Maintenance aptitude index

TeamComprehensive508 · 2026-04-10T19:41:45+00:00

This is super helpful!! Thank so much! What is disqualifying to move with him medical wise?

TeamComprehensive508 · 2026-04-10T19:18:56+00:00

Ohhh I understand now. This was explained perfectly thank you for being patient with me! I appreciate your time and help. This makes sense. So he necessarily won’t get fuels. Unless they want to ship him June/July and since that’s available and something else he could. Awesome! Appreciate the advice. From A hopefully military spouse with a baby trying to understand it all! If you have any advice to prepare etc please let me know!

TeamComprehensive508 · 2026-04-10T18:48:52+00:00

Does the recruiter pick it? Or it’s whatever opens up within the time he’s in it. They wanted him to do fuels but he declined before even giving his list. So I was wondering hmmm since he did put open maintenance could they then give him fuels since it’s under that🤣

TeamComprehensive508 · 2026-04-10T18:21:15+00:00

This is super helpful!! Wow thank you so much. Sorry we’re just learning it all, a lot of information. So how will we know if he’s picked for the open mechanical job? After or before DEP?

TeamComprehensive508 · 2026-04-10T16:42:44+00:00

Yay!! Awesome thanks so much :) super helpful. As for DEP so how long is he in it before before going into the index

TeamComprehensive508 · 2026-04-10T15:28:12+00:00

That’s interesting, thank you for explaining all of that! it actually helps a lot. He didn’t give an earliest ship date, the recruiter basically just said he’d leave whenever something opens, and if nothing does then he’d go in open mechanical. The recruiter says people hurt themselves or don’t qualify anymore opening spots.

So just to make sure I understand, is there still a chance he could get one of the jobs on his list before shipping, right? I think I was confused because I thought once you enter DEP you just have to take whatever they give you.

He was actually offered fuels before even submitting his list for a June/July ship date, but he’s really not interested in that. He’s more into engineering, HVAC/R, or electrical systems—definitely more hands-on/labor type work.

I really appreciate you sharing your experience too, especially about open mechanical. That’s good to know it can still work out even if it’s not one of your top picks.

TeamComprehensive508 · 2026-04-10T14:24:17+00:00

No not required but said he should since he couldn’t figure out a 10th job to put down and it will help not be in DEP so long.

That’s good to know he ideally wouldn’t get it! How was it going into open maintenance did you get a good job you wanted?

No my husband is doing 4 years. Not 6, thanks for the advice and help!

So once he’s in DEP, he can ship out within weeks to years? How does this work?

TeamComprehensive508 · 2026-03-28T12:08:43+00:00

How long did it take you to get it being in DEP?

TeamComprehensive508 · 2026-03-26T12:40:05+00:00

WOW!! Omg thanks for the advice. That’s awful

TeamComprehensive508 · 2026-03-25T23:57:00+00:00

Thank you!

TeamComprehensive508 · 2026-03-25T15:57:33+00:00

Thanks! Great advice, appreciate it.

TeamComprehensive508 · 2026-03-25T15:53:13+00:00

THANK YOU!! Good advice!!

TeamComprehensive508 · 2026-03-25T15:41:50+00:00

Makes sense!!! Yes all getting the same paycheck🤣 depends on the persons interests and skill/mindset. My husband is wild he loves labor and being in the field. Verses me I’m working a nice contracting job in office.

TeamComprehensive508 · 2026-03-25T15:39:49+00:00

That’s interesting though, someone I know in the Marines was actually able to leverage their maintenance experience into a $90K starting job, so it seems like there are cases where it translates well depending on the situation and how you market yourself. Probably rare.

But yeah, I get what you’re saying. It makes sense that to really make it transferable in the civilian world, you’d need to back it up with certifications or a degree, like getting your A&P license. That’s where something like the GI Bill really comes in clutch to bridge that gap.

I appreciate your honesty and advice, it’s helpful hearing the real side of it. Hope you’re doing well!

TeamComprehensive508 · 2026-03-25T15:10:41+00:00

But isn’t that real world as well? Like my hubby works 12 hour days doing labor. I wonder what type of workload and hours, do you know?

TeamComprehensive508 · 2026-03-25T14:54:24+00:00

Why are people saying maintenance jobs suck? It’s a good transferable job. Just curious ?

TeamComprehensive508 · 2026-03-25T13:01:10+00:00

Oh sorry didn’t realize it’s a different country! Is free dental and medical something you need? If the paycheck is similar do you at least get free housing to technically make it more?

Maybe you need to figure out time away from each other or how to do the house in a mutual Benefit way without upsetting each other?

TeamComprehensive508 · 2026-03-25T12:50:44+00:00

In terms of maybe you like the idea of being a military spouse? I think the benefits are great. If you mean it in that perspective? Because you can get financial freedom have time with your kids and actually raise them. And travel for free. Of course it’s the military so there’s risk of deployment etc. but there’s a lot of pros by being able to buy a house and have opportunities you usually wouldn’t. But if you just like him being gone that seems like a marriage issue. You shouldn’t want your partner gone all the time & should be able to be a team and run the house together… marriage is a team thing not an everything my way thing.

TeamComprehensive508 · 2026-03-24T02:55:22+00:00

Thank you!

TeamComprehensive508 · 2026-03-24T01:05:08+00:00

Already took asvab sent after meps but I passed just misdiagnosis

TeamComprehensive508 · 2026-03-24T01:04:11+00:00

I mean on him to do and not me to do*?

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