25 years Naval Aviation maintenece, jet engine mechanic and maintenence chief. I would do it again, met some good people and had fun. Now I'm a civil servant working away.
SVTME, what was your career field? I'm in the same boat, 2 tours in RHS and a few in CE and I HATE CE, the civilians and the limited scope of work is a killer once you've been in the Horse. You mention mobile comm so I'm guessing power pro or electrical? Structures troop here.
Neither, I was HVAC. We had ACID vans (air control interdiction) that were mobile radar stations. The equipment generated tons of heat and it needed to be cooled. That's where I came in. We had power pro, liquid fuels and HVAC only. I did do SABER while in CE and that got me into Red Horse.
I'm steadily approaching 19 yrs in, and it got me thinking. If you could go back to the day you raised your right hand, would you do it again?
I was smart enough to join the Air Force so all in all I can't complain, sure I'd make some different decisions along the way but all in all I'm happy with the decision to serve my country. The travel, pay, and benefits are just added bonuses lol.
I would have joined the Navy...Air Force has some lame assignments in the middle of no where USA
LOL Hawaii, Alaska, Italy, Germany, England, Australia, Belgium, and many more places. But yes they do have some back woods lower 48 assignments, but I guess all services do. Maybe except the coast guard? I've seen some pretty sweet coasty stations.