this is probably the hardest part right now is waiting to know what will come next, since i really have no idea. over the past month i have been meeting with my recruiter (sergent honrado) and exploring different opportunities of what i would be capable of doing. so let me catch yall up.
joining the airforce (or any military branch for that matter) is not as easy as it used to be back in the day. you cant just go in and say you want to join, or say you somehow get in trouble with the law, they wont just let you join to have it erased off your record. luckily i wasnt in the latter, but i did just try to walk in and get my name on the list to get shipped off, but i guess theres alot more to it than that.
1. i had to take a test called the ASVAB, o man, i was so worried about this test, because this test determines your placement, and what exactly you will be qualified for once you get in. the test is composed of 9 sections, 4 of witch determine your core score. so for about a week i studied and studied for this test, i went to the library and even got books for the test. now let me tell you, i havent been to the library in so long, i didnt even have a library card, thats kinda sad, but now i do!, so after studying for this test, the day finally came where i actually had to take it, its pretty much a dumbed down SAT or ACT, but since i havent actually takin a test for a matter of years, i was scared, but much to my surprise after finishing the test i walked away with a 68, now im not exactly sure how the grade it, i know its not a ABC grade but my score opened the doors to the majority of the jobs that they offer in the airforce, so that was the first of my adventures i had to embark on
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2. for some odd reason the airforce considered me overweight, actually to the standards of BMI or also known as the body mass index, (witch if i knew who came up with this stupid index i would punch them) i am considered grade 1 obese...really?..whatever tho, so at this time i weighed in around 205 pounds, i have been around that weight for the past 5 years, and now they are telling me i need to be at least 180 to be processed, so i thought there would be no way, losing 20 pounds would take forever, but i was on a journey, i was determined to give it a try, so that is what i did, i started working out really intense, and changed my eating habits, now im not saying i did it the right way, but it worked, and after 2 and 1/2 weeks i lost about 27 pounds, weighing in just the other day at 179,..ya, i was pretty shocked myself, so once i had that settled, they mentioned to me that i actually needed to be 5 pounds less than that, how ridiculous!, i was already dying from the weight i already lost, so i was ready (i guess) to lose some more weight but my recruiter also mentioned that we can go for the body percentage and if i was under a certain percent (18) i wouldnt have to worry about my weight an i could be processed with my body fat. what a genius idea, the BMI scale is definitely wack! and i know i am not obese! so we go for that. they take me down to the nellis airofrce base to get measured and to see what i am....and (drum roll in the background) i was a amazing 14%..so i pretty much was killing myself for no reason, but it still was good, i got in some good shape, and i can keep working out and not die as kill myself..
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3. so as of now,im just waiting, there are no jobs in the airforce right now, witch means im not able to go take my physical and sign up for a job until there are some, but my recruiter is saying that hopefully by the end of this month we will be seeing some openings and ill be able to sign, so thats that for now! just waiting for something to open up, and i hope it does soon
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