Mission Air Force Special Operations Command's combat controllers are Battlefield Airmen assigned to special tactics squadrons. They are trained special operations forces and certified FAA air traffic controllers. The mission of a combat controller is to deploy, undetected, into combat and hostile environments to establish assault zones or airfields, while simultaneously … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2010
Rescue Swimmers: Coast Guard Special Ops
The US Coast Guard's Special Operations are known as Rescue Swimmers. The Coast Guard's rescue swimmers are the brave young men and women who risk their own life to save others. These are the members of elite team of Coast Guard Guardians that free fall from helicopters into dangerous seas to perform daring rescues. Training The Coast Guard training school for rescue … [Read more...]
Process In – National Guard
After you have taken the ASVAB, and gotten your physical, a National Guard service liaison counselor will tell you about job opportunities and the enlistment agreement. You are making important decisions and need to be informed. Service liaison counselors can explain each program and answer your questions. When in doubt ... ask! A final interview, fingerprinting for a FBI … [Read more...]
Get a Physical – National Guard
The purpose of the MEPS physical exam is to ensure that you, and future soldiers, are: free of contagious diseases that could endanger other soldiers free of medical conditions or physical defects that could result in separation from the Army medically capable of completing training medically adaptable to the military environment medically capable of performing your … [Read more...]
ASVAB Requirements for the Coast Guard
The Coast Guard requires that all recruits take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) test. The current minimum score to qualify is 36, but that is your AFQT score. There is no single "ASVAB score". Usually people who use this phrase are referring to their AFQT (Armed Forces Qualifying Test) score. This score is derived from the ASVAB test, from the … [Read more...]