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There are also some slots in Arizona, New Mexico, and Florida for anyone, and also in Japan and England each for specific languages. Many 1A8X1s go to Nebraska and just stay there for many years. Overall linguists don't tend to move much. What is CLEP? What are the upper and lower divisions? What are the AU-ABC program? Sorry, I know NOTHING about how college works and I'm slowly understanding what each abbreviation in the Air Force is. Via the AU-ABC program you can find a school which will accept your CCAF as the full first two years. The upper division through an online school taking one or two classes at a time is doable. There are a few different ways to do it, but you can knock out most or all of the 'lower division' stuff via CLEP, language credits, and CCAF depending on how upgrade training. Would it be better to do a 6 year contract or do two 4 year contracts where the first 4 years is training and the second 4 years is actual job stuff? So if there is a shortage of open slots for a flight, the priority may not be the person getting out in a year. The tech school is often 2 years long, with a long training regimen at your first base before you even get certified to do your job (this is not part of tech school). Even smaller chance for Farsi and Spanish.įor 1A8s the biggest thing is that you might not be able to actually do your job in 4 years. I don't even know if they teach those there anymore. Don't worry about this.Ĩ.) 0% chance for Japanese or German. If you qualify after the DLAB, and you don't have any glaring security issues, they'll book you linguist.ħ.) There are minimums for each language, but the Air Force requires 110 which gets you into everything. Airborne options are less than ground, but they do deploy.ĥ.) There are books you can get, no idea how effective it is.Ħ.) If you qualify to take the DLAB, they'll let you take it. Either way, you'll get all the credits you should need for electives from DLI.Ĥ.) Airborne, as well as ground linguists generally stay at the same base their whole enlistment, sometimes their whole career. level degree, but not sure if that's started yet. Most people in the career field are willing to work with you schedule wise.ģ.) Not 100% sure, you can get at least an AA in the language. It can be hard to schedule in person classes, but some people make it work. You could end up working 9-5 or overnights. You wouldn't get time to actually do classes until 1.5 -2.5 years into your contract, depending on language/where you get stationed.Ģ.) Its generally pretty easy to do at least online courses. You won't be able to get approved for tuition assistance while at DLI, so while you COULD take classes on your off time, you'd be paying out of pocket/with grants/whatever. If you're expecting to go to DLI, graduate, then get a degree its prob not happening. If you already have a degree, you can probably make it work. If you're interested in just becoming an officer, maybe 4 years is okay. 4 years is not enough time to get experience for a civilian linguist position. The only things I can find state that the minimum qualifying score is like 95 and 110 can qualify you for everything but I thought for Air Force it was 110 for minimum?Ĩ) What languages are in demand right now? I would prefer either Japanese or Spanish or even German but I've heard Russian and Korean super in demand so idk.ġ.) You can troll through my post history for a more detailed response to this, but I'll give you cliff notes. I'm afraid that if I list Linguist but also Security Forces, my recruiter would just ignore the Linguist and just give me Security Forces.ħ) Speaking of the DLAB, I've been trying to do some research to figure out what scores will qualify me for what and I can't find anything. 1) Is it better to sign a 6 year contract so it looks better for getting possibly commissioned for Officer or should I just stick to 4 years?Ģ) I know tech school is pretty long but once that's over and you can start doing your actual job, how easy is it to work on school work toward your undergrad?ģ) From what I can tell, by completing this tech school, I can get either credit or a full on AA in Intelligence Studies and Technology, right? How easy would that be to transition that to a BS in Criminal Justice?Ĥ) I'm assuming Airborne is going to travel alot more than Ground, however is there alot of permanent base changes in this job? I know there's alot of Temporary Deployments.ĥ) Is there anything I can do to prepare for the DLAB? I don't think I would do that bad on it however with the base requirements being 110, it kinda scares me.Ħ) Also, when do you take it? Can you request to take it? I would assume that if you express interest in a linguist job, the recruiter would set you up to take it.
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