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Yep congrats on passing. KK is right, in fact even without the EOD experience many law enforcement agencies will give hiring preferences to former military, so you may not have to be locked into that particular branch. Even if law enforcement is not an interest there are lot of skills and knowledge you will take with you from the military that, while not directly related to any specific civilian job, will make you a much better overall candidate for just about any job than many other people. I tell people all the time that boot camp was the worst experience of my life, but it was the best thing I ever did for myself.
One thing to keep in mind - there is a reason that they offered you an EOD job. Beyond the obvious "it is the one they need people in" you have to consider "why" they need the people. Given everything that is going on in the world right now EOD is probably going to be one of the most overworked jobs in the military. Even if you are not deployed, a large part of your time will be spent teaching classes to people that are getting deployed, with your own continuing PME, and getting ready to deploy. Also, I would bet that the stress level of your typical EOD tech is even higher than your average grunt on patrol or manning a checkpoint. On the other hand KK is right, there will a lot more technical instruction you'll get from that path as opposed to some others.
It sounds like you are pretty smart so there may even be other jobs you would qualify for that also would give you some training that is specifically usable in civilian life. It is the air force, so there are a lot of other tech jobs out there, don't let the recruiter steer you into one just because that is what he needs the most of at the time.
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