A Job After The Army

[ArmenianKid]

I'm a tank crewmen in the US army. I have been for 2 years now and i have 2 years left before i get out of the army.

But the problem is i don't know any jobs that my army experiance would help me with and i'm not the type for college.

what jobs could i possibly get with my experiance?

[gmd]

I'm a tank crewmen in the US army. I have been for 2 years now and i have 2 years left before i get out of the army.

But the problem is i don't know any jobs that my army experiance would help me with and i'm not the type for college.

what jobs could i possibly get with my experiance?

Can I ask why you went into Armor in the first place? What are your duties within your job? Are you a driver or mechanically inclined? If you are a driver and enjoy doing that then I imagine it should be easy for you to obtain a truck license. There are some career paths in that field, especially working for cities or counties that pay well and offer a high degree of job security. If you will be settling in the LA area and interested in this line of work let me know.

[ArmenianKid]

I was a driver, then got promoted so now im a gunner. I can work on a tank, so hydrualics(sp) and heavy tracks.

[gmd]

I was a driver, then got promoted so now im a gunner. I can work on a tank, so hydrualics(sp) and heavy tracks.

i know someone who works in la city sanitation. pay is good, hours are better, and good job security. no college needed and anyone who is hard working and motivated can get into the mgt track. sometimes i think i went in the wrong field. i sit in an office for 10 hours a day and don't make what a mgr in la city sanitation does.

[MrLeftyHye]

I'm a tank crewmen in the US army. I have been for 2 years now and i have 2 years left before i get out of the army.

But the problem is i don't know any jobs that my army experiance would help me with and i'm not the type for college.

what jobs could i possibly get with my experiance?

If you have the $$$ you can always open up your gym & be a personal trainer or somewhere along those lines.

[crusader1492]

Quick question: Do you think you can do 20 years in the Army? If so, you can get out at 38 with a nice pension and still be young enough to start a new career.

[Sip]

If going back to college is out of the question, I would highly encourage you to get some sort of specialized training and go for a career after your Army thing is over. For some examples, take a look at this (http://www.americancareer.com) ... Optical dispensing and pharmacy technician are just a couple of examples of kinds of jobs that can have decent pay without the need for having gone through a 4 year degree program after highschool.

[crusader1492]

If going back to college is out of the question, I would highly encourage you to get some sort of specialized training and go for a career after your Army thing is over. For some examples, take a look at this (http://www.americancareer.com) ... Optical dispensing and pharmacy technician are just a couple of examples of kinds of jobs that can have decent pay without the need for having gone through a 4 year degree program after highschool.

Actually, I hear nursing is in huge demand which translates to great pay and jobs where ever you want to live.

[Fedayeen]

So basically after 4 years in the Army and at the nothing...

A friend of mine who spent 10 years in the Army as medic, got out and could not do anything...he had to go back school and recently he god done with 4 year school and now finally at the age of 35 his doing something worthwhile

Until today he cannot get more then few hours of sleep at nights...because of all kinds of drugs they were giving him during the first war with Iraq...and now he hates everything about military, the government, etc


Either stay with Army or long years of school

Good luck

[garrgarr]

If going back to college is out of the question, I would highly encourage you to get some sort of specialized training and go for a career after your Army thing is over. For some examples, take a look at this (http://www.americancareer.com) ... Optical dispensing and pharmacy technician are just a couple of examples of kinds of jobs that can have decent pay without the need for having gone through a 4 year degree program after highschool.

pharmacy is minimum 4 years after high school... well that's how it is in canada, i'm sure it's the same in the US

[ArmenianKid]

So basically after 4 years in the Army and at the nothing...

A friend of mine who spent 10 years in the Army as medic, got out and could not do anything...he had to go back school and recently he god done with 4 year school and now finally at the age of 35 his doing something worthwhile

Until today he cannot get more then few hours of sleep at nights...because of all kinds of drugs they were giving him during the first war with Iraq...and now he hates everything about military, the government, etc


Either stay with Army or long years of school

Good luck

they didn't give me anything when i went to Iraq. so that wont be a problem.

[ArmenianKid]

Actually, I hear nursing is in huge demand which translates to great pay and jobs where ever you want to live.

i was thinking about that, but im going to move away from where i grew up. oh well.

[karoaper]

Anyone who goes to US Army for a relatively basic (a.k.a expandable) post is going to leave with very little on their hands, except for mucho psychological post-dramatic stress problems. The only US Army job that makes any sense is something very specialized, preferably in the medical or mech or tech support sectors. If you can make a transition to those types of posts, do it. Otherwise, as Sip said you'll be looking at some sort of training or trade schooling, if you want a decent job. Although the commercial driving idea is not bad, crazy job but good pay. Or the easiest thing would be to get a job that deals with tanks, like testing them, showcasing them, fixing them, stuff like that. Or maybe even get a job with professional security contractors that use tanks or heavy machinery.

[Thai-Samurai]

you can give military training to soldiers of 3rd world countries.

[ddd]

Get into management, businesses usually prefer those from the military rather than the educated type.

Or start your own business of some sort. All those 'trade school, pharm tech/lvn/etc' jobs suck, and you'll quickly outgrow them.

[Sip]

Get into management,...

Any real "mangement" type of profession is going to require at LEAST a 4-year college degree (military background or not) . :) If a 4-year degree is an option, I would definitely agree with ddd and recommend to go for it! Otherwise, anything you do will be fairly dead-end.

As far as starting a business, we should all do it! :cool:


Although I must say I don't know about this "businesses prefer military over educated" thing d? First off, why do those two have to necessarily be disjoint? In other words, there are a lot of military types that use the military to get educated. But once everything is said and done, I think businesses would look at overall qualifications rather than picking someone just because they have military training over someone else.

[ddd]

Any real "mangement" type of profession is going to require at LEAST a 4-year college degree (military background or not) . :) If a 4-year degree is an option, I would definitely agree with ddd and recommend to go for it! Otherwise, anything you do will be fairly dead-end.

As far as starting a business, we should all do it! :cool:


Although I must say I don't know about this "businesses prefer military over educated" thing d? First off, why do those two have to necessarily be disjoint? In other words, there are a lot of military types that use the military to get educated. But once everything is said and done, I think businesses would look at overall qualifications rather than picking someone just because they have military training over someone else.

Military trained officers, who achieve higher ranks represent certain qualities that aren't taught in school, and I would say are rather hard to attain. That's not to say those who never go into the military don't have those qualities, but the employer won't see that on a resume with a simple 4 year degree listed (which I think any jo schmo can achieve these days in the US). It's true that many high level management positions require a 4 year degree, however just as many private company management positions don't. Ofcourse, I agree that businesses look at overall qualifications, which is what I think someone who is highly ranked in the military would represent, but not someone who got a 4 year degree from a mid tier school with mid level grades.

All I was trying to say was that the military can be a very powerful tool in landing a GREAT job that even those out of college would have a hard time landing; although now that I think about it, I think the higher ranks in the military actually may require a 4 year degree of some sort.