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« on: September 23, 2009, 09:16:54 am »
Well, John, My dad was an EA, an engineer assistant, when he was in the OANG, Ohio Air National Guard. He says that you wouldn't be an actual engineer until you became an officer, but you'd still learn basic engineering from tech school. After TS, you'd be sent where you were needed, be it civil engineering, building inspection, or the like. He says to basicly look at the AF sight to read up on what you'd do as an EA. Though he told me that the EA jobs are becoming limited, as they are being contracted out more and more to civilians.
He says you best bet for college, and becoming an engineer would be to commit to ROTC, as they would pay for college, but you'd have to commit to the AF afterwords for a number of years. You'd go into the AF as an officer though.
As for college funding, the OANG funds 100% of your college, though that's all my dad can vouch for.