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<blockquote data-quote="Branhammer" data-source="post: 15656347" data-attributes="member: 164970"><p>It was extremely competitive at the time and would have potentially taken up to a couple of years for me to get accepted. The reason was because with a degree in psychology, I was only eligible for a limited number of jobs. Mostly flying jobs. However, I had zero experience flying a plane, so I wasn't a strong candidate. I also wasn't a strong candidate for maintenance officer, as most of them actually are former enlisted. Having experience as an enlisted aircraft maintainer is actually a big advantage if you want to become a maintenance officer.</p><p></p><p>I was poor as hell and maybe a month away from having my utilities shut off. I also was a bit depressed and drinking A TON. I lived in Charleston, WV at the time, which is basically a 3rd world shit stain of a city where you need a Master's to make more than $40k a year unless you want to work in a coal mine. So I had to get the hell out of there.</p><p></p><p>Then, after enlisting, I got to my first duty station in 2009. The Obama administration had just started its decimation of the military. They were kicking people out left and right for things that would've just been a slap on the wrist a year earlier. There wasn't a single OTS board at that base while I was there. By the time they had another rated (pilot) board, I was too old to qualify. There were no non-rated boards (to become a maintenance officer) the whole time I was there.</p><p></p><p>All that is why I say that my big mistake was not making the military my focus in my teens.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Branhammer, post: 15656347, member: 164970"] It was extremely competitive at the time and would have potentially taken up to a couple of years for me to get accepted. The reason was because with a degree in psychology, I was only eligible for a limited number of jobs. Mostly flying jobs. However, I had zero experience flying a plane, so I wasn't a strong candidate. I also wasn't a strong candidate for maintenance officer, as most of them actually are former enlisted. Having experience as an enlisted aircraft maintainer is actually a big advantage if you want to become a maintenance officer. I was poor as hell and maybe a month away from having my utilities shut off. I also was a bit depressed and drinking A TON. I lived in Charleston, WV at the time, which is basically a 3rd world shit stain of a city where you need a Master's to make more than $40k a year unless you want to work in a coal mine. So I had to get the hell out of there. Then, after enlisting, I got to my first duty station in 2009. The Obama administration had just started its decimation of the military. They were kicking people out left and right for things that would've just been a slap on the wrist a year earlier. There wasn't a single OTS board at that base while I was there. By the time they had another rated (pilot) board, I was too old to qualify. There were no non-rated boards (to become a maintenance officer) the whole time I was there. All that is why I say that my big mistake was not making the military my focus in my teens. [/QUOTE]
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