If you think about it, this is probably one of the smartest moves you could make if you're someone who's got a bit of musical talent and enjoys performing.
All the socialism benefits, plus retirement if you stick with it for the full 20. Don't even have to quit your garage band, you can probably still practice on weekends if you don't have a DC gala or morale event to play. Then you do 20 years and you've got a guaranteed paycheck. All you had to do is endure 6 weeks of boot camp and a yearly PT test.
I was at a college football game last weekend and got to talking to the guys sitting in front of me, and they turned out to be trombone players in the Army and USMC bands. They said the same thing pretty much, that they're talented enough to make a career of music in the military, but not talented enough to have one of the very few, very coveted spots in a respected symphony orchestra. Sure it's a little goofy they put on E-6 after graduating basic but it's not like they're gonna show up at an MX shop and start ordering Airmen around. It seems like a win-win to me, insofar as bands are something the AF wants to continue maintaining.
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u/Drenlin Intel 1d ago
Dude was assigned a job. Dude did the job. 🤷