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Hey /k/, Im pretty close to completing my Bachelors for mechanical engineering, I plan to join the military in hopes to become a pilot but I dont know which branch. I really just want the flight experience and money so I can get my masters and apply to be an astronaut but thats quite a bit later. I need a good 1000-1500 hours of experience in a single-manned, jet propelled aircraft, any one will do. What branch would give me the best chances at this. Im pretty well versed in math, science, and engineering, /fit/, and while i never did any ROTC or scouts i did come really close to getting into the air force academy but got medically disqualified for a minor shoulder injury i had my freshmen year of highschool. I even got the congressional nomination so that was lame but im ready to try this shit again.
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>>34956282
Honestly your best bet now would be the navy.
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>>34956282
you dont mention what size you are and how your vision is. manlets and four eyes need not apply.
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You're in luck - a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering actually qualifies you to be the go-to expert in all scientific matters for an entire generation.
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>>34956282
>but got medically disqualified for a minor shoulder injury i had my freshmen year of highschool
this is the problem, during relative peacetime there are so many applicants that are over-qualified the air force can be fairly picky
ask a real recruiter for their opine
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>>34956454
6'0
20/20
>>34956516
keked
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>>34956528
i had dislocated my shoulder playing football. I went on to wrestle and throw discus with the same shoulder on varsity the 3 years after.
>>34956424
how is this so?
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>>34956567
Air Force rejected you, the navy is the only other major military flying thing in the US
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>>>34956567
Also lie about your shoulder, nobody has to know if they can't see it.
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>>34956780
>>34956805
it was 8 years ago
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>>34956282
Coast Guard
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>>34956567
I'm currently looking to fly, but dude the Navy threw a shitfit over my rotator cuff impingement. Not only did I have to waiver it, but they rejected my waiver and had to get the original orthopod surgeon who looked at me when I had it to look it over again. Then they allowed MEPS and at MEPS the doctor looked over my shoulder and asked me a bunch of questions about it. After that I was good but there was a possibility that I would have to see a MEPS affiliated orthopod surgeon as a final assurance and even then they might have told me "tough luck, pal".
All for a simple rotator cuff impingement that had happed the year before.
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>>34956919
Was there any official paperwork on it? If not, and if it hasn't dislocated in the last several years, it NEVER happened.
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>>34957051
there was paperwork, and they got it. but that was so long ago idk if i should give it up again or if they kept it.
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