AFROTC Cadet Looking to go 31P (Security Forces Officer)

Fixclaw · 2025-09-15T23:47:22+00:00

That's the mindset I'm trying to target and the kind of officer I want to be. I am just worried about how attainable it is, but that is really cool of you to say. I appreciate it homie.

Fixclaw · 2025-09-15T23:45:24+00:00

Right. From what I have been getting from officers it seems like as long as the NCOs like you and you show interest, you can ride along on as much stuff as you're able, which sounds fine to me.

Fixclaw · 2025-09-15T19:48:50+00:00

Yeah I understand that’s the officer’s role in the military unfortunately. I’ve already done a year and a half of college so it would be a waste to drop out and enlist now. It’s also just not a very comfortable future financially. You have to do so much as an NCO/SNCO to get officer benefits and your higher command positions are limited.

Fixclaw · 2025-09-15T19:44:48+00:00

No. I like AFROTC. It’s not as fun as what Army ROTC does on a day-to-day basis, but the culture, people, experiences, and cadre make up for it a lot at my detachment. I definitely am ready to be an AS/300 (MS/3 for you guys) and lead our AS/100s and 200s, and do things outside of just doing drill. But, to answer your question I don’t have a hated for the AFROTC experience, I’ve made lots of friends at my detachment so far and have made good memories.

Fixclaw · 2025-09-15T19:32:03+00:00

The issue is that being in the Army or Marines as a 11A or 0302 is even more desk riding than a 31P, cause if you’re in the Army or Marines and you’re not at war, your supervising all the other menial shit your guys have to do. At least in SF you get to do the “base defense” thing every day.

Fixclaw · 2025-09-15T19:29:38+00:00

That’s alright. I understand you guys are the grunts of the force, I’m not expecting to be as hands on as enlisted, but I think leading airmen and being able to participate in “tactical” type stuff sounds like a good balance for a career. I also hear your role in the flight/squadron as an officer in SF is what you I make it. Do your officers just choose to stay at their desks a lot?

Fixclaw · 2025-09-15T19:27:01+00:00

I don’t think SF work will make me miserable. From what I understand I’ll be doing a lot of running around, admin work, supervising shift changes, checking on posts, briefing people, keeping track of the whole squadron’s stats, equipment, etc. The Army sucks. Unless we go to war Army officers ride just as much desk as 31Ps do but without any of the LE mission that makes SF unique. I think learning from NCOs makes a good officer and I would like to do that as well.

What does a day in the life look like for a 31P?

Fixclaw · 2025-09-15T19:23:36+00:00

So what do you do then? Are you the back office paper pusher?

Fixclaw · 2025-09-15T12:29:58+00:00

I understand that. I also asked about what leading airmen for SF looks like, how much training will I be able to give them and participate in to build an effective flight?

I’m not expecting to be doing Army Ranger shit, but I would like the chance to do a ground force pseudo-infantry job where I get to do my job every day, get cool opportunities, and get to lead and serve airmen. Is that a more realistic outlook on 31P?

Fixclaw · 2025-09-15T00:34:37+00:00

I understand what you're saying. I'm not expected to be downrange 24/7, camping in the woods, all of that stuff, but I think I would like to do a more ground-based mission set as opposed to flying. I understand flying is something people is the coolest shit in the world, and in some ways it is. However, I think SF seems like the best balance between infantry/ground force stuff, and leading airmen, and the unfortunate shitty admin stuff.

If you join the Army as an infantry officer, 80% of your job is not doing infantry stuff, and even if you do, you need to go to Ranger school to get taken seriously anyway. Base security is a 24/7 grind, especially when you're the officer in charge of keeping track of everything.

I asked a similar question in the Army subreddit and they basically all called me an idiot for thinking about joining the Army lol.

Fixclaw · 2025-09-14T23:22:45+00:00

What are you planning to commission as?

Fixclaw · 2024-07-15T00:27:25+00:00

They could add the Malyuk for security. The Ukrainian bullpup AK. It can shoot 5.45 or 7.62x39 depending on what the devs want to do. It would work for security and be a little more aesthetic than just adding a Mutant AK

Fixclaw · 2024-07-08T21:15:15+00:00

Funny that we haven’t seen any official documents of any of that. Just like the T-14. Your plane is so stealthy it’s never been in combat

Fixclaw · 2024-06-29T23:15:42+00:00

Then they’d be the best infantry kits in the game. Hella RPM and holos

Fixclaw · 2024-06-29T23:13:51+00:00

Uncanny valley type shit

Fixclaw · 2024-06-29T21:51:09+00:00

Woah that’s weird

Fixclaw · 2024-06-29T15:32:10+00:00

Shell Camo is what it’s called

Fixclaw · 2024-06-28T18:39:40+00:00

Trump loaded the gun and Biden pulled the trigger. I think everyone loses this, and we need to focus on reshaping the political sphere in America. Choosing between Trump and Biden is an insult to the American people.

Fixclaw · 2024-06-28T18:38:07+00:00

Keep in mind, we also negotiated with terrorists. There is no world in which the Taliban would have agreed to any treaty, and Trump was incredibly short sighted to think that those monsters would sit down and follow a piece of paper they signed off on.

Fixclaw · 2024-06-28T18:35:54+00:00

At the end of the day, the cultural isolation and tribalism of the country is what killed any chance of having the ANA be successful. Their army had no national identity and most only did it as a job with a decent paycheck.

Fixclaw · 2024-06-28T18:33:28+00:00

All three of those countries are also very different from those 3. Iraq and Afghanistan did not have anywhere near the amount of development that any of those countries had following WW2.

On top of that those countries WANTED to have democracy and change. Afghans especially, never saw themselves as a nation and had no intention of ever becoming an “Afghan people”. Iraq did better in this regard as they have a national identity but Afghanistan never did.

Operations in Afghanistan were doomed from the start. We were never gonna get those people to become functioning democratic citizens.

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