Future Cryptologic Linguist needs a lil' help with a few questions...?

Well I just recently got the word that I am booked to be a Crypto Linguist. I got a 116 on my DLAB and am leaving for BMT on February 2. I was gonna be an Airborne Linguist but apparently i was too short for their requirements. You need to be 64 inches to be one and i was 63.5. I cant believe half an inch made such a difference with my life. So now I'm stuck with being on the ground, but i still have a few loose ends i want to clear up in my head:



1. What other differences are there between ground and airborne beside the obvious places you'll be working at?



2. What languages would i expect to receive with my grade on the DLAB and the times we are in today?



3. Is 116 a good score in the DLAB?



4. How much more money does an airborne get from a ground?



5. Does being an airborne linguist have any different significance to my future career as an airman? Would it help me get a few more privileges than a ground linguist?



6. How are the work hours in airborne linguists?



7. Is it true that you get deployed more as an airborne linguist?



8. Is it also true that ground linguists have better language training?



9. Is it also true that airborne linguists have a (hypothetically speaking) higher rank than a ground linguist?



10. What are the pro's and con's of both?



11. What was so important in a plane that me being half an inch too short would make me lose my chance being airborne?



12. Are there any really chances of me getting into the CIA?



And specifically to the seasoned linguists out there:



13. What have you experienced being in that job albeit airborne or linguist?



14. Any opportunities you get the chance to experience just by being a linguist?



15. Any special jobs you can apply for in the military that most people cant get?



16. What can you do with that security clearance you have?



These are all swimming in my head and i can never find anyone who could answer them clearly enough. Thanks to whoever replies and I may have more questions coming up.Future Cryptologic Linguist needs a lil' help with a few questions...?
1) totally different missions. classified tho



2) think the desert



3) yes



4) flight pay starts at $150 a month once you get on flying status. Goes up with experience.





5) no absolutely not.



6)depends on if you are flying that day of not. 12 hours crew rest before and after a flight. flight may be 2 hours long or 16, any time of the day or night.



7) yes it is. There are not nearly as many ground linguist deployed. The AF does not have interpreters/interrogators like the Army/Marines



8) no. everyone goes to DLI and takes away the same resources.



9) no. rank is rank. If I'm an E-5 and your an E-5 we are the same rank



10) being aircrew is cool, I guess You wear a flight suit. But the ground mission can be a lot cooler. And you will have a more stable work schedule. Long hours tho.



11) I think it has to do with emergency procedure. not 100% sure.



12) yes. Get through DLI first. Talk to your supervisors after you have been one the job a while.



13) I'm not really a ';seasoned linguist';. I'm aircrew tho. it's a lot more training.



14) Yes. You will learn about some of the special programs while at DLI. I'm not nearly a good enough speaker to take part, and wouldn't want to anyhow.



15) see #14



16) work for an intel contractor. not really sure what else as I am still in and not looking to get out anytime soon



Ask you recruiter if you have not already about a height waver. You may have to wait until your first enlistment is up and try to cross train then.Future Cryptologic Linguist needs a lil' help with a few questions...?
1. Nothing really, just where you do your job.



An airborne linguist would be on an aircraft flying off the coast of north korea, China etc, listening to their communications.



Where a ground linguist, is obviously only going to be at a ground station doing the job.



2. Any language, but lets be realistic, arabic, Farsi, patshun, korean, chinese are the needed languages.



3. Good enough, you only ned a 100 for any language.



4. Pay is based on rank, not your job, although an airborne linguist , being an enlisted aircrew member, receives flight pay $150 a month.



5. All AFSC's have the same privileges.



A cook has the same pay and privileges as a airborne linguist.



6. There is no way to tell you what your work hours are going to be, you can work any shift, from 8 hours to 16 hours each day.



7. Deployed, no, but they spend more time away from the home base.



8. No, they both go to the same language school.



9. Nope, no AFSC rates higher than any other AFSC



10. same job, if ya wanna learn a language, and spend all day translating paper work, then its the job for you.



11. ability to sucessfully evacuate an aircraft. Ability to function in the aircraft seats and reach the controls necessary.



12. As a linguist, not as a Agent. IE: you would be setting at a desk, translating paper work all day.



13.

14. You get to read the other sides mail.



15. Nope.

16. Almost everyone in the Air Force has a security clearance, its no big deal.



NOTE: you somehow seem to have it, that linguist are somehow special.



Its just a job, like any other job.



I knew a girl who could speak , read and write 11 languages, she loaded bombs on aircraft for a living.
Just a couple of questions, hm?



116 is a decent score. I got 113 and was slotted Arabic, in the Army.



Airborne linguists spend a lot of time in aircraft, doing their job. Let's just say they aren't zooming around Cleveland. I really don't know too much more about them. It seemed like those Air Force linguists who had made the airborne cut were considered higher status than those who didn't make it, but that seems to be something common in the Air Force in general, at least in training status. I'd say don't worry about it, just do your job, but that's my perspective coming from the Army side of the house.



Your security clearance could get you a job in an intelligence agency which uses Department of Defense security clearances. Lots of agencies run their own clearances though, so you'd basically have to start all over with them. It's redundant and and illogical and inefficient, but that's our government for you.
Check this out. Lay on your back all day for a week. You will gain more than your half an inch.



I remember this story about this astronaut that was too short days before take off. So his crew had to lay on his back all day for a week. His spine decompressed and he gained the necessary inch.



I guess theoretically you could do it faster if you hung upside down.
You're not getting airborne so all of your questions are irrelevent. HDH answered the ones that apply to you. Focus on stuff that will actually make a difference in your life rather than what you can't get.