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Hey everybody, it's been a while since my last post. I need your guy's input basically on my current dilema if you dont mind. Right now, Im going to graduate from high school and well, my plans for the future is to be a pilot. Currently I'm expressing serious interest into joining the military reserves (only), more specifically, the Marine reserve. I know logically the most ideal would be the AF reserve but if I were to go I don't want to fly KC-10's and C-130's, I know they are an invaluable asset but it's just not my kind of style ya know? why marines? because if I can't fly what i want, i want to at least be able to push myself to the limits and build up my self as a character. What i want to know is if in the future, if I did go Marine reserve, if the airlines would consider someone from the af reserve over me. I mean, while I'm doin the reserve, i'll be attending an aeronautical university like Embry or Sierra so it's not like I won't have any experience. In other words, I want to fly, but if i were to join the military, i would want to be on the ground with the guys shooting it out. I plan on stayin in the reserves for a while so my question really is if the airlines would prefer an af reservist over a marine reservist, keep in mind though that by the time i reach the airlines i would've already graduated from embry or sierra (dont know which yet to attend) with an aviation degree. thanks.

p.s. may sound kind of confusing at first sorry, im in a rush, don't have access to internet and library is closin, heh...
 
Sierra is not an Aeronautical university. It is a flight school just like any other. I believe Embry has a program available at a campus in the area, but it would be no different than going to any college or university while attending Sierra for flight training.

If you want to be a pilot in the military, you'll need to be an officer, which will be hard to do without getting a degree first. I'm not sure how the marines works but in the AF to be a pilot in the reserves means goign through OTS, then UPT, and probably a few years of full time active duty. You can't just sign up, get your flight training, and come back only once a month after that.

You might consider going to any college or university and get a degree in something other than aviation. That way you could have a backup career if aviation does not work out for you. Airlines don't care what your degree is in, they just want to know that you have the discipline it takes to make it through a tough academic curriculum. While in college you could take ROTC and get a scholarship, and get a commision. That will give you a few options, but will mean a committment. I'd say talk to a recruiter, both Marine and Air Force. Possibly Navy as well. They will be able to help you find the options available for what it is you want to do. Take what they say with a grain of salt and if it sounds too good to be true get it in writing. Good Luck!
 
The thing is, i don't want to fly in the AF reserve nor in the marines. I'm wondering if joining either would have an impact on the airlines hiring you. I still want to become a pilot, commercially, and attend a flight school or embry. What i'm trying to say is if I were to join the military, i would prefer to be on the ground as a soldier rather than being in the air, sounds weird that i still want to be a pilot though i know. I know you have other jobs in the af reserve, its just that none of which are, how should i say, upfront where the action is. I just want to know if the airlines would prefer you more or less over the af reserve or marine reserve.
 
If you're not getting any military flight training, I don't think the airlines care one way or another whether you were in the reserves, much less which branch. Most would still like to see a 4 year degree, though.
 
I wish to make a reply without starting a war here about your desires for the future. So please do not take this the wrong way. That being said;

From your posts, you are just getting out of high school. It also seams that you believe that you will be able to enter the Reserves, play games once a month and go to school for flight training full time.

Perhaps in the past, that could have worked. Looking at the situation today, I would doubt that greatly. The current war will not end soon and there are a tremendous number of guard and reserves being called up. The most logical outlook is that after initial training your unit will at some point be activated and you will be off to war.

Your statement that you wish to be where the action is also indicates a lack of knowledge about the realitiy of war. IT IS NOT FUN no matter what your job. Don't believe me, ask any one who has been in that position.

Go to colledge, have fun, get a degree and fly at the same time. Then if you still wish to go into the reserves have at it.

But, GET THE DEGREE FIRST.

As to the airlines being if favour of one reserve barnch over the other, I to believe it isn't a factor. All they want is a degree and flight time.

P.S. If 130s and KC-10s are not your type of flying, just what type do you think the airlines do?
 
I meant to say that if i were to fly in the military i wouldn't want to fly those kind of aircraft, no offense or anything, its just that id want to fly them F-15's. I know the kind of aircraft ill be flying commercially, i dont mind that at all, i want to in fact. Im just sayin that if i were called up, id want to be the one there on the front, not transporting stuff.
 
If you wanna fly fighters, your best bet is the Air National Guard, they have the most. Any fighter program will be EXTREMELY competitive!!! I don't know about the Marine reserve, but the marines don't have a whole lot of airplanes (compared to the other branches).
 
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I don't know about the Marine reserve, but the marines don't have a whole lot of airplanes (compared to the other branches).

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No, we just have the coolest ones...
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The Marine Corps Reserves have everything the active duty units have (excluding the V22), just not as many of them and not spread around everyplace like the Air Farce and Navy.

However, you can't just join the Marine Corps as an officer and instantly drill once a month. You have to do an initial active duty stint (6-10 years) before you can become a (drilling) reservist.
 
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like the Air Farce and Navy.



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Don't make me come find you Lloyd.........
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Hey, I had to say it....
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There has been a Marine Reserve for most of the 20th century.

I personaly don't see the appeal of the reserves over full time active duty. You have to deal with the headaches of drill weekends and the ever present risk of being called up. Currently and for the forseable future any deployment of American troops will require the long term mobilization of reserve units. The sales pitch of "two weekends a month and two weeks a year, and that's it" is total BS. That might have been true several years ago, but no longer.

When you enter the military you sign a blank check to the government. The needs of the service come first, what you want is a distant second. If they need you to spend two years in Iraq, that's where you will go. If you were trained as a supply clerk, but they need more infantry you will be handed a rifle and some body armor.

The Guard and Reserves are an intergral part of todays military. No one in the military looks at them as second class.
 
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The airlines could care less about what you have done, except in terms of academics (Bachelors), and flight time

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Well, I wouldn't say they could care less. Life experience is probably something that could give someone a nod. It would certainly come down to specifics with two equally qualified candidates, but I wouldn't go so far as to say they don't care at all.
 
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