![]() ![]() Enjoy the last bit of free life you have, because you really are about to have it bad. Master English grammar rules, toy around with listening to movies in foreign languages. TBH, there isn't a lot you can do to prepare. Might get lucky at 2-4, but it's just random really. Expect 3 years of training and 3 years of serving. There are a whole lot of things that can prolong your training, and your minimum contract length takes that into account. You're going to be picking up cigarette butts for 9 months. You may be given a language with 1 start date a year and the next one isn't until March 2020. You may be high speed and get specialty training before going to your unit. You have to remember that you have Basic -> DLI -> Goodfellow -> Unit. Some branches will likely let you in with a 5, but I doubt any less. And ~33-50% fail.ĭo I have to sign a six year contract? My recruiter said so, and I was going to sign one anyway but I'd still like to know if it is mandatory. Focus on passing because you don't want to fail. Don't and I mean don't buy an Xbox or computer. You can have mountains of homework every night. And to be clear, not doing your homework 1 time can get you removed from class. They won't let you out of service, so don't ask. If you fail, you will be given a new job at the needs of the Air Force. Unless you're one of the very fortunate few who absorb the language, you're going to be in class for 8-12 hours a day. I understand DLI is essentially a full time job and I should spend a lot of time studying, but how many hours of down time will I have? Expect something Middle Eastern and be happy with anything else. How much thought should I put into my language wish list? Should I just put any language I find cool and cross my fingers? They slot people when they enlist, but an officer or senior NCO can come by and pretty much take your seat, leaving you sitting in limbo until they can get you a new class or language. Think of it like college, there are X amount of people in a class and Y number of classes for that language starting Z year. Some people get lucky and are told in basic as you can be preslotted long in advance for a seat. When will I find out what language I'm assigned?ĩ times out of 10, when you get to the DLI. ![]()
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