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hey /sci/, going into Electrical Engineering in a few months. I've been looking into joining the us air force as an officer after graduating with my degree, but I've been looking around band it seems they don't do much actual engineering, or research and development. would going into the USAF help my career at all or just make me compete against fresh undergrads four years late?

>> No.7259403

crissin should join the coast guard instead

>> No.7259416
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7259416

>>7259403
coast guard is for pussies I want to do military R&D and some engineering.

does stuff like signal intel, space stuff, etc carry over to the private sector engineering, /sci/?

>> No.7259437
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7259437

>>7259390
>us air force as an officer

Retarded. Join a government contractor or civilian agency like NSA, NRO, NGA, etc.

>> No.7259452

>>7259416
>coast guard is for pussies
Compared to the air force, any other branch is practically spetsnaz.

Anyway, >>7259437 knows what he's talking about. Virtually every officer has an engineering degree nowadays. You're not going to stand out, a lot of those guys want to do research, too. And anyway, it's not like you're going to be doing something cool like Stargate if you join the Airforce, anyway. Be smart and stay civilian.

>> No.7259460

>>7259452
Another tip: The navy has better planes, better pilots and more money. So, if you want to do aviation, that's where you go.

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>>7259437
jeez, how hard would it be to join something like DARPA or the NSA, or any government R&D thing under the DoD?

>> No.7259508

army fags are mentally challenged

>> No.7259519

>>7259491

What is your name and date of birth? Have you traveled outside the country? Do you have any international acquaintances? Have you ever committed or planned on committing terrorism against the United States? Have you ever fapped to loli porn? Do your relatives have extremist ties? Have you ever pissed in the shower? Have you been involved with the communist party in any way? Have you ever stolen anything physically or digitally? Have you ever lied on a government application?

Congratulations, welcome aboard!

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7259562

>>7259519
do i have to answer 'no' to everything

>> No.7259584

>>7259562
You have to answer truthfully, basically. They're looking for discrepancies where you might be trying to hide something.

Basically, it's like Papers, Please.

>> No.7259621

>>7259562
No,

If you traveled outside the country then you need to tell them where and what you were doing
If you have any international acquaintances, they need to do background checks into them
If you ever committed or planned on committing terrorism against the United States then you have to explain how you recanted
If you have pirated stuff as a college kid, you have to promise to stop that shit

etc

>> No.7259704

>>7259437
>>7259491
besides the questioning being done, would it be really challenging any gov/DoD R&D places? do you just need experience and the grades? where can i find more of these orgs besides DARPA and the like

>> No.7259716

>it seems they don't do much actual engineering, or research and development.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Research_Laboratory

>> No.7260377

woah op how did you post without a picture