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If you are fed up and want a full transition then certainly go active duty if you want to commit for years.
If not, I strongly encourage you to look at the reserves and then mobilize.
Navy reserves in the information warfare community would likely be a very strong fit, especially as you get older and focus efforts on fighting a war at the operational level (theater wide vs tactical engagement)
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If you are fed up and want a full transition then certainly go active duty if you want to commit for years.
If not, I strongly encourage you to look at the reserves and then mobilize.
Navy reserves in the information warfare community would likely be a very strong fit, especially as you get older and focus efforts on fighting a war at the operational level (theater wide vs tactical engagement)
Happy to answer any other questions you may have
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There is a significant risk of being killed in combat.
I’m not discounting injuries in training, but you’re looking at joining a warfighting organization tasked with unaliving anyone Uncle Sam designates. These adversaries will try like hell to unalive you and your people.
Your age and skill set may shield you from operational hazards to an extent.
I’m not trying to scare you, I’m just trying to get you to reflect on what your core job will be. The military is a warfighting org 1st. People die in war. And, the war business seems to be heating up.
My $0.02
Very well-articulated, Partner 1. Thanks for sharing your take.
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Another Army vet “google 100% + SMC”
Read what it entails to get that, then decide to either not join or join the AF
This is backwards. People in the military aspire to get out and live a better life as a consultant.
But like why?
Would be interested to know too
I'm also happy to give value by chatting to folks about management consulting, by the way. I have both Big 4 and MBB experience.
If you have a bachelor's degree, I'm assuming you can sign right up to be an officer.
As far as damage to the body, it depends on what field you pick/are assigned to.
Combat arms would be tough since you gotta lead 18 year olds both mentally and physically.
Support jobs like JAG, finance, etc is probably much easier on the body. Still have to keep up though.
How old are you? The military (especially the Army and Marines) is definitely a young person’s game, but manageable.
I’m assuming since you already have a degree your commissioning source would be OCS. For the Army at least, that’s a 12 week course that would follow 10 weeks of basic training. After that would be your branch-specific (e.g., Infantry, Military Intelligence) course of learning that takes another few months before you actually reach a unit - but all of that counts as time in service.
You’re almost certain to get at least some kind of injury - if you’re on jump status it’ll be musculoskeletal, otherwise overuse injuries are common and exacerbated by a culture that throws 800mg Motrin at every problem while exhorting you to suck it up and drive on.
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Yeah, OCS should be near first come first serve.
I'm a Marine ve;, left a Navy office scholarship, enlisted, finished my degree while Active.
Don't think you should do it but totally understand why you'd think about it.
Would love to connect and discuss MBB.
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Had quite a few folks at 30 or older in my Army OCS class in 07. Physically you should be fine if you are in good shape.
The guys with injuries tend to be guys who didn't take care of themselves or just got unlucky. Another lieutenant I knew, for instance, tore his bicep on a static line in jump school.
I would have a hard time telling someone working a consulting gig that it would be a good idea to join the military. Military life is banal, you loose a lot of personal freedom, and put up with a lot of dumb crap either from the institution itself or the personnel. Although serious injury or death is unlikely from a statistical standpoint (the comment thread above covers that topic pretty well) it can still happen and minor injuries will definitely happen.
I am 31, was on active duty from 22-27. I could not imagine putting up with that stuff at my age now. Also most people in the military would happily trade places with your career, trust me. You joining is going backwards.
If you want to serve, find local charities or be a volunteer fire fighter. You will have more positive impact in those roles than you will as a cog in the military machine.
If you want to spice up your life, pickup a martial art.
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Nothing spicier that trading rounds with opfor. Terrifying and exciting!