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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 12:20 PM
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I am going for my comission in a few years but would like to have my 3 choices set for when the time comes, so I know exactly what I am getting into. I am not interested in a combat arms mos and most likely will comission as a reservest. I would like something not overly intricate but interesting, something I would LIKE doing and something I could do in the civilian world as well but I don't know what. I am not going to law school so JAG wouldn't be an option I don't think even though that stuff interests me, I thought about signal corps but what do they do really. Medical corps I can probobly kiss goodbye as an option because you need masters and I am far from a doctor or anything like that for that matter, I don't want to be some quartermaster laundry moron, a supply officer? Inventory much? sounds like it sucks, aviation sounds like a lot of fun but I heard aviator school is IN---TENSEEEEEE. I don't really know what ordanance does, I always thought it was ammunition, demo etc etc. Then there is military inteligance which sounds like something cool, I am very analytic, chemical wouldn't be that bad but I am no biology guy. Adjutant general I have NO clue what THAT is... nor do I know acquisitions... Also these are based on popularity... I need help with this, maybe some people can uncover misconceptions so I don't jump into something that SOUNDS good but really SUCKS.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 01:12 PM
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Aviation. Who gives a crap if its in TN...aren't all your schools in random parts of the country and you get re-deployed a new place every 18 months?
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 01:20 PM
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not in teneseee ... i said IN-TENSEEEEE =intense
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 02:07 PM
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I was gonna say... Aviation is at Rucker in AL. Thats what I'm hoping to branch.

Check out Branch Orientation for info on all of the branches.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 04:58 PM
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I am an enlisted soldier right now, not some high school punk playing soldier, believe me I see them and think one thing even though most of them are nice people (ate up, homo). I also have to battle with the popularity of certain branches because we get 3 shots, based on gpa is where we rank in getting what we want or our second and third choices, I plan on going with a simplistic major in school because it doesnt matter what I do in college as long as my GPA is high because the army training is what I will be using. I just don't know how things work when getting a comission from ROTC, if I get a branch, they send me for training (what, where, how) and will I actually pass through it successfully, I would love to do MI. I am very street smart, common sense smart and shine in alot of analytic catagories however math, sats, standardized **** **** questions get me all the time.

I am a good writer, creative but lack an attention span, I have OCD. I would LOVE to do aviation, flying would be the best thing ever in my opinion but I heard flight school is gung hoe physical tough and book smart tough and I just fear falling out of the training because I didn't meet the standard when it comes to testing and nit pick crap. I can drive very well, anything from snowmobiles, cars, bikes... you name it, I have a very nice sense of feel in vehicles, a good sense of awareness. But my views as enlisted, going through AIT and seeing people fail, get recycled etc etc. I'd hate to get a comission and not fit in one of the jobs I liked, but if it was a "no matter what were gonna get you through this" type training I'd be set.
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Old Feb 12, 2007 | 06:14 PM
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MI is the hardest branch to get. You are going to need a stellar GPA and PT score, along with excellent ratings at LDAC to get that.
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Originally Posted by SRTfourbanger,Feb 12 2007, 05:58 PM
I am an enlisted soldier right now, not some high school punk playing soldier, believe me I see them and think one thing even though most of them are nice people (ate up, homo). I also have to battle with the popularity of certain branches because we get 3 shots, based on gpa is where we rank in getting what we want or our second and third choices, I plan on going with a simplistic major in school because it doesnt matter what I do in college as long as my GPA is high because the army training is what I will be using. I just don't know how things work when getting a comission from ROTC, if I get a branch, they send me for training (what, where, how) and will I actually pass through it successfully, I would love to do MI. I am very street smart, common sense smart and shine in alot of analytic catagories however math, sats, standardized **** **** questions get me all the time.

I am a good writer, creative but lack an attention span, I have OCD. I would LOVE to do aviation, flying would be the best thing ever in my opinion but I heard flight school is gung hoe physical tough and book smart tough and I just fear falling out of the training because I didn't meet the standard when it comes to testing and nit pick crap. I can drive very well, anything from snowmobiles, cars, bikes... you name it, I have a very nice sense of feel in vehicles, a good sense of awareness. But my views as enlisted, going through AIT and seeing people fail, get recycled etc etc. I'd hate to get a comission and not fit in one of the jobs I liked, but if it was a "no matter what were gonna get you through this" type training I'd be set.
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Old Feb 15, 2007 | 11:27 AM
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Do you not read? I am in the army, I am enlisted.
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