Originally Posted by Okie_Pilot

AnotherPilot,

I'm not trying to steal the thread away from you, but I'm thinking about the ANG and have a couple of questions too, maybe we'll both benefit from them.

Right now, I'm a Junior in High School and understand that I could join as a Senior and go through basic training and get that all out of the way.

My end goal is to eventually end up at the Majors or a nice corporate job (everybody elses goal too). I'm working on PPL and should have that finished by April.

I have been trying to decide whether to go the civilian route, or the military route. Both have there good and bad sides. Then I read a thread the other day about joining the ANG and enjoying both sides of the fence.

I understand that if I join I get college tuition paid for at a 2 or 4 year school and the G.I. Bill Benefeits. To be a pilot for the ANG, you must already have a 4 year degree, or as Slice said, have already 3 years of college. Am I correct?

If I join when I am still in High School and hopefully get a MOS such as Load Master I will have to serve 6 years correct? After I finish college, can I apply to be a pilot? And, If I do get selected to go to UPT am I now required to serve 10 more years as a pilot?

Sorry for all the questions, I don't know much about ANG but would like to find out more about it. Thanks in advance.


--Okie_Pilot