(三) Accents as in dialects? Or do you mean tones? If you mean dialects, I'd say.
I'd say you're at a huge advantage being there mostly because, IMO, conversational Chinese is much more difficult to master than the formal Chinese you hear on the news or read in the paper. You don't have to go into detail, but try to get the gist. Try to read the news in Chinese everyday. At the upper intermediate level, you should be able to handle almost all everyday situations (even if it feels clumsy). I took a 2 month immersion trip to Beijing while I was still in the Air Force and my OPI went from upper intermediate to advanced. (一和二) You are already doing the best thing possible. The best thing of the whole job though was simply the fact that I learned Chinese. I really miss that additional bit of current events information. Like state department economic reports or reports on Russian mafia involvement with European oil companies. The thing I liked most though: During downtime (which there was a shit ton of) I could just browse the classified web and read about really cool shit happening all over the world. It was tedious, but it was also a sort of satisfying positive feedback loop. Looking back though, I do miss sitting rack sometimes. It was cool as shit, but it served no purpose except to justify large budget increases. In the two years after it was built, the ONLY times I ever saw it being used was when we had some senator or general come visit. Several tens of millions of dollars this thing cost. When I was there they built this really cool 3-d holographic projection thingy that mapped and tracked asset movements. There was one really cool thing that our underground facility in Hawaii had.
#CRYPTOLOGIC LINGUIST AIR FORCE TV#
But it was also interesting to see how the intel machine works (and it is WAY less cool and WAY less advanced than depicted on tv and movies). It got quite tedious when just 'sitting rack,' which is what we call the watch floor jobs where we wear headphones and translate real-time voice communications. The job had high points and low points like any other. If I'd listed Spanish as first choice, they would've just said 'fuck you' and picked among those three for me. I scored a 147/150 on the Defense Language Aptitude Battery, so that pretty much meant I was either getting Chinese, Arabic, or Korean. My salary is a calculation of all the health and dental benefits in addition to E-4 salary - more.I didn't actually get to choose Chinese. Despite the military not being a good fit for me, they offer great dental and healthcare coverage, perks including corrective eye surgery and time during the paid workday for medical appointments, an exam and performance-based points system and structured tier for advancement, steady income, and many other resources and opportunities to support you both personally and professionally. In terms of the culture, I believe in putting people first, but in the military accomplishing the mission comes first. My civilian supervisor granted 3 days a week to leave 1.5 hour early for working out in order to meet Air Force standards for physical fitness and deployment readiness. Some people really love this job they love the camaraderie, the mission, the military framework-so do not be deterred by this review. However, there was often no customer feedback on the direct impact of my work in any situation, which was unfulfilling for someone who wanted to rest assured she was making a difference. The intelligence I reported was rewarding in that it provided policymakers with information necessary to protect U.S. The job was stressful in effort to appease the urgent requirements of two separate chains of command, one civilian and one military. The other 4-2 hours is spent on administrative duties related to Air Force extra duties and responsibilities. A typical day as a cryptologic linguist involves language translations and other mission-related work for about 4-6 hours.
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