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12-07-2011, 10:49 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
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Enlistment Help
Im going into the military to become a helicopter pilot for the US Army when i graduate high school. I know they have a warrant officer program right after high school that you can go into after BCT, but i was thinking it would be more worth while to go to college and ROTC and become a commissioned officer and go to flight school from there because of 1: I still get to do what i want, which is serve my country and fly; 2, i get a college degree; and 3, i get payed more for doing the same thing. Anyone that is a pilot for the Army, can you guys help me out and let me know if you think it would be better to go to college first and ROTC or enlist out of high school?
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12-07-2011, 11:12 PM
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I'm pretty sure the only way to guarantee a flying gig is to be a warrant. and if you were to go to college and become an O you won't get to spend your entire career in the cockpit.
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12-08-2011, 09:31 AM
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im going through the process of applying for WO school for aviation right now, and what NE said is pretty much true. Officers have to do certain things during their career, its not all going to be in aviation. you will be branched out and have to do other jobs in the army. But if you just want to get through flight school and do your time as a pilot and move on ROTC is the way to go. If you want to fly for the rest of your time, WO is the way....at least from what i was told
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12-09-2011, 12:02 PM
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I would be surprised if the high school to WO program still exists, might want to check with a recruiter. When I was working they never had it open and were constantly talking about it being on the chopping block.
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12-09-2011, 12:39 PM
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To The Strongest
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Fiddlers Green
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If you want to fly go WO. Officers don't get to pick their branch so you could end up a supply officer or some other ****ty job.... and even if you did get to fly the commissioned officers don't fly as much as the WOs.
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12-09-2011, 12:57 PM
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secedere
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: FL/GA border
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kida2
If you want to fly go WO. Officers don't get to pick their branch so you could end up a supply officer or some other ****ty job.... and even if you did get to fly the commissioned officers don't fly as much as the WOs.
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12-09-2011, 01:27 PM
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We get a wishlist, and what we get is based off our GPA and APFT scores.
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12-09-2011, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by CptMotivator
We get a wishlist, and what we get is based off our GPA and APFT scores.
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12-09-2011, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by rygaff11
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Right.
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12-09-2011, 08:59 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
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so what you guys are saying that im not guaranteed to fly even if i become a CO?
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12-09-2011, 09:09 PM
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Delta Farce
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You'll be riding a desk at some point and you'll only fly to stay current.
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12-09-2011, 11:22 PM
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secedere
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: FL/GA border
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Fly paper airplanes like a boss.
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12-10-2011, 07:42 AM
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To The Strongest
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Fiddlers Green
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Originally Posted by robot0ninja
so what you guys are saying that im not guaranteed to fly even if i become a CO?
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Yes, the aviation slots are very competitive... and even if you get one you won't get nearly as many hours as a WO. If you want to fly go WO. Or you could get a commission in the Navy or Marines and fly for them since they don't have WO pilots.
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12-10-2011, 09:29 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Las vegas
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Most our pilots in USAF come from the acedemy
And i don't think u pick your aircraft.
We don't have many helos
I work on em and they fly non stop but very hard to become a pilot for em
And co become deskflyers normally
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12-10-2011, 11:32 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
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Originally Posted by kida2
Yes, the aviation slots are very competitive... and even if you get one you won't get nearly as many hours as a WO. If you want to fly go WO. Or you could get a commission in the Navy or Marines and fly for them since they don't have WO pilots.
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thats what i was thinking. i found out the army doesnt have a chopper i desire to fly
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12-10-2011, 12:57 PM
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To The Strongest
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Fiddlers Green
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Originally Posted by robot0ninja
thats what i was thinking. i found out the army doesnt have a chopper i desire to fly
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Blasphemy, who wouldn't want to fly a kiowa or an MH/AH-6?
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I want to rage against the world. I want to beat it into submission. I want it to see the hate in my eyes, to feel the rage pouring out of me in blow after blow delivered in a fury that could only be fueled by insanity. I want to shake it so violently that it's afraid it may break and I want to scream with such primal ferocity that it reaches back into the darkest parts of an age when men cowered in caves at the sound of demons. Then, after the wave has subsided and I let go I want to watch it slump into a broken mass, whimpering. When the word "why?" crosses it's bloody swollen lips the only reply that will come is "yes... why?".
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12-10-2011, 04:00 PM
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Delta Farce
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Originally Posted by robot0ninja
thats what i was thinking. i found out the army doesnt have a chopper i desire to fly
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Dunno what you're looking to get out of the military then, seeing how the army flies most of them. |
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12-10-2011, 06:09 PM
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Yeah wtf kind of helo do you want to fly that the Army doesn't have....
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12-10-2011, 07:18 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Las vegas
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Hh-60g pavehawk?
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12-10-2011, 07:34 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Groton, ct
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You could always fly for the Coast Guard, if the Army doesn't have what you want then you probably want the CG then.
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12-10-2011, 08:57 PM
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Delta Farce
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Originally Posted by shredxcam
Hh-60g pavehawk?
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Same thing is a blackhawk, but with different electronics. I'd put the boys in SOAR up against any other branch. |
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