#Air force linguist program upgrade#
#Air force linguist program full#

There are also some slots in Arizona, New Mexico, and Florida for anyone, and also in Japan and England each for specific languages. Many 1A8X1s go to Nebraska and just stay there for many years. Overall linguists don't tend to move much. What is CLEP? What are the upper and lower divisions? What are the AU-ABC program? Sorry, I know NOTHING about how college works and I'm slowly understanding what each abbreviation in the Air Force is.

#Air force linguist program full#

Via the AU-ABC program you can find a school which will accept your CCAF as the full first two years. The upper division through an online school taking one or two classes at a time is doable.

#Air force linguist program upgrade#

There are a few different ways to do it, but you can knock out most or all of the 'lower division' stuff via CLEP, language credits, and CCAF depending on how upgrade training. Would it be better to do a 6 year contract or do two 4 year contracts where the first 4 years is training and the second 4 years is actual job stuff? So if there is a shortage of open slots for a flight, the priority may not be the person getting out in a year. The tech school is often 2 years long, with a long training regimen at your first base before you even get certified to do your job (this is not part of tech school). The only things I can find state that the minimum qualifying score is like 95 and 110 can qualify you for everything but I thought for Air Force it was 110 for minimum?Ĩ) What languages are in demand right now? I would prefer either Japanese or Spanish or even German but I've heard Russian and Korean super in demand so idk.įor 1A8s the biggest thing is that you might not be able to actually do your job in 4 years. I'm afraid that if I list Linguist but also Security Forces, my recruiter would just ignore the Linguist and just give me Security Forces.ħ) Speaking of the DLAB, I've been trying to do some research to figure out what scores will qualify me for what and I can't find anything.

1) Is it better to sign a 6 year contract so it looks better for getting possibly commissioned for Officer or should I just stick to 4 years?Ģ) I know tech school is pretty long but once that's over and you can start doing your actual job, how easy is it to work on school work toward your undergrad?ģ) From what I can tell, by completing this tech school, I can get either credit or a full on AA in Intelligence Studies and Technology, right? How easy would that be to transition that to a BS in Criminal Justice?Ĥ) I'm assuming Airborne is going to travel alot more than Ground, however is there alot of permanent base changes in this job? I know there's alot of Temporary Deployments.ĥ) Is there anything I can do to prepare for the DLAB? I don't think I would do that bad on it however with the base requirements being 110, it kinda scares me.Ħ) Also, when do you take it? Can you request to take it? I would assume that if you express interest in a linguist job, the recruiter would set you up to take it.