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Originally Posted by Cavi Mike
The test to get into the Air Force is the hardest and the pay is the highest. I would've been E6, I think, and my monthly gross would have been $2030 or $2040
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Like others said, it's the same test for all branches. It's just that the AF is more selective medical wise. You can't have any current or past medical issues. I couldn't join the AF cause I my eyes aren't tri-chromatic (semi color blindness), and my wife who is an E-6 in the Navy looked into going into the AF when here last EAOS came up, but they wouldn't take her because she was diagnosed with stress induced asthma, though the Navy allows her to stay in.
Same pay scale for all active duty personnel, there is just differences in housing/ cost of living allowances based on where your stationed (over seas COLA rocks!!). There is no way you would have come in as an E-6 right off the bat. Even if you had a 4 year degree and didn't go officer, the highest you'd be out of boot camp is an e-3. The rest of the ranks you have to have time in rank, take tests, get capped or go in front of advancement boards.
Right now my wife's base pay (monthly) as an E-6 over 12 years of service is $3000, plus she gets $1200 for housing allowance. $4200 isn't bad when you consider she doesn't pay any extra for medical and dental for our whole family, along with a bunch of other stuff. Now some MOS's/ NEC's get some type of bonuses when they re-enlist, get hazardous duty pay, etc.. but other than that an E-6 in the AF makes the same base pay as an E-6 in any other branch.