Thoughts on the shortest contracts available? I'm interested in joining one of the branches as an officer, just want to keep the active duty commitment short to hedge against risk that it won't be a good fit

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It's still usually an 8 year commitment. Even with 3 somehow you'd still be inactive reserve for a time.

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Not for Marine OCC.
For any ROTC program, sure. But with no payback period, the times requirements are less

I believe 3 is the shortest for Army. Can’t speak to the others, but make sure you do your homework.

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It’s usually OCS, isn’t it? Pretty sure OCS has a 3 year ADSO, then it’s 4 for ROTC and 5 for service academies.

If you’re in a medical, legal, or religious field it’s possible you could have a shorter one with a direct commission, but I’m not sure.

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I believe Navy is 4 after OCS.. but I would recommend looking at the Air Force first. Definitely the best WLB of all the services

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Officer Candidate Course for the Marines is 3.5 years for ground side - of course, you wouldn’t want to be reserve for the Marines.
4th Marine Division is stood up as a fully active division in wartime. As a drilling reservist with active duty time, you’ll know what varsity performance looks like and will never get your unit there with <5% of the time to do it. I didn’t know what the minimum performance levels were because on active duty, everyone is trying to be the best - but boy did I learn them doing USMCR.
The Navy shifts their reservists to training roles in wartime and the USAR is much better funded

Why do you want to join?

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