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I've been reading threads about grad school slots and now I have a question: when going to school under a grad slot, since the AF is presumably paying or you got a scholarship, do you still get your normal military pay (like base pay, bah, etc)? Or do you only get some of it? Thanks

Thank you for your response @Powers45. That does sound interesting. Have you heard anything about the Operations Research major? I was reading the Academy website and it looks interesting. From what I understand it has to do with using programming/statistics to optimize the solution to problems...

Thank you all for your responses! I will continue researching and working on my existing applications.

I am a candidate applying this year as well. You have 7-8 weeks until the deadline according to your original post. That is more than enough time to complete your nomination packages. The things that take the longest are letters of recommendation and essays. So contact the people you want to...

When referring to the Air Force Academy in essays, do you capitalize the "A" when just saying "academy?" Context: "The academy’s comprehensive..." or "The Academy's comprehensive..." I find it overly repetitive to keep writing Air Force Academy and it detracts from the sentences. Thanks

Thank you @Physicsguru for the clarification regarding restricted line vs unrestricted line. I will continue to focus on this because ultimately I would happy doing anything in a branch that has the culture/lifestyle/mission that I like. Like you said the opportunity for a good career in intel...

Once again thanks for the new responses. I may have assumed too much when I read that some army pilots are trying to move over to coast guard. Also in regards to the other branches, I am not looking at Navy because intelligence is a restricted line career field (I hope I have the terminology...

So I originally started a thread in the USCGA academy forum. Long story short, I am interested in two career fields as of now: helicopter pilot, and/or intelligence officer. I was originally only applying to the USAFA, but now after doing more research, I am weighing USMA and USCGA as well...

Thanks for all the responses everyone! So this post turned out way longer than I thought, but I just want to list what I am getting from this so far, please correct me if I am wrong. Also I realized after I typed it that I have asked some specific questions about the different branches, so I...

Wow thank you for your response, @Jcc123. I definitely need to do some more research. I have always leaned toward Air Force, probably because I am in AFJROTC at my school so I've had more exposure to it. But I want to do my due diligence when researching the other services. I recently read...

I am applying to USAFA but today I started doing some research on the Coast Guard and I have a few questions/comments.. I am not sure what I exactly I want to do in the military but I have narrowed my interests down to a few things. -Intelligence Officer -Pilot (specifically helicopters)...

What was the hardest part of BCT in your opinions?

Thank you for your response, @AVT. How did you like the Geospatial Science major? I am really interested in Political Science or Economics but I am curious as to what you do in Geospatial Science. Also, you mentioned that about 50 grads went Intel. Would you say that Intel is very competitive...

Thank you for your response, @nick4060. How do you like being in intel? What did you major in? I know there is no required major but do you think there is any subject that would be particularly beneficial to intel officers. Thanks,

Hello I have been lurking for a while and decided to make my first post today. Can someone explain to me the differences between being an Intelligence Officer in the Air Force or Army. As of now I was planning on applying to the Air Force Academy only, with the eventual goal of getting into AF...