I recently retired from the 2T2 Air Transportation career field and see it brought up a lot on this sub, so I just wanted to give a little insight for those that are interested.

Overall...it's a 6.5/10 job.

Not great...not horrible...slightly above average...but like most jobs...it depends entirely on your unit, base, and leadership.

Half of my career I was on 12 hour shifts. The other half I was just a normal office worker doing a 8-430 Mon-Friday job. I spent 4.5 years deployed which might seem excessive...but I've also stepped foot in just over 30 countries in my life due to TDYs, personal travel, and being part of a mobility unit.

Like most jobs and life in general, there are going to be a lot of ups and downs. Some advice I always gave people...Enjoy the good times while you have them because they won't last forever...but also, don't dwell on the bad times, because those too shall pass.

Being a 2T2 can be a lot of hard work, but it's also very diverse with the amount of different jobs, sections, and special duties you can do. Not to mention, TDY opportunities to see the world or just other parts of America. Most other AFSCs aren't so lucky. More opportunities also mean more opportunities when you get out and become a civilian. You don't HAVE to do transportation/logistics if you don't want. You'll be qualified for more if you put the effort in.

As a 2T2, the biggest roles are in a warehouse, a military passenger terminal, or loading aircraft on the flighline. There are a few other smaller shops too. You'll typically work 1 or 2 at each base and different one each time you PCS. Some sections you'll love, some you'll hate, but at least it won't be forever.

I was a college dropout that lived out of my car for a month before I joined the Air Force. My first job in the military was dumping human waste out of aircraft. I hit rock bottom in life and started rock bottom in the military. But, I progressed. I was at 9 different duty assignments. Before I retired I went from a dead broke 19 year old kid...to buying a Corvette and new truck with cash before I retired, then as a civilian got picked up working in Contracting in a corporate office for a huge company. I literally started from the very bottom...now I'm here.

If you have any questions about the job or bases 2T2s can get stationed at, feel free to ask. I've been to most or know at least a little about most and will do my best to help.

So I wanted to double check the sub history to see if my question had already been answered but I didn’t see my exact situation mentioned, so here I am.

I don’t have any food allergies, but I do have an intolerance to dairy and a sensitivity to gluten. I’ve seen people say to just not eat those things and that the chow hall has a lot of options. So now I’m only concerned about MREs or what we’ll be given in the field.

But another concern I had was should I even mention this to my recruiter? If I have plenty of options, then there’s no reason to mention it right? But if I need to be given special MREs? I’m worried it could be seen as a reason to not enlist me.

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Hey peeps, I noticed as this subs been growing that there’s been a rapid uptick of people DM’ing me without even asking (and I’m sure the other regulars have noticed that too.)

I am all for helping you all, but there are good reasons why questions just stay on this subreddit.

1. it helps others who have the same questions. 99% of these questions aren’t entirely unique. If it’s embarrassing, make a throwaway- there’s no karma or time limit on this sub for accounts

2. this sub is extremely well moderated. SilentD is awesome with keeping everyone in check, recruits and verified members alike. You’re also getting correct and up to date information because people can correct info they see

3. we are grown ass adults. I say this nicely, but probably about half of the people joining and using this sub are high schoolers. We are not your friends or your recruiters. For your safety and for ours it is better to have conversations in a well moderated environment.

I don’t open my DM’s anymore- between threats of death and violence, creepy messages, questions that get asked here literally every day, and yes, even feet pics, I cannot trust people coming to my DM’s without even asking.

Please respect us, because we just want to help yall get where you need to go

Just wondering how many are seriously considering the AF and the opportunity cost it comes with it. Is there alot of downtime for completing your bachelors or im better of not joining… I would love to hear your opinions

I went through Meps, medically cleared. Waiting on a job. I’m stoked, and a little bummed out from having to rehome my dog but I’m ready to go nonetheless. My financial situation is getting really bad, I had to pay my taxes and fix my car which set me back a lot. My rent is due and they won’t work with me to help get it paid and are moving for eviction. I tried to talk to them but they don’t seem like people, more like greedy goblins. If I get evicted will this effect whether I get dq’d? I’m trying to get everything paid up and best case scenario everything will be ok but I’m a smidge concerned.

 I initially went into the process with active duty in mind. The more I think about it, 4 years feels like a long time (currently 21). Would it be a better choice to go national guard or reserves & earn my associates? My community college is really cheap, so that’s not a concern as of rn. When it comes time to transfer schools, the education benefits will apply for my bachelors tuition.
 Also, when I think about the freedom I have as a civilian it makes me second guess if I should enlist. I want to be able to see my siblings grow up and spend time w my family and girlfriend. I felt very excited about it, but now reality is starting to set in & I feel like I’ll be lonely & sad. At the same time, I can reap the benefits and find a good civilian job if I play my cards right. 
 Based on your experience what would you recommend? Also, I currently live w my parents & don’t pay rent so I’m not in a bad situation at all. I mostly want to enlist to secure my future career, education, and insurance. 

like you all said, and i knew it was gonna happen either way but it was still worth a shot, recruiter made me tweak my list and add 5 critically manned jobs to it. if they give me client systems im gonna be the unhappiest person on earth but oh well... any tips or advice on any of these jobs?

I took the picat at home yesterday and got a 90. Tomorrow I'm going to MEPs and I was wondering if I score slightly worse on the verification test if it will bring that down from a 90. Also I read that it will give you some questions that you already took on the full picat and if you get more than 2 wrong that you got correct on the full picat it will kick you out and make you take the asvab, is this true? Tia

Just really confused on how to go about this situation. I recently graduated college and I’ve been planning on applying as an officer. My problem is I was baker-acted when I was around 12 and 15ish, and I’m curious if these will bar me from hopefully becoming an officer one day in the near future. I haven’t been on any sort of medication since 16, and I really turned my look on life around since then. If anyone has any advice to offer, I’d be more than happy to hear.

I’ve done lots of thinking about it what I want to do with my life out of high school and the airforce is definitely looking like the way to go for me, but I always wanted to be a fireman growing up is there a field that you can take when apart of the air force that will then help me learn and become a firefighter down the line?

What’s the basic training pt test requirements? I’ve seen multiple videos where people were doing hand release push-ups now instead of regular ones & I also seen people doing shuttle runs. I’m a woman btw.

I go to MEPS tomorrow and my recruiter encouraged me not to mention my recent ER visits (I had a miscarriage & a UTI in February). My recruiter didn’t document it when i briefed with him and told me not to mention it because it may just complicate things. I don’t want them to find it & disqualify me for being dishonest or for it to bite me in the ass down the line & I get charged for fraudulent enlistment. Should I mention when asked about ER visits or just follow what he told me? It’s not a big deal to just get the records from those visits if they need additional info, but of course I’m thinking the recruiter must know something I don’t?! Seeking second/other opinions…

I turned in everything I needed in my packet to my recruiter a few weeks ago. Afterwards, he said to send in a few medical documents that the SG was asking for and the last exchange we had was on the 26th last month when I emailed the remaining documents needed. I tried contacting him a few times to see if there are any updates but nothing. I tried calling the recruiting office but the phone number posted on the AF website and Google doesn't work, and the numbers I was given in the past have also been inactivated.

The cutoff date to make it into the OTS03 board is less than a week and I honestly don't know what else to do. I was already made aware that I need to get waivers for a couple medical issues and they could take a while to get approved or not. The recruiting office is more than an hour drive from me and I'm working two jobs.

I've been in touch with this recruiter since October or so but he put the application process on hold since I had to get a hand tattoo removed so the process didn't start until March this year, which I completely understand, but it is just getting frustrating at this point getting no response or update as to what's going on or what to do in the meantime. I'd get it if he just told me "Oh, I haven't heard anything yet" or "You'll have to wait for the next board" or something. I would just like some sort of response and not just sitting around, wondering what's going on.

I have a ship out date for August 27th, and on a waitlist for July 30th. My contract for my house ends July 5th. It’s pretty expensive for my budget and I don’t have family I can stay with in state in between then and my ship out. I don’t think I can find a place where I can only rent for 2 months. Any advice?

I get it. It's the largest AFSC. And the most undermanned most of the time. But every conversation I have with my recruiter Security Forces is brought up.

I just qualified and am waiting to DEP in due to civilian job scheduling. But I have had an injury that is persistent an undiagnosed. When I told him about it today he said, "glad you didn't text me about it." And "Man I was gonna offer you a job with SF that ships next week." Knowing fully that I had no intention of shipping before July. Due to me trying to meet the IFT standards for a certain job and a trip that was planned well before the AF came in the picture.

Ive made solid progress until this injury. Which has kept me from running the last 3 weeks and still hurts like a mf. He said "If you still wanna f***** try out for said job then thats fine, but we can't hold you forever so it would be better to take a regular contract an retrain later."

This guy either really doesn't want me to go to an ASFW recruiter or he just doesn't care about my aspirations. Or his leadership is breathing down his neck about SF. Either way it's really pushing me away from even doing the DEP. And just considering ANG. I qualify for any job that I want. Yet the man does not care.

Hi, how integrated are Air Force Nurses with the rest of the Air Force population and Military culture? Are nurses/medical more involved, or are they rather separate? Do nurses have the same opportunities for military training and advancement, or are they limited to medical gigs only?

Are these acceptable shoes for BMT, they are basketball shoes so I assume they will hold up for running long periods of time and have grip for exercising

Hey guys I just enlisted and im going to MEPs in El Segundo may 22nd anyone know else going that day? And what should I be ready for?

I'm 18, looking to see if there are any computer programming based jobs that deal with code. seen a few but confused as some are saying you'd be using an old programming language, very little coding or won't do none at all.

I'm F19 about to ship out on Monday! My job is ground transportation, which I read about and am aware it's kinda trash. I'm not upset about it because a lot of things I read say that work/life balance is better than other a lot of other professions. I'm considering trying to do online schooling while in active duty and if anyone has any experience with this, l'd love any input! Im really just posting to ask for any recent experiences in basic and ground trans because not a lot of posts I see are from less than 3 years ago. Any advice or suggestions are welcome, just feeling a little in the dark because I joined on a whim. I know that's dumb but l'm too far into it now! Lol

I am 19 and plan to join this summer to have my schooling paid for. I want to become a radiation therapist but I know this requires clinical hours which I’m thinking would be hard to complete due to the fact that my job in the airforce will come first. Do you have any tips or suggestions on what to do? New to it all.

I’ve got an IFT for SERE on the 29th, but in case that doesnt workout I’ve got to pick out a couple of these jobs for a list, I know I should do my own research, which I am but I want to see if anyone has any experience in any of the jobs on the list that would recommend I put, thank you for your input!

I am currently packing and wondering if I can bring my black spandex boxers I use for sports instead of the spandex shorts. Does the length really matter and would they go to that extent of checking?

Also, I’m wearing jeans on my way there and bringing either another pair of jeans or caquis and neutral color T-shirts.

I’ve been told not to overpack so I am packing as light as possible. Any advice?

Booked for 1N431 and was just wondering if there are any out there who would be open to answering some questions I have. My recruiting office has no one on file with my ASFC for me to talk to. Thanks in advance

I work 7 days a week so I don't have much time to workout. I just make a playlist and do 25x4 pushups and 2x50 pushups. I do this right after I wake up and right before my head hits the pillow. No running. At work it's heavy lifting and I'm mostly on my feet all day. I started the enlistment process earlier last month and they approved me at meps I'm just waiting on 2 waivers. I know I need to start running so I'm gonna try to get my schedule pushed an hour back so I can start running. But am I good on push ups and sit ups?

-tsgt -ranger and airborne -5 deployments -joined with a history of hard drugs -join spouse -was SERE instructor -work in special warfare selection now -did some secret squirrel green door shit

Hello, I have some questions regarding jobs within the Air Force. I am interested in joining in but, I would like to be able to do a job within my interest range.

I know already that not everyone gets what they want so I want some help in regarding what other possible jobs to put down when the time comes. I am getting a degree in Journalism and very much enjoy the various aspects of it. I know Public Affairs exist yet understand a position in it may not be open. So, are there other jobs like it? Or at least jobs that maybe beneficial once I am out of the military?

I’m sorry if this is a stupid question. At the very least, I will appreciate honest advice.

As the Title says, I’m in DEP and I was originally going for Security Forces. My recruiter already put my list in.

But I’m Interested in Special Warfare, is it to late for me to start talking to a Special Warfare recruiter ?

I know you get drug tested before you ship out I was just wondering if you drink the night before you ship out will you get breathilized?