What branch has the most civlian transferable skills?

SSgt Phil C. Hallberg — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 23:45:14 -0500

Did your time have a positive impact on your future?

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 5 at 2015 11:56 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 23:56:03 -0500

I would think Air Force since it is more technical. But each service is going to have the specialties that would cross over well. Jobs with certifications transfer better.

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 7 at 2015 7:12 AM

CW5 Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 07:12:20 -0500

I vote Air Force, because of all the pilots and (as SFC Private RallyPoint Member noted) technical skills. Each Service will have skills that transfer to the civilian world. I just have a feeling that the Air Force wins this race.

Response by SGT Jim Z. made Mar 7 at 2015 9:24 AM

SGT Jim Z. — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 09:24:00 -0500

It may be envy or just plain luck but I like SFC Private RallyPoint Member and CW5 Private RallyPoint Member says Air Force. My reasoning is that the Air Force is the youngest and they conduct business slightly different then the other branches. We had this discussion yesterday at work about evaluations the Army tends to have difficulty in quantifying data where as the Air Force has no issues. The Air Force tends to have more technical jobs and is more selective in their recruiting or at least that is my opinion.

Response by CMSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 7 at 2015 9:28 AM

CMSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 09:28:45 -0500

I believe the Air Force likely does as well because of some of the highly technical specialties. In just my Group alone we have 41 Air Force Specialty Codes, including Air Traffic Controllers, Pilots, Navigators, Weather Forecasters, Intelligence Analysts and others...

Response by Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS made Mar 7 at 2015 9:43 AM

Sgt Aaron Kennedy, MS — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 09:43:18 -0500

Had to vote Air Force. Their monthly "How can I use this in the real world" mandatory briefing via the youtube channel sort of locks the win.

Response by TSgt Joshua Copeland made Mar 7 at 2015 10:02 AM

TSgt Joshua Copeland — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 10:02:36 -0500

Big Blue. Even the vast majority of our combat AFSCs (aircrew) still have direct civilian transfers. Our Support Group, Maintenance Group, and Med Group folks are direct transfer skills. CMSgt Private RallyPoint Member , covered the Ops Group folks.

Response by AA Joseph Moody made Jul 30 at 2017 2:10 AM

AA Joseph Moody — Sun, 30 Jul 2017 02:10:27 -0400

As someone who has worked in civilian industry, both in the federal system and in the private sector for about longer than I care to admit, and any branch has skills that will transfer over just fine, if you are a tank mechanic you can be a diesel mechanic, I worked in the electronics field and spent quite a bit of time at an army depot, and of the vets I saw there it was mostly navy,marines and airforce on the electronics side of things, Navy and Army vets made up the bulk of the metal working area's on depot and the humvee lines saw quite a bit of everything but they did have a huge amount of army vets in there.

The main transferable skill a vet has is attitude, team and independent working skills, and a degree of vetted trustworthiness. Those are not small things.