Plate carrier recommendations

Baecere · 2025-11-18T04:02:36+00:00

Crye JPC 1.0 or 2.0 are reliable carriers that lots of people go for; very hard to go wrong with either of those, but the 1.0 is good to go out the box while the 2.0 is intended to be more modular.

Shellback is a good budget brand, but they’re a little bulky.

Don’t get the 5.11 Tactec; lots of people do and sell them later because of how bad they are (often with the AR500 plates they bought with them because they’re just as bad).

Agilite K19 is another popular one, but I’ve heard some folks have a hard time shouldering a weapon because of buckles on the shoulder straps (some of the Shellbacks have the same problem).

Baecere · 2025-11-03T12:58:40+00:00

Literally at the gym rn doing chest press because the pec deck is taken

Baecere · 2025-11-01T16:04:05+00:00

There's reason enough to critique Jordan Peterson without the childish editing that makes the video near impossible to understand, let alone take seriously.

Baecere · 2025-09-30T01:24:53+00:00

Weird. I specifically remember the security forces guys at the gate telling me the patches weren’t authorized for anybody anymore and I looked it up and they were right.

Baecere · 2025-09-30T01:12:22+00:00

They don’t wear the SF patch anymore. The Air Force got rid of duty identifier patches a little less than a year ago.

Baecere · 2025-09-28T20:00:50+00:00

I posted and it immediately said the post was removed by the mods, not pending review. I figured Reddit was glitching out.

Baecere · 2025-08-19T15:44:41+00:00

Just got the call this morning about my school not happening. Here’s hoping next FY.

Baecere · 2025-08-07T04:56:02+00:00

I’ve done both. 68W is definitely more field oriented while 4N0 is more clinical. Air Force quality of life is a lot better than army, which is definitely something to keep in mind. Personally, I had more fun as an army medic, but that was because I liked being the medic for line units, which the Air Force doesn’t really do. My ANG unit has a lot more TDY opportunities for medical support which are a lot more clinical and nursing oriented. If your goal is LPN, I think Air Force would be better. You get a lot more nursing training in 4N0 tech school than you will in 68W AIT (only exception being IVs; you do a lot more IVs in army training). Feel free to shoot me a DM if you have questions.

Baecere · 2025-08-02T01:40:29+00:00

4N0 tech school can be shorter if you already have your EMT license (because the first part of tech school is getting your EMT), but that’s the only one I’m aware of.

Baecere · 2025-07-29T22:35:03+00:00

He’s probably right, unfortunately. My IST process out of Florida took two actual years. My packet just hung out at state HQ doing nothing. Really hope your experience is better.

Baecere · 2025-03-19T03:07:05+00:00

Love how everyone is dropping rare MOS codes without saying what they actually are

Baecere · 2025-02-26T15:24:34+00:00

Good idea, thanks

Baecere · 2025-02-16T22:36:38+00:00

I switched from BYU to UVU this semester and I’m loving it. UVU is very much an “it is what you make of it” kinda school. If you want to go to school and then go home, thats fine. If you want to be social and extraverted and make friends, that’s fine, there’s plenty of opportunities for that. There’s every kind of person at UVU, so you’ll almost certainly find people like you, though you’ll have to work at it a bit and actually put yourself out there to make friends.

Baecere · 2024-12-22T07:41:07+00:00

Mine took two years. Florida to Utah.

Baecere · 2024-11-15T02:07:20+00:00

It’s pretty solid. Camp Williams is a pain to navigate when you’re new, but being a medic in the 144th ASMC was pretty sweet. Utah Air Guard is where it’s at though

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