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i am joining the Air Force in August of 09, and i want to know what it is like to live in the dorms after boot camp and a way from you parents, what was it like for you
Make sure you don't have any bad credit. If you do make sure that you have papers proving a payment arrangement and that you are making payments.
My daughter may be losing her air force career because she can't prove a payment arrangement and the collection agencies refuse to mail her or the air force anything.
The food sucks. Buy a warm blanket because the wool one they have on the bed serves no purpose and it's ugly. If you are a girl you will have an abundance of eye candy, but unable to touch.
However, the dorms you refer to are nothing like the dorms your friends, attending college will be living in. You will be cleaning them, you will not be having parties in them. You will not be learning, you will be training. You will never be taking a, 'walk of shame' as you will have a strict curfew and no campus to walk across, sorry.
It isn't your home away from home, in which you go home during the summers. You have chosen to join the service, which is honorable, but it's a job. Though I understand your question I hope you do not have the wrong idea of what it's going to be like.
When I finished bootcamp, I felt free but I also realized what a huge responsibility I suddenly had. A responsibility not just to myself, but to the men and women you serve with. The men and women who have died defending the freedom you will have, and the responsibility you have to all of us, to continue it.
So your question about the dorms will seem so minor in a year. When you get that far, you will be a completely different person. A solider, an adult and a person who has more responsibility than most of your friends will have at that time. It's a serious career move.
You will enjoy your new found freedom, but now you will play an important part to maintain it, for all of us.
Thank you for that and good luck to you.
PS: Don't drink the milk during bootcamp, ever! Trust me.
My son in the Army said they purposely set out doughnuts and sweets and then give you all heck if you even reach for one. But that is the army, my daughters never mentioned that one to me.
my mom is in the Air force also, and right now she is in fort brag? and she has sent me pics of the rooms that she is in and there are nothing compaired to what the air force has, even their tents they have out at lackland afb
I lived in dorms many times. Brick walls, and only small beds. But you get used to it. Soon you move on. Once you advance things get better. Even possibility of your own apartment. If you get married, all is paid for. Good luck.
i am joining the Air Force in August of 09, and i want to know what it is like to live in the dorms after boot camp and a way from you parents, what was it like for you
Well it all depends. I went to the dorms and it was fine for the 1 year out of training. You free, can do what ever you wont, No one telling you what to do, and so on. But it dies down after a while, I had to get out of it before my kidneys failed. lol, Just a faze. You will give you a sense of pride and a better understanding of what it's like to live on your own. Oh did I mentioned that it is the cheapest form of living. Anyways. You will love it. Cheers to you for enlisting. Keep focused and work hard. Pro Patria.
i am joining the Air Force in August of 09, and i want to know what it is like to live in the dorms after boot camp and a way from you parents, what was it like for you
after boot camp u will feel like living in the dorms is heaven. from having to share a dorm with 25+ guys in basic and then going to your tech school and just having one room mate its great! lol when i finished basic(af) it was the best thing ever i mean depending on your career field, but you should be all right. nothing to it but to do it!
i am joining the Air Force in August of 09, and i want to know what it is like to live in the dorms after boot camp and a way from you parents, what was it like for you
It isn't too bad. The dorms you are referring to vary depending on the base you got to for tech school and the squadron to which you are assigned. How many roommates you get depends on how many airmen are in your squadron. You can have anywhere from 0 to 4 or 5. Your room usually has a desk or two to allow you to study in privacy. You will have a wall locker to stow your belongings; in some extreme cases you will have to share a wall locker if your squadron is limited on space. You will be responsible for cleaning your room as will any roommates that you may have. You will also have either a hall chief or floor chief (another student; usually appointed by an MTL) to ensure that the cleanliness standards are enforced. And you will also have what are known as student leaders (we called them ropes); they are students also placed in positions of authority in order to maintain the rules and standards set forth by the Military and your individual squadron. You will be accountable to these student leaders since they often have the unfortunate task of carrying out your MTLs orders. You will also preform what are known as G.I. Parties (these are not like they imply); these "parties" are to ensure the cleanliness of your hall or floor that you live on. everyone that resides on your floor or in your hallway will be required to fall out and help clean the halls and common areas such as the dayroom and the latrines.
Each squadron has their own chowhall and in some case depending on the amount of airmen on T-shift they will also have a flight kitchen. The food isn't great but it isn't all that bad either the only real difference between the food at basic and the food at tech is you are actually awake enough and have enough time to taste it. In order to get to your classes for your chosen field you will march in flights to your school house or training hanger.
You will have room inspections and depending on your MTL they may be daily, weekly or whenever they feel the need to perform a "Phase Raid" or a "Health and Welfare." With that said stick to your Phase. Phases are transition stages. Usually when you get to tech school you will be Phase one and you will not be allowed off base, out of uniform (i.e. allowed to wear your civilian clothes), you have an early curfew usually 9pm on weekdays and 9 or 10pm on weekends, and if you smoke you are also not permitted to smoke during this phase either. Usually Phase one lasts anywhere from two weeks to a month. If you do as you are told then you will phase up at your scheduled time. As you phase up you will gain privileges such the right to wear your civilian clothes and the right to go off base when you are not tasked for details or on your set shift for school (i.e. off duty).
And don't decide that you have found the "love of your life" in tech school and get married in tech school (we often called this "tech school syndrome"). If you have thoughts of marriage wait until after you get to your next base to see if you really and truly cannot live with out that person. I can't how many times I heard that one of my buddies was getting a divorce from their so-called "soulmate." I'm not saying that finding your "soulmate" in a tech school setting can't happen but if they are your "soulmate" then atleast wait long enough to find out; month long tech schools are not enough time to figure out if they are your soulmate.
And finally you can determine what base you will be assigned to by what AFSC/Job you have chosen. I hope this information helps and if any part of it doesn't make sense let me know and I will do my best to explain it further.
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