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A Job After The Army

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  • #11
    Re: A Job After The Army

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

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    • #12
      Re: A Job After The Army

      Originally posted by crusader1492
      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.

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      • #13
        Re: A Job After The Army

        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.

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        • #14
          Re: A Job After The Army

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

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          • #15
            Re: A Job After The Army

            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.

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            • #16
              Re: A Job After The Army

              Originally posted by ddd
              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!


              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.
              Last edited by Sip; 02-20-2007, 06:52 PM.
              this post = teh win.

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              • #17
                Re: A Job After The Army

                Originally posted by Sip View Post
                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!


                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.
                Last edited by ddd; 05-27-2008, 09:37 AM.

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