Fire Support Specialist
Fire Support Specialist
Posted on Nov 7, 2017
Looking to go from USAF security forces to army 13F. Does blue to green allow you to pick your MOS, and does anyone have any info on 13F/B2G?
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I am a SrA in the air force. I always wanted to be 13F but changed last minute to Security forces and regretted it. Honestly i am comfortable but i want more in way of deployments and experience. Please any and all info is appreciated on the 13F MOS (such as hows garrison life vs deployments whats the extra BS yall deal with etc..) And on the best way to go Blue to green.
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SrA (Join to see), if you want to do that job, why not head over to the JTAC side of the world and stay in the Air Force? That would give you the chance to work with SF if you can get into the right unit. 13F is a great MOS, but like you've seen here, you work for two (or more) masters and neither of them is often kind.
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A big reason of blue to green honestly is aside from my AFSC (MOS) Sir, the air force culture as a whole was not what i wanted. That and there are things within the army i like more such as your enlisted promotion system to ours, you deploy as a unit, rank is respected more small stuff like that. Also if i go to JTAC amd screw up anywhere down the line i get sent back where i am now. TACP and CCTs are special forces for a reason. At least if i go Blue to green then after ive made the switch its a for sure thing. Thats how i see it but my view is limited.
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Be careful what you wish for. I was active duty Army before I switched to AF. I find the AF culture more to my liking. Fewer knuckleheads overall.
I am a IMA (reservist assigned to actually duty unit) in a SF unit. In AFSOC we deploy a lot. There are still plenty of SOF deployments out there.
Think of the BS you put up with now and triple it and that will give you an idea of the Army. The culture is completely different than the Air Force. The culture change could be your biggest hurdle. Try to visit a Army base, see the Barracks and chow hall. Maybe the Army is better now, but back when I was in they didn’t have dorms. They had Barracks, 4 guys to a room. The food was shitty compared to AF chow. Guys in my unit used to drive 2 hours to the closest AF base just to eat at the chow hall (DFAC).
I don’t know if the Blue to Green program is still available. Ideally, you can find someone on RP who has done it. They can give you a better perspective.
Don’t get me wrong, I loved my time in the Army. But I did it the easier way, going from Army to Air Force is much easier than the other way around. The living conditions in the Air Force are much better than the Army. Now that I know the difference, I could never go back.
Good luck.
I am a IMA (reservist assigned to actually duty unit) in a SF unit. In AFSOC we deploy a lot. There are still plenty of SOF deployments out there.
Think of the BS you put up with now and triple it and that will give you an idea of the Army. The culture is completely different than the Air Force. The culture change could be your biggest hurdle. Try to visit a Army base, see the Barracks and chow hall. Maybe the Army is better now, but back when I was in they didn’t have dorms. They had Barracks, 4 guys to a room. The food was shitty compared to AF chow. Guys in my unit used to drive 2 hours to the closest AF base just to eat at the chow hall (DFAC).
I don’t know if the Blue to Green program is still available. Ideally, you can find someone on RP who has done it. They can give you a better perspective.
Don’t get me wrong, I loved my time in the Army. But I did it the easier way, going from Army to Air Force is much easier than the other way around. The living conditions in the Air Force are much better than the Army. Now that I know the difference, I could never go back.
Good luck.
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