life as an airborne cryptologic linguist

I'm sorry if I am one of those unknowledgeable recruits that asks the same questions as the other, but I feel like you will be my best help. The estimated total pay for a Airborne Cryptologic Language Analyst is 78,750 per year in the United States area, with an average salary of 73,226 per year. A linguist in the Air Force, who some also call airborne cryptologic linguists or airborne linguists, translates coded intelligence communications. I just want an idea of what it's really like to be a 1A8X1. These are just surface questions, obviously. Was this 'life sucks' thing real for everyone or was it just the small 1% of Douche Bag Airmen? Decem// Marc In the United States Air Force, Airborne Cryptologic Linguists are responsible for intercepting, translating, and analyzing foreign communications. When was this whole 'life sucks' phase for this job? CTIs also transcribe, translate, and interpret foreign language materials. Unfortunately, the posts aren't dated, so I have to assume they were from a couple years ago. CTIs are charged with providing regional and cultural guidance in support of our nation’s needs by collecting, analyzing, and exploiting foreign language communications of interest. Something kept getting stated about the 97th, too? I don't know what that's all about. Basically, a bunch of complaining about how nobody should accept a 1A8 job. Someone said something about doing work that should be filled by 2+ Airmen. The reviews ( ) were saying things like, 'you get very little flight time', 'spend years training to not do anything with it', 'deployments are long', etc. Find service members and veterans like you, discuss military life. Every review was shooting down everything about 1A8X1 and it turned me off from the idea until I found this forum, where I have the opportunity to ask the real Airmen. I researched deeper into it and saw the 'reviews' on us. I knew I wanted to fly and learning a new language sounds like a great deal to me. I was excited to finally get in and be a part of something bigger than myself. I am a DEPer that has recently gotten a call from my recruiter telling me that I have booked a job as an Airborne Cryptologic Linguist (1A8X1).

Life as an airborne cryptologic linguist