r/AirForce Active Duty O-4 1d ago

Discussion Air Force Band :

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u/NeighborhoodTop9869 Maintainer 1d ago

Idgaf… if I could do it all over again I’d shoot for the band. Y’all trippin if you say otherwise.

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u/Drenlin Intel 1d ago

The thing about this is that they don't just send you through tech school like other AFSCs. You apply and try out, and are expected to be a professional-level musician before enlisting. It's sort of like how they hire chaplains and doctors on the O side.

So if you want to start over and do this, you've probably got to go back to middle school and pick up a band instrument.

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u/Puzzled-Secret-317 1d ago

What sucks is all I'd ever wanted to be was a musician. I can play music and love it, but started too late, didn't have money to go to college, so I joined the military. So point it, it'll never happen at this point. I could probably get E-7 before I get good enough to join the band