I need some info on enlisting.

I dont know if i should post this on the free fire zone or information requests. I want to enlist n the army n a few years. my grandpaws enlisted but it was years ago. i want to be n the airborne. airborne troops r awesome! i wanted to know if i have the choice to pick to be n the airborne. i come from a military family i want to carry on the tradition. and if i can be n the airborne if i can pick what i do n the airborne.

thanks for the help.

 

Best wishes for your Army career; start here:

Army Enlistment Program 9B -- Station/Unit/Command/Area Enlistment Program

 

Guarunteed Enlistment!!!!!.....score high enough on your ASVAB and you can pick your career field. When I was shopping recruiters in 1986 the only branch that would garuntee me Infatry was the Marines.....it sounded like a great idea at the time.....DOH!

 

how old do i have to b to enlist aint it like 18?

 

thanks for the help :camo:

 

You can enlist when you are 17, with parental consent. At age 18, you sign your name on the dotted line and your a$$ belongs to Uncle Sam then....

I did the airborne thing when I enlisted back in 1977. Jugs is right, knuckle down and ace the asvab. I had a GT score of 110, so I could pick just about anything I wanted. The career counselors tried to steer me into the technical fields, and helicopter flight school, but I wanted airborne infantry. They countered with artillery forward observer. I then threatened to walk down the hall and join the Marine Corps if the Army didn't want me as an infantryman. The Army relented, and promised me airborne infantry. After basic, AIT and jump school, they sent me to Alaska for two years. I showed them.

Good luck with your quest, and be careful for what you wish for. There's a shootin' war on you know....

 

if u dont mind A-58 what was your unit? my mom will be happy to hear i can enlist at 17 just playing. i know there is a war going on but i want to do my part. i have wanted to enlist since i was little but after 9/11 wanted to more then every before. my great uncle lied about his age an enlisted at 16 he was sent to North Africa n the artillery. my grandpaw has been telling me the horrors of war he told me that he was not trying to scare me he just wanted me to know the things of war just so i know before i enlist.

 

Check your PMs.

We had a few 16 year old boys in my company in Alaska. They got in the way, and were nothing but problems, although they tried as hard as they could. Wait until you are at least 17 to enlist. Eighteen would be better. Give your poor mom a break, and let her see you graduate from high school and finish growing up before you sell your a$$ to Uncle Sam....

 

A58....Just when you think all hope is gone...Along comes 58 and jugs...Listen to em. I joined at 16 n half. Different nation, and not airborne. Although brother joined Airborne at 18. Recruitment ads and patriotism is great...Life is great, wouldnt swap any of my own time and I dont suppose jugs or 58 would either...But as 58 says be careful what you wish for.

My young thoughts lead to my own mums constant visits to hospitals through the years and a lovely pair of crutches to go with my patriotism.

 

I think if I had things to do over again I would have "cross decked" to the Coast Guard after my Marine enlistment was up. I encouraged my son to go "Coastie" instead of Marine; he and his mother were absolutely shocked.

 

Why is that? Going Coastie? It does seem to be a much easier lifestyle though.

 

Hello Currahee,

My father was a Luftwaffe pilot since 1938. When he heard about my enlisting for the paratroopers he gasped at me and shouted:
Fallschimspringer!! Those fellows are dumbbuds, you are supposed to fly a plane and not jump out of it – you must be out of your mind. Go and get a decent job in the Luftwaffe.

Well, I still signed up for the paras and he got used to it. In 1996 I transferred to the Luftwaffe and when my fathers saw me in the Luftwaffe uniform – I believe his eyes were somewhat moist

Jumping is great, not much around to beat its fun factor – problem is those transport planes and helicopters have the tendency to land or hover in before you get to jump.

So you just sign up for what ever you think or hope it to be – one can always alter his carreer in the Armed Forces.

Oh and BTW, Coast Guard (maybe after the Army) makes a lot of sense to me too + they do have jumpers in there as well.

Regards
Kruska

 

IN all honesty it has to do with getting a chance to do what you are trained to do. Granted the last year I was in was a busy one, but the previous 3 and half were pretty humdrum.

The pnly place so far that I have seen that would suck to be stationed, in the Coast Guard, would be Cedar Rapids Iowa and even then it sounds pretty kickass.

 

Yes, you are right in that sense. There has to be a shootin' war in order for infantrymen to do what they are trained to do....

 

thanks guys for all the info and advice. thats my dads biggest regret is not enlisting he said. he graduated HS a year before the vietnam war ended he wanted to enlist bad but his mom didnt want him to enlist. he was the only son so i think he wouldnt saw combat. my dad didnt want to hurt my grandmaws feelings by enlisting. he still wishes he had enlisted but he says that it all tured out for the good he has me and my two sisters and three grandkids. im not going to enlist before i graduate HS. i play on a select high school baseball team. every one has been telling me to wait to c where baseball takes me. but the military seems to stand out to me for some reason. military people r great people to do what they do for this great country. they r special people.

 

Just because your dad was an only son doesn't automatically exempt him from being assigned to the combat arms MOS's and ultimately a combat zone. The only surviving son is exempted, or transferred out if the case becomes so, ala "Saving Private Ryan."

Let us know what you figure out to do.

 

Study well and score high on the Army entrance exam (no longer called the ASVAB test). If you score over 110 on the General Technical (GT) field, you can choose most any field. Airborne option is one you have to work very hard to pass. The physical test is very strenuous, so visit a US Army recruiter and ask what it takes to enlist in the Airborne.

Spent 26 years in the US Army as a Scout, then 1SG of Armor. I qualified in the Air Assault School (I was doing Air Assault missions way before I was forced to attend Air Assault school), when I was 33 years old and enjoyed the "riding" in the helicopters. Only bad part about Air Assualt was you had to walk back from where-ever they dropped you off at.

 

Well good luck to you what ever you do...I'd much rather see you join up than do what other posters do on other threads and dream about beating certain sections of society up in their dreams. A dream of elnlistment and service is to be applauded, good on yeah.