Who's been in the military?
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Don't think he has to worry much about war in the Navy Reserves lol
Diggity, do you have a bachelor's degree? Only way you're going to OCS is if you have a bachelors already. I know the Army sometimes allows people with Associates Degrees to become officers but they give them 3 years to complete their bachelors and they can't progress past O2 pay grade until they finish their bachelors.
Also how old are you? Most branches won't accept officers past a certain age, which I believe is 32 unless they were prior service NCO's that got a bachelors degree and applied for OCS.
Last question, why do you want to be an Officer in the Reserves? Seems like a waste. If you join enlisted you can actually learn a trade or skill. Officers are paper pushers at pretty much all levels, they don't actually get to do a job, hence the old enlisted phrase of "don't call me sir, I work for a living". Seems like being an Officer in the Reserves would be worse than full time since not only will you not learn a skill, but you'll be a paper pusher for one weekend a month, two weeks a year lol fuck that.
Diggity, do you have a bachelor's degree? Only way you're going to OCS is if you have a bachelors already. I know the Army sometimes allows people with Associates Degrees to become officers but they give them 3 years to complete their bachelors and they can't progress past O2 pay grade until they finish their bachelors.
Also how old are you? Most branches won't accept officers past a certain age, which I believe is 32 unless they were prior service NCO's that got a bachelors degree and applied for OCS.
Last question, why do you want to be an Officer in the Reserves? Seems like a waste. If you join enlisted you can actually learn a trade or skill. Officers are paper pushers at pretty much all levels, they don't actually get to do a job, hence the old enlisted phrase of "don't call me sir, I work for a living". Seems like being an Officer in the Reserves would be worse than full time since not only will you not learn a skill, but you'll be a paper pusher for one weekend a month, two weeks a year lol fuck that.
For reference for the non military people that might read this thread, OCS = Officer Candidate School
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Yeah, I'm 31 but I had 4 years in the Coast Guard. I was an E-5 when I got out and thought about joining the reserves for years for years but my ex hated the idea. I couldn't do it when I was a single dad for the obvious reasons. But I live close to Tinker AFB and the only reserve positions here are Army, Air Force, maybe a few Marine, and a few Navy. I will be done with my bachelor's degree in November (assuming all goes well) and that's why I want to go to OCS.
The chances of being deployed should be way less as a naval officer than an Army or Air Force reservist but you never know I suppose. I would have to commit 3 years to the service but I'm comfortable doing that with the Navy. You can really only be underway (the Navy/Coast Guard term for being deployed) for 6 months per year as a worst case scenario most of time unless something ridiculously extreme happens.
I'd get paid as a O-1E which is almost $500 per month for the one weekend a month thing which ain't bad at all. That and I hate that I will be throwing those 4 years away towards retirement if I don't re-up. Plus it's always been a goal of mine to be a chief or an officer.
The chances of being deployed should be way less as a naval officer than an Army or Air Force reservist but you never know I suppose. I would have to commit 3 years to the service but I'm comfortable doing that with the Navy. You can really only be underway (the Navy/Coast Guard term for being deployed) for 6 months per year as a worst case scenario most of time unless something ridiculously extreme happens.
I'd get paid as a O-1E which is almost $500 per month for the one weekend a month thing which ain't bad at all. That and I hate that I will be throwing those 4 years away towards retirement if I don't re-up. Plus it's always been a goal of mine to be a chief or an officer.
I'd go Chief in a heartbeat right now if I could. After I got out of the Army in 2012 I started my packet with the National Guard to be a Warrant Officer, but my VA disability rating is 50% and the National Guard will only take prior active duty with VA disability ratings of 30% or below.
Almost put in my Warrant packet when I was still active duty, but had less than a year retainability left and they won't accept packets that close to ETS.
I just googled it and it looks like the Naval officer cutoff age is 35 so you're good lol might as well go after it if that's what you want. I'd go crazy as an officer personally. I loved being an NCO, getting my hands dirty with my soldiers, another reason I wanted to become a Warrant, become the complete subject matter expert at my job. Officers just seemed to always have headaches from higher ranking officers and a ton of paperwork lol
Almost put in my Warrant packet when I was still active duty, but had less than a year retainability left and they won't accept packets that close to ETS.
I just googled it and it looks like the Naval officer cutoff age is 35 so you're good lol might as well go after it if that's what you want. I'd go crazy as an officer personally. I loved being an NCO, getting my hands dirty with my soldiers, another reason I wanted to become a Warrant, become the complete subject matter expert at my job. Officers just seemed to always have headaches from higher ranking officers and a ton of paperwork lol
Yeah, a lot of my friends have told me to put in a disability claim but I was afraid of getting turned down on re-upping if I decided I wanted to later on so I never submitted one.
As an E-5 in the Coast Guard, you have the responsibility that at least an E-6 or even E-7 in the Navy does because of the number of people you supervise and responsibility. I trained both of the E-6's in our shop and to some extent, my chief and decided... the hell with that. That has been a recurring nightmare in my career ever since. I have been training my bosses and making less for years now. And prior enlisted members usually get way more respect when they are officers and I know what you mean as far as all that. Officers were usually a bunch of idiots but the prior enlisted get mad respect, in the Coast Guard at least.
I am very interested in a military intelligence field though and I still want to serve my country. Because of my personal life, there are some limits unfortunately because I do want to be around my wife and kids but I want to do everything I can. My grandfather was a Lt. Col. in the Air Force. It'd be an honor to get that high if I could by retirement as well.
As an E-5 in the Coast Guard, you have the responsibility that at least an E-6 or even E-7 in the Navy does because of the number of people you supervise and responsibility. I trained both of the E-6's in our shop and to some extent, my chief and decided... the hell with that. That has been a recurring nightmare in my career ever since. I have been training my bosses and making less for years now. And prior enlisted members usually get way more respect when they are officers and I know what you mean as far as all that. Officers were usually a bunch of idiots but the prior enlisted get mad respect, in the Coast Guard at least.
I am very interested in a military intelligence field though and I still want to serve my country. Because of my personal life, there are some limits unfortunately because I do want to be around my wife and kids but I want to do everything I can. My grandfather was a Lt. Col. in the Air Force. It'd be an honor to get that high if I could by retirement as well.
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