What is your best advice for someone going into the air force?

I need all the good advice I can get! Thanks!What is your best advice for someone going into the air force?
Be smart. Find a job within the air force that will be beneficial to you in the future. Don't just take an easy job, or whatever they offer you because they have some openings; take the time to find the best career for yourself.





Also, once you get to basic training, try to get every advantage out of your time there that you can. If they ask you to do ten pushups, try to do fifteen. If they tell you to run a mile, run two. When they teach you some basic skill, do everything that you can do to master it. Set the tone now and your career in the Air Force will be that much the better for it. There are some great things waiting for you in the service; take advantage of every one of them.





I suggest you do more than asked not to bring anyone's attention but for you to get as much out of it as possible. No Ti will hold it against you.What is your best advice for someone going into the air force?
* Brainstorm and figure out what career you want to be in. Dot lots of research in the career field that you're most interested. http://usmilitary.about.com/od/airforcee鈥?/a>





* Do a Google search for your career field and see if there are any forums dedicated to that career field so that you can ask specific questions and get specific answers. Or, you can register at http://www.commguys.net and ask your questions there. Commguys.net is a forum dedicated to the 3D career field family. You can ask them anything.





* Pick up some ASVAB study guides and try to get the highest score you can (obviously) so that you can have a wide range of career fields to choose from.





* When you talk to your recruiter, get everything in writing!! Do not settle for any career field that you do not want. You will have to list 5 career fields that you want in. Try to get a guaranteed spot in your top choice.





* If you have any college education, you may be able to get a stripe or two sewn on immediately after BMT or Tech School. Tell you recruiter that you want to know what the stipulations are for that.





* REMEMBER YOUR REPORTING STATEMENT!!





If your TI tells you to do 10 pushups, DO NOT do 15 pushups! Do not try to run an extra mile. BMT is easy, but sucks, and running that extra mile or doing those extra 5 pushups will not impress your TI or anyone else.





Stay low and out of the limelight. You DO NOT want extra or unecessary attention from your TI. The quiter you are, the less your TI will notice you, and thus the smoother BMT will be. Do not try to stand out until after BMT. Believe me you.
All good advice so far.





Don't question orders or in other words what someone of higher rank tells you to do.





When you get assigned to a base no matter where, look for the positive things about the area. You may think it's the arm pit of the Air Force, but don't hibernate in the dorm b!tching about it. Get out and do stuff. There are always things to see and do. Volunteer, get a part time job, take college classes, go site seeing, learn a sport you're not familiar with. The place is what you make of it.
'Want to rise? Do the difficult ... I don't mean do the difficult with respect to what is placed before you by outsiders, no. By difficult I mean, do what you would otherwise be averse to doing.





For example, come to know the types of people ... 'in the Air Force' ... with whom you before had no familiarity. Often easier are we to exchange with the exotic things in life, whereas when comes time to embrace our nativity, we shrink and dance away, hiding from some deep-set fear or repulsion. And well, in the armed forces here is the chance to throw these old, worn-out things away. To do so is superb.





It is as once quoted by a great writer of the 19th Century: ';Thy love afar is spite at home.';





So come to learn to be ' genuine '. See? That's all.
good luck and have fun.





Don't worry too much about BMT. just do what you're told, come prepared, and pay attention to detail. They are big on detail there. It doesn't hurt to work on your physical fitness before arriving at Lackland AFB. When you go through your Airman's Run and receive your Airman's Coin, you know the last 2 months have been worth it.





Remember your reporting statement at BMT: ';Trainee [your last name] reports as ordered, sir/ma'am.';





As for tech school, just do your best and study hard. The last thing you want is to fail all your studies. All the hard work will be worth it when you are rewarded with your AFSC.
Spend your money wisely! I have friends who, until the military, had nothing and didn't know what to do with all this money they had all of a sudden and blew it all. Other than that, have fun! You've chosen the Air Force-you've already made a wise decision!
Don't party too hard. I've seen DUIs ruin plenty of careers.


Where ever you are stationed, make the best of it.


Don't get married young.


Do not buy more than you can afford. It's easy to get into debt.


Do the best you can at your job, even if it sucks.