I took the ASVAB. Then they gave me several other tests.
I saw people sitting next to me and leaving after 20 mins. I was there for Almost 3 hrs. Then they stopped me in the middle of things and took me aside.
“You finished the ASVAB so we gave you other tests. Your Empathetic Social Score was off the charts as were everything else. We want you to go into Air Force Military Intel as an Officer GS-8. You can choose your station, base, do whatever you want to work on. We have the best toys around.”
They wanted me to go to Rammstein.
Anyone know why? It was around 2000 when this happened. I still don’t know why Air Force or why Rammstein.
They wanted you to go into something Intel/psyop related, my first guess.
Why?
As warfare became an irregular fight for the minds of the people, things 'of the mind' aka psychological operations were considered things 'of the air'.
Ideas 'in the air' like the 'cloud' which is Intel.
And so Psyops are based in the Air Force.
Rammstein on foreign soil w/ special conditions would have cover, and where you might be stationed and in what capacity would be determined by their view of the results of your training and your abilities like maybe languages you might already speak.
Actually - damn - I never thought about that. You're dead on, 2EyesOpen. I don't recall having a conversation with them about Germany - if I recall I took a language portion in the battery and absolutely had some questions in german and i am just now remembering this. They were randomly in a section and my brain just read them without clicking they were in german ( i can read / speak it ).
Duh.
Interesting take on Air Force. I figured that had a possible connection into INTEL - It would make a ton of sense to have a big SIGINT / HUMINT base there for entry into MILINT right? Being a huge NATO hub.
I finished the ASVAB in the top 2% in Oakland county MI....I never got any additional tests...just constant nagging from a recruiter, who btw was named Sgt. Carter.
I took the ASVAB. Then they gave me several other tests.
I saw people sitting next to me and leaving after 20 mins. I was there for Almost 3 hrs. Then they stopped me in the middle of things and took me aside.
“You finished the ASVAB so we gave you other tests. Your Empathetic Social Score was off the charts as were everything else. We want you to go into Air Force Military Intel as an Officer GS-8. You can choose your station, base, do whatever you want to work on. We have the best toys around.”
They wanted me to go to Rammstein.
Anyone know why? It was around 2000 when this happened. I still don’t know why Air Force or why Rammstein.
They wanted you to go into something Intel/psyop related, my first guess. Why? As warfare became an irregular fight for the minds of the people, things 'of the mind' aka psychological operations were considered things 'of the air'.
Ideas 'in the air' like the 'cloud' which is Intel.
And so Psyops are based in the Air Force.
Rammstein on foreign soil w/ special conditions would have cover, and where you might be stationed and in what capacity would be determined by their view of the results of your training and your abilities like maybe languages you might already speak.
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Actually - damn - I never thought about that. You're dead on, 2EyesOpen. I don't recall having a conversation with them about Germany - if I recall I took a language portion in the battery and absolutely had some questions in german and i am just now remembering this. They were randomly in a section and my brain just read them without clicking they were in german ( i can read / speak it ).
Duh.
Interesting take on Air Force. I figured that had a possible connection into INTEL - It would make a ton of sense to have a big SIGINT / HUMINT base there for entry into MILINT right? Being a huge NATO hub.
winner winner, chicken dinner
Please allow me to indulge my Pingeligkeit:
The band is Rammstein. MM.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rammstein
The base is Ramstein. One M.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramstein_Air_Base
Thank you.
Good catch. Garammmar Nazii
https://files.catbox.moe/xgit33.jpeg
Sorry the meme just got the conversation too well
Its the AF European HQ not sure on any particular events
I finished the ASVAB in the top 2% in Oakland county MI....I never got any additional tests...just constant nagging from a recruiter, who btw was named Sgt. Carter.
hah yea I went with a recruiter famous for buying everyone dinner if they took it. My take was "free füd"