Careers: Military--Army, Navy, Airforce, Marines, Coast Guard/Experts

Expert	Average Ratings	Expertise
James Bell U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.86 Clarity of Response 9.96 Politeness 10.0 Response Time(hr) 30.0 --Last 90 Days(hr) 67.9 Total Questions 1610	I am a retired MSgt (2004) with 24 years experience in the aircrew career field, both as a loadmaster (AFSC 1A2x1) and flight engineer (AFSC 1A1x1). I have been to every continent at one time or another, and regularly flew 300 to 500 hours a year. I have been involved in the operations in Grenada, Panama, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. I can answer most questions you may have about enlisted Air Force life in general, assignments, benefits, and enlisted aircrew operations. NOTE: If you have specific recruiting and/or medical questions about how to get into this career field as a civilian, they have changed since my time, so that is best answered by a recruiter or MEPS. I can answer questions about military personnel wanting to RETRAIN. If you are asking about being an Air Force pilot, please be advised my area of expertise is ENLISTED aircrew operations, NOT OFFICERS.
Jason Grabill U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.86 Clarity of Response 9.89 Politeness 9.96 Response Time(hr) 25.7 --Last 90 Days(hr) 32.6 Total Questions 2570	Questions relating to US Marine Corps; rank, awards, uniforms, career choices. I can also help people spot and expose fakes (people pretending to be Marines or have awards they didn`t earn). Considering the Marines as a career? Or another branch, like the Air National Guard? Drop me a line. HOWever..know that I am NOT a recruiter. I can offer my expert opinion and advice, but can't (and won't) over rule what a recruiter says, they are the 'on duty' expert.
John Fiorentine U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.85 Clarity of Response 9.79 Politeness 10.00 Response Time(hr) 35.6 --Last 90 Days(hr) 83.5 Total Questions 213	Active Duty Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander. My specialties are opertations afloat and operations ashore; three afloat tours and one ashore tour under my belt including command afloat and navy exchange. My shore assignments have been with Officer Personnel Management as a Career Counselor and at the Office of Law Enforcement within CG Headquarters as a program analyst. I can answer questions related to the Coast Guard, the assignment process, officer specialties, OCONUS duty, afloat and ashore operations.
Aaron Shifferly U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.88 Clarity of Response 9.89 Politeness 9.96 Response Time(hr) 34.3 --Last 90 Days(hr) 56.3 Total Questions 722	I am currently an active duty Army Captain in the Military Police Field. I have been enlisted (Military Intelligence) and attended The United States Military Academy at West Point. I can answer questions related to the Army, posting, jobs, lifestyle, workings... pretty much anything you can throw at me with the exception of very specific recruting or medical questions. I have no expertise in what it takes to get in the military other than the fact that I, myself, joined at one point in time.
John L U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.82 Clarity of Response 9.75 Politeness 9.92 Response Time(hr) 38.3 --Last 90 Days(hr) 20.5 Total Questions 1876	I am a National Guard recruiter , been doing it for seven years and am a subject matter expert on qualifications for National Guard and I keep up to date on Regular Army regs and programs. I was in the Navy for 4 years and have 13 years in the Guard. I will not sugar coat my answers to you. They are usually short and to the point. If you need more in depth, ask me. Because each situation is different, alot of times you need to actually talk to a recruiter and let them evaluate your situation in person, by looking at your documents, issues etc. If I suggest this, it would be in your best interest to do so. Finally...thank you for your interest in serving this great nation of ours. Very few people can actually make the cut to serve let alone choose to do so. So thank you for wanting to and hopefully you will get a chance. Whatever branch you choose, thank you and good luck.
MARK A. HOWELL U.S. Unavailable View Profile View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.93 Clarity of Response 9.95 Politeness 9.96 Response Time(hr) 74.9 --Last 90 Days(hr) 99.1 Total Questions 1388	All military questions, any Service. 30 years experience & two Ph.D.'s. 4 times Base Commander. Worked with Army, Navy, USMC, USCG and several foreign military units. Veteran of Kosovo, Bosnia, Macedonia, Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, and 10 civil wars in Africa.

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2012-02-09 NEXT STEP:

You need to give me more details before I can even begin to answer the question. What are you returned to duty from? How long have you been in? What rank? What MOS? Why do you want to be discharged?

2012-02-06 Going to meps in two days and need to know If I should lie (my recruiter told me to):

technically, you have to be honest with all medical questions. I will tell you, that if you answer truthfully, you will not get to join without jumping through lots of hoops. The ankle issue is the

2012-02-05 Urinalysis retest time:

Maybe, right now, no service is accepting applicant who tested positive for marijuana. They figure if they couldn't stop smoking for a period to join, then they are likely going to be repeat offenders

2012-02-05 RE-3 ARNG vs USAR:

If you get denied by one service, you can ask another. I recently had a guy who was denied a medical waiver for an eye condition from the Guard, but was then accepted by the active Army. The CMO is

2012-02-05 RE-3 ARNG vs USAR:

Charles, What would have to happen is the local recruiter would get your meps packet from the old state and have it sent to the new state. You require two waivers, one from the state to allow you to

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