New Guy from BTR/P'ville..and asking advice

[gsneff]

welcome

 

[Nolacopusmc]

welcome

 

[dydog4566]

Military is a great place, you may want to pick something that translates well to the civilian job market, in case you decide that ain't where you want to spend the rest of your career.
I would definately go the officer route too....speaking from an ole noncom's perspective,
but definately listen to your senior noncom's when you are a rookie officer, they didn't get where they are being stupid. Good luck to you, go make us proud

 

[grits]

Welcome aboard

 

[topgunz1]

Welcome Cody! Good to see ya. Are you stuck on .mil or have you consulted any of the local agencies? I know State is on a hiring freeze, but a lot of the local SO's are beefing up, I know we are. We've even hired a few off the street and put straight into patrol that had good educational backgrounds.

 

[dragginaknee]

Welcome to BS!
Ill take a free set of 90hp injectors for my 03 ram please! haha

 

[oldman45]

Trust me, the recruiter cannot tell you where you will end up or what you will be doing.

I went in as a pilot with a college degree. I could fly anything up to a 727. I could plot a course to anywhere in less than three minutes. My vision was perfect and the health was great. They promised a flying job.

I got a duty assignment as a company leader for a bunch of infantry grunts. The only flying I did was as a passenger during relocation assignments.

 

[Tim67]

Looking back, I regret that I didn't serve when I was young enough. The mid 80s were probably the best time ever to join the US military-largely because our forces had a Commander in Chief who was an ex Army Reserve officer who respected those he commanded. It was a combination of being talked out of it by relatives and having goals I thought I wouldn't be able to achieve while serving. Turns out I didn't achieve any of those goals anyway. I was kind of hard headed though. The Army recruiter even gave me a call after I was well into my 30s saying that my college foreign language credits (I didn't graduate) could get me an age waiver and get me into the Warrant Officer program because they needed interpreters.