Marine Officer?

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Hello All,
I am really enjoying my internship down at the Capital. However, I am in the process of figuring out what my next step is career wise and, well the economy sucks! I have been looking for jobs and really haven't found a large market for a 17 year old with no experience in any field except for alfalfa. So I was considering all my possibilities and found that I have all the qualifications to become a US Marine Officer (assuming I pass their tests etc). So what is your opinion? I would only sign up for 4 maybe 5 years and the pay starts at 40 Gs. Is that a good idea?

Thanks

for farmer boy..

army officer... national guard..

www.1-800-GO-GUARD.com | Officer Careers

go finance officer being that you have a bus degree

i would suggest you do this program called State OCS

www.1-800-GO-GUARD.com | Officers - Requirements

for you i would suggest you do a program called STATE OCS

www.1-800-GO-GUARD.com | Officer Candidate School

Where: your state’s Regional Training Institute, or RTI
When: takes place on weekends—this is a 16-month program of one weekend a month, plus two two- week periods

during this period ... of 16 months.. you are non deployable. You'll also be able to enjoy many benefits such as them paying for grad school for you and using your GI BILL. After State OCS you would go to Officer Basic Course. I believe you have up to 18 months to do this. During this period you would also be non deployable. First things first.. you have to go to Basic Training first....



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The other good method is ROTC which is typically reserved for college students and some grad school students. Good luck with it all...