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Hey guys ! I need advice.
The story so far: I'm 29 and bored of my office job and I want to change my career or at least take a major break from it. Having a few university degrees I decided to enroll as Infantry Officer. But the recruiting has been slow for me because of my medical (high blood pressure). Now I have all the required documents but I missed the latest officer board and I need to wait the new one in June 2006, and start BMQ in September 2006, if all goes well. I've been in the recruiting process for a year already and waiting another year, without knowing if I'll be accepted or not is kind of depressing.
OK, so my question is, should I enlist as private instead ? It's much faster I read. How easy would it be to switch to officer later on ? Joining as NCM first would let me know what's life as a private and make me hopefully a better officer later on. On the other hand, though I can do push ups and run, my strongest muscle is clearly my brain. So I think I could be a good officer but always an average soldier. (Though there is probably more than muscle to it.) And let's face it, there's the income issue. My office job pays like twice more than the basic soldier pay. But I'm really bored of this job.
Anyway, can't make my mind. Anybody has advice ? Basically, is it possible to quickly join as NCM, do 3 years and quickly switch to officer ?
The story so far: I'm 29 and bored of my office job and I want to change my career or at least take a major break from it. Having a few university degrees I decided to enroll as Infantry Officer. But the recruiting has been slow for me because of my medical (high blood pressure). Now I have all the required documents but I missed the latest officer board and I need to wait the new one in June 2006, and start BMQ in September 2006, if all goes well. I've been in the recruiting process for a year already and waiting another year, without knowing if I'll be accepted or not is kind of depressing.
OK, so my question is, should I enlist as private instead ? It's much faster I read. How easy would it be to switch to officer later on ? Joining as NCM first would let me know what's life as a private and make me hopefully a better officer later on. On the other hand, though I can do push ups and run, my strongest muscle is clearly my brain. So I think I could be a good officer but always an average soldier. (Though there is probably more than muscle to it.) And let's face it, there's the income issue. My office job pays like twice more than the basic soldier pay. But I'm really bored of this job.
Anyway, can't make my mind. Anybody has advice ? Basically, is it possible to quickly join as NCM, do 3 years and quickly switch to officer ?