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Things to Consider When Deciding Whether to Join The Air Force
On average, Air Force personnel deploy far less than Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines. The Air Force assigns each deployable squadron to an Air Expeditionary Force (AEF).
Support Your Military Members
The anthrax threat has eliminated programs where people can send mail to 'any servicemember.' Don't fear, however. There are plenty of other ways you can show your support for members of the United States Military.
United States Military Pay Charts
Current pay charts for the United States Military, including base pay, housing allowance, family separation allowance, submarine pay, flight pay, combat pay, food allowance, dislocation allowance, travel pay, and more.
Military Clothing (Uniform) Allowance Rates
Enlisted military members are paid a "clothing allowance" to pay for maintenance and replacement of required uniform items. The allowances shown here are for Fiscal Year 2009 and are effective from October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009.
FY 2009 Military Clothing Allowance
Enlisted military members are paid a "clothing allowance" to pay for maintenance and replacement of required uniform items. The allowances shown here are for Fiscal Year 2009 and are effective from October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009.
FY 2009 Military Clothing Allowance
Enlisted military members are paid a "clothing allowance" to pay for maintenance and replacement of required uniform items. The allowances shown here are for Fiscal Year 2009 and are effective from October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009.
FY 2009 Military Clothing Allowance
Enlisted military members are paid a "clothing allowance" to pay for maintenance and replacement of required uniform items. The allowances shown here are for Fiscal Year 2009 and are effective from October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009.
FY 2009 Military Clothing Allowance
Enlisted military members are paid a "clothing allowance" to pay for maintenance and replacement of required uniform items. The allowances shown here are for Fiscal Year 2009 and are effective from October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009.
FY 2009 Military Clothing Allowance
Enlisted military members are paid a "clothing allowance" to pay for maintenance and replacement of required uniform items. The allowances shown here are for Fiscal Year 2009 and are effective from October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009.
Fiscal Year 2009 Military Recruiting Statistics - October 2008
Month-by-month recruiting statistics for Fiscal Year 2009. Here are the statistics for the Month of October, 2008.
Navy Active Duty Enlistment Bonuses
Like the other services, the Navy offers enlistment bonus incentives to encourage applicants to join.
Things to Consider When Choosing Which Military Service to Join
All military services are not created equally. Sure, everyone gets the same basic pay and allowances. But other factors, such as enlistment incentives, quality of barracks and base housing, assignment opportunities, job opportunities, deployment rates, and promotion rates vary widely between the branches.
Things to Consider When Deciding Whether to Join The Army
Choosing a military service can be a complicated decision. The services differ when it comes to enlistment incentives, assignment opportunities, quality of life programs, deployment rates, promotion opportunities, and more. Here are the pros and cons of choosing to enlist in the United States Air Force.
Things to Consider When Deciding Whether to Join The Air Force
The Air Force has several programs enlisted members can use to become commissioned officers.
Things to Consider When Deciding Whether to Join The Air Force
Like all of the services, when you are off-duty, you can take college courses on campuses close to the military base you are assigned to, or take advantage of courses offered on-base through the base education offices.
Things to Consider When Deciding Whether to Join The Air Force
On average, the Air Force has a slower promotion rate than the other services. This is reflective on their high re-enlistment rate (the longer people choose to stay in, the fewer promotion slots there are).
Things to Consider When Deciding Whether to Join The Air Force
The Air Force has the reputation of having the best qualify of life programs (dormitories, family housing, on-base shopping and services, and recreation) of all the military service branches. That's probably because the Air Force got a head start in using a significant portion of their funding to establish, maintain, or expand their QOL programs.
Things to Consider When Deciding Whether to Join The Air Force
The Air Force has around 62 major bases in the Continental United States (CONUS). The Air Force also has bases located overseas in Alaska, Hawaii, Belgium, Germany, Guam, Italy, Japan, South Korea, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom (England).
Things to Consider When Deciding Whether to Join The Air Force
The Air Force only has one location for enlisted basic training: the 737th Training Group, at Lackland Air Force Base, in San Antonio, Texas.
Things to Consider When Deciding Whether to Join The Air Force
The Air Force has over 150 enlisted jobs. Only three of these jobs (Pararescue, Combat Controller, and Tactical Air Command and Control), are closed to women. The Air Force calls their enlisted jobs "Air Force Specialty Codes," or "AFSCs."
Things to Consider When Deciding Whether to Join The Air Force
The Air Force offers very few enlistment incentives. They don't need them because they generally receive more applicants than they are able to accept.
Things to Consider When Deciding Whether to Join The Air Force
The Air Force ties with the Coast Guard as the hardest service to join. The Air Force enlists about 27,800 new recruits per year (compared with the Army's 80,000 new recruits per year), although this number may increase slightly for 2009 and 2010.
Things to Consider When Choosing to Join the Army
Army basic training used to be nine weeks, but was changed to ten weeks, effective October 1, 2008. This doesn't count the time you will spend in-processing in "Reception," which can last from one to three weeks. Army basic training has undergone drastic changes in the past few years to better equip new Soldiers with skills they will need for deployment to Iraq and/or Afghanistan.
Things to Consider When Choosing to Join the Army
Army Soldiers deploy more than any other branch, with the possible exception of the Navy (although most Navy deployments are on ships at sea). The standard Army deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan is 12 months "boots on the ground."
Things to Consider When Deciding Whether to Join The Army
Choosing a military service can be a complicated decision. The services differ when it comes to enlistment incentives, assignment opportunities, quality of life programs, deployment rates, promotion opportunities, and more. Here are the pros and cons of choosing to enlist in the United States Army.