Not having to worry about as many expenses and getting a chance to travel for free and see the world. I fell in love with the idea of going active duty, getting to live in Air Force housing or at least getting money from the Air Force for rent. Growing up we could never afford vacations and I still can't on my own (especially now that I am working part time again). I am aware that as a Guard/Reserve Pilot I have to go active duty for 3 years for UPT and air frame training but then you are released to guard status/reserve.Īnother reason I am not sure about the guard is we moved to my current state when I was younger and not once have I been able to leave. The other fear I had about becoming a pilot in the Guard/Reserve is being stuck in my state forever.

However I begin to read a bunch of horror stories about people who spent years visiting guard/reserve units, never getting hired and turning 30 thus becoming to old.

I began researching online the best way to become a pilot and everything pointed to the Air National Guard or Reserve. Then sometime in 2014 while watching The Right Stuff I released I really want to be a pilot. I was a C student in high school and kind of told myself I could never be a pilot. I graduated high school in 2010, I worked full time for 4 and a half years at a number of jobs. This is a bit of a long story so when I decided to go back to college in 2015 I did so with the goal of becoming a Pilot in the Air National Guard/Air Force Reserve.

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