a "battle uniform" and designed it for office workers.

I say there is nothing wrong either. You may be tempted to Officer, but realize its a completely different world, much more political and **** kissing.

air force as officer or army as OFFICER

its only a mith lie or legend that officers hide in the rear this is what they do

As a commander (platoon, company, or higher), you are responsible for everything your men do, or fail to do. That means you have to be there to see it, supervise it, fix it, etc. The best place to make decisions is most often from the point of friction, so officers tend to -and should- gravitate towards the 'action.' Even in squad level operations, it's uncommon for a platoon commander not to accompany a squad (though not lead it!) at least as often as his men go on patrol. Even company commanders make regular patrols with squads in that kind of environment - how else are they to know what's really going on? Who is competent, and who is not?

The desk part comes before and after the field time. Who writes the orders? Who reads the intel? Who sits in meetings with higher? Who writes the intel reports? Who is looking down the road one week, one month, one year? Granted, we do these things behind a desk most of the time...but we're working our butts off. It goes unseen by the junior enlisted, who can make the mistake of thinking that officers don't do anything...but for those of us who have been in both roles, let me tell you: you'll never work harder than you will as a lieutenant.

It is better to rule in Hell than serve in Heaven.

Milton.

E1 is the lowest possible rank. An O1 is NINE ranks higher.

John Kerry decided to be an ensign in the Navy rather than be an enlisted in the Army.

Are you saying you are not even as smart as he was?

Why not do both? Be an officer in the Army.

TODAY.. I would say enlist Army. the AF is getting rid of 4000 officers in the next year and a BS in Math is not that competitive for a commission.

that may change.. or it may not when you are in a position to make a final decision.

I say go to the U.S. Air Force and be an officer you got the college for it and if your grades were good in high school then thats even more of an advantage you got. Overall regardless of branch the officer expereince is way better and you usually get more out of it if not always.

It also depends on the job you want. If you want to fly, then you may be competitive for a pilot contract going into OTS. I feel that most young people want to join the Army, but then switch to the Air Force once they get older. I love the Army and respect them to the fullest, but what kind of job opportunities are you going to get from being a tank driver or a shooter?

join the Air Force and talk to a recruiter about what you did in college and he will narrow down your options according to your knowledge and smarts your education will come in handy in the Air Force and you can enter as an officer if you take ROTC in college