![]() And take charge of your choices, seek out those desirable assignments to make your career the most enjoyable. Some are the opposite and promotion is nearly impossible or you don't do the job you signed up for at all. Some jobs (MOS's) are excellent, fun to do, meaningful, and allow upward mobility. Some units are toxic and make your life miserable for no good reason. Some units are excellent, with great leadership, training, and opportunities to grow professionally. Army: 56 Reviews | Ĭryptologic Linguist(Former Employee) Fort Hood, TX DecemSuccess in the Army depends entirely on 1. Working As A Cryptologic Linguist At U.s. Was this review helpful? Yes3 No2 Report Cryptologic Linguist - Mandarin(Former Employee) Hickam AFB, HI SeptemUnited States Air Force was a gr And if you're slow, even if it's to be thorough, you'll face insurmountable consequences. With a good start and an energetic personality, you can fly up the ladder. Only a few of my co-workers would still associate with me after a morale event. Despite the mistakes which would be held over my head, most of my co-workers could learn to put it aside when it came to morale events. The most enjoyable part of the job was the camaraderie. ![]() Basically, there was no way to recover if you got off to a bad start. The hardest part for me about the job, besides the hours, was that if you made a mistake or had difficulty adjusting to the steep-learning curve you'd receive negative marks and few chances for redemption. Co-workers came from diverse backgrounds and education, most of them understood the importance of working as a team. Management was essentially the chain-of-command, and it was helpful for me when I needed a senior member's perspective. In my spare time it was required that I maintain language proficiency and practice writing while listening to audio.I learned a lot of office related skills how to communicate in that setting, or which format fits the document best. Usually, I would instruct new personnel on the appointments and paperwork they needed to complete, and then I'd direct them to the proper channels. Inspiring morale but criticism can be damaging 1N3 Cryptologic Linguist(Former Employee) Fort Meade, MD AugMy typical day at work required me to meet the new or incoming personnel and put them into the squadron's multiple systems. Other than that just enjoy your time in and all that About 20 guys from my flight that graduated got kicked out in their first 6 months for being idiots during tech school. Just make sure you don't go nuts in tech school after basic training is over. Getting accepted in isn't that hard but getting the job you want is starting to get a little dicey so congrats. Anyone have any experience in a job like this? In what branch? I'm pretty excited I got the exact job I wanted That D-Lab was a joke, I just started filling in random answers halfway through since it is going to make no difference in what job I get and I still wound up middle of the pack. I hope I get an east Asian language like Chinese, Japanese or Korean. I can't wait And I get a nice 12,000 dollar bonus after training. I signed up to be shipped out in January, though I'm not sure of the exact date yet. I was a bit surprised at all the extra tests for my job (some eyesight and strength test for airborne, plus the dlab for linguist), but I apparently did good. The D Lab was surprisingly hard, but I scored high enough to pick any language I wanted. Anyone have any experience in a job like this? In what branch? I'm pretty excited I got the exact job I wanted My AFSC will be Airborne Cryptological Linguist. ![]() My AFSC will be Airborne Cryptological Linguist.
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