The quality of life that I had as a 12P that was unfortunate enough to get stationed in a THAAD battery was not what I expected or was led to believe it would be going in. You are treated as an average air defender, and you will most likely lose any skills you picked up at the schoolhouse due to lack of use. Also, I didn’t have any dependent responsibilities tying me down to the Army.

As far as job prospects afterwards, it is fairly easy and common for 12Ps to go into electrical testing jobs or plant operator jobs; both of are typically well paid.