We spoke to the Air Force veterans of Grunt Style, and a few of our fans, and we have come up with the list of the 5 worst duty stations in the Air Force. It could get that bad. Questions about joining the US Air Force, whether enlisting or commissioning as an officer, prior-service or not, should be posted in /r/AirForceRecruits. Give it a few years sitting behind a desk, and all relevant job skills have evaporated from your noggin; technology changes too fast for you to be an EPR machine AND a SME in Comm. If I did 20 the job would literally kill me. Finance here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6i9BsYwspo. DoctorIf a career in medicine intrigues you, you’ll find nothing more rewarding than caring for our … I think nearly everyone who's been in a few years has a finance horror story. I have no life outside of work because all i do is work and want to sleep. 1. Oh this switch didn't work because you found a broken wire? I can read a book and follow it very well, but I see people that are fucking "aircraft whisperers" and I'm just lost. You get reddit at work? 47. We had an influx of troops at a location that served beer. The exact wire that does that exact thing? We're still lacking a lot of things, but the potential in this job is awesome. Some were solely telephone installers and don't know jack about computers; others were radio guys that were doing LMR when the 3D transform struck. Ranking the premier Air Force bases in the United States is not an easy task as there are several worthy of top honors. This is all about poor decision making in Ottawa. View Entire Discussion (115 Comments) Don't pick a job that you will not like to do. Any technician worth their salt can walk away to maintain job relevancy in the civilian sector, and continue to be a technician to advance their skills. For the stressed list, stress is a measure of how many airmen are available to work in that job, taking into account those that are deployed. Be glad you're not Services and you get to treat them like shit and ignore whatever signs they have posted because they obviously just posted them, not out of safety, hygiene, or common sense concerns, but because they want to screw with customers. I like food and the gym :-). I did it for 20 years. One place you can look for an indicator of what might be considered hard or difficult jobs in the Air Force's is the quarterly list of stressed career fields.The terms difficult and hard are relative terms, meaning that the meaning of the word will change by the person experiencing it. If sitting behind a desk is your dream job, do it. F-16 Avionics. Go into the locker room for hourly head counts and catch bastards ripping paper towel containers off the wall so they can rip out the paper towels to dry off. Telemarketer. There's rarely any such thing as topcover anymore, and those that attempt to provide it often find themselves moved into dead-end taskings and "lateral promotions". As a result, the North Korean air force is widely acknowledged as the least threatening arm of the North Korean military. Promotion is also terrible in our career field. We got a new ice cream machine at a deployed location. IF you have leadership that will have your back. Without a doubt, Services. Short of causing someone else bodily harm, there is little you can do that will piss off someone you don't even know. All of these Air Force jobs are in demand in 2020, and can turn in to very lucrative careers once you leave service. I've got plenty more examples, but I think that's enough. A few personal examples: Someone shit in the shower stall of a brand new fitness annex built a few months earlier. Therefore, that particular job is stressed or understaffed. I had a run in with them, when I KNEW they had overpaid me a couple pay period ago, I told two different people in Mil Pay, and they assured me everything was correct. I created a list of the best and worst Air Force bases as rated on the internet. I figured I was in wars, had done alot of stressful shit in my day. There is no easy base/airframe for you guys because of the shred. My plan is to go back to the States to an up-and-coming tech hotbed like Austin, Texas, and get cozy with a job that will pay me what I'm worth, and continue to pay me because I value advancing my pursuit of IT skills that can benefit the company/business. Im not going to bust my ass on account of not all jets being created equal. Don't forget the avionics side. Continue this thread level 1. Newspaper reporter: This made the top of the list due to the decline in traditional media. Why the fuck is the whole unit here on a saturday standing outside in blues? Tl;dr - "I don't mind the work, really, but fuck the politics.". Share. For this reason, some consider it one of the worse Air Force jobs. Absolutely separating. Aviano, Italy. After the GAO released its findings in 2015, the Air Force announced plans to open up more drone jobs to private contractors. People were complaining that we only served chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla. My worst job in the Army was being a 13F (forward observer) which does everything with the infantry but provides mortar, Artillery, Naval gun, and close air support for them. I have 6 months left on my current enlistment and plan on separating if I don't get approved to cross train. When you enter the Air Force you may have the opportunity to fill out a dream sheet. After I left my Air FOrce career I felt like I wanted to help people.I was a highly trained Air Force Operations guy. So if you do tell that asshole to pick his gum up, and he says no, then leaves, you're stuck there scraping it off the floor while other customers look at you and think "I'm glad I'm not that poor fucker!" Worst Air Force Bases Overseas. Motherfuckers want to leave their gerbers and knives attached to their belts and end up cutting the seats. The tiniest mistake of mine, or any of my troops's, can have huge consequences on the main source of compensation all of us receive for our service. One review did happen to indicate that there is government housing, but there is usually a one to two-year wait. Info on Joining USAF. Job Opportunities and Careers in the Air Force. I hate it because we are severely undermanned and have one of the worst retention rates in the Air Force. The Air Force jobs list is as long as it is varied. You've mentioned an AFSC, here's the associated job title: 2A3X4 = Fighter Aircraft Integrated Avionics. Someone broke into the refer unit the beer was in and stole 6 cases. The list could go on. Join. Of course, the higher score you get on your ASVAB and the more schooling you have under your belt , the greater your opportunities are. Worst Air Force Bases Overseas. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Instead, I Palace Chased and now I barely get to do my job but there's also zero bs so I can't really complain.