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That website is what I like to call good ol' fashion hog wash. First of all, I'll speak from experience. I work in networking. I received a bunch of experience, and now the AF is requiring me to get 2 different certifications for my career field, (A+ and Network+ certifications..) Yes, there are civilians that work for the military but I have only ever seen 2 entire shops get contracted out and that is because it was cheaper for the gov't to contract out those shops at our base then pay for people to be sent up here...ironically these 2 shops have 15 total civilians and 3 of them used to be in the shops at our base as military and another 4 of them are ex-military.
HVAC guys get great training, and everytime we've ever put in a work order to get something fixed its always been military guys come out to fix our building (I'm sure it varies from base to base)..
One more thing, I went to college for 3 years before joining the AF, and I was pursuing a degree in Criminal Justice. I got to choose my job in networking..... so no, the military will not stick you in the medical career field because that is where you've had education in. And the only time the AF really sticks you into a career field is when you go open in any of the areas and they assign you a job at basic. I strongly recommend getting your guaranteed job written into your contract. If that means having to waiting a few extras mths in DEP to get that job then so be it. I was in DEP for 10mths waiting for my job to become available. Atleast that way you know youre getting the job you want.
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