Military and College

HazeGrey
Fri, 02 Jun 2017 01:35:42 +0000

My brother went into the USMC straight out of HS,. After he got out, he did two years of community college and then finished up at a good four year school. That path worked out very well for him. I took a different route - went into USN straight out of high school and then got into USNA from the fleet. That happens less frequently although a number of enlisted people do that with a stop at the prep school (NAPS) to strengthen their academics.

Agree with other posters that the scout sniper MOS is very selective. Do you have rifle experience? You will need to shoot expert to even be in consideration. One of my roommates at USNA was on the rifle team, went USMC after graduation and he couldn’t get into that program (billets are much more limited for officers). Plus I think you can’t select until you reach E-3 which will take some time unless you manage to graduate boot camp as an E-2/PFC which is hard right out of high school.

Talk to a recruiter (understanding their bias that they will want you to enlist), research some schools with NROTC to see if their might be a match for you and think hard about what you really want. There is always the OCS option if you decide not to go to an ROTC school.