Northern Virginia Roll Call

Damn right I do.

Speaking of money, I had an air force officer ask me yesterday how much money it would take to keep me in the military since I'm getting out soon, and to get me to go air force cyber officer. I gave it some thought and next week I'm gonna tell him $40k. Let's see how bad the air force really wants me.

 

say 50K

and are you enlisted?

green to gold track if you are haha

 

Well I was going to say $60k but my wife was like "Yo you dumb motherfucker, don't potentially ruin this shot at a good gig" (Not her exact words)

And yeah, I'm enlisted. I'm not sure how serious he was, but he seemed really serious since apparently the air force is desperate for cyber officers.

 

Tell them you want 100k signing bonus all paid in copper piping.

 

What if they say done deal? You really gonna make that change?

 

Constant supply of BLO for life

 

I'd just say a really good sign on bonus, and Officer track or SNCO track. See what he comes back with.

 

Yeah I definitely would. I don't really have a set plan for work once we move (was just gonna see where we move and see what job I can get), but this would be a much better deal. Dual air force officer marriage would be the tits.

 

Well that's good then! Hopefully something comes of it! I heard they need lots of cyber officers in TX, just word on the street

 

FTFY

 

Cyber has been the big initiative. Problem is they are competing against industry, who can pay way more. So they (DoD) have been trying to come up with strategic ways to pull people, the other issue is retention, cause again once you go cyber, and you start working in the same area with a lot of industry partners, they try to snag you so they can stay competitive, you will be surprised at how much money they will throw at you to keep you in. Its like OEF and OIR 4/5 all over again. Intel MOS were getting stupid fucking money thrown at them for reenlistment bonus's.

 

Yep, hit the nail on the head. In an environment like mine we're we're working side by side with contractors and civilians doing the same job but they're getting paid more, it doesn't make much sense to stay in.

 

DoD is going to start enlisting/commissioning people in at high enlisted/officer paygrades now to meet that demand (as high as O-6 from what I've been hearing).

 

Yes sir. Nobody is catching anything because of the hurricane that just skirted by.

 

its hard....its why DoD created for civilians a whole other pay grade system to stay competitive. They just haven't really figured out the military side....

 

what thats insane!

 

I was intel during oif and I'm getting/in cyber now. Going to start studying for a GIAC and already am 8570 compliant with core competency (sec plus)

 

smart man

 

Well the military already does it for things like Medical and Dental Officers through its staff corps. They come in at O-3/O-4 level. They are non-combat/non-command positioning. It'd be easy to do the same with IT/Cyber.

 

Not even a good beer buzz?