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Old 29th Mar 2007, 13:00
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Bunker Mentality
 
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'A girl who smellt of biscuits' - what's so bad about that - girls can smell of far worse things!

Seriously, though, Ratpup, you'll get plenty of gen from your RJP. Good jobs - well there are several jobs for FCs Stateside - some for ex-Fylingdales people who know about spaceships & stuff, and some for ordinary FCs. The space side tends to be done by Surveillance people.

We've also got growing numbers of people serving in liaison posts with the army - 16 Air Assault and 19 Mech Brigades, for example (Air-Land integration is THE hot topic at the moment, and the FC Branch has cornered the market). We've got loads of people in both the bumpy and the flat sandpits. 60% of our WCs and quite a few of our surveillance people are on the E-3 force. There are several jobs in Europe (Norway, Naples, Germany, SHAPE, etc, etc).

First though, you've got to qualify, and your first tour will be in a CRC. Once you've proved yourself a useful member of society, the chances of getting out into the wider Air Force and, indeed, the Joint environment, are excellent. But you'll probably still go back to a CRC again, at least for a while.

Bottom line is - there are loads of opportunities, but you will be at the mercy of the poster (ie, you can state a preference for your next job, but you'll have to go where you're sent). If you don't think you could hack the Bunker environment, pick another branch.

See you next month!

BM
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