Questions about Service Academies

Zaphod
Mon, 22 May 2006 20:16:52 +0000

As an officer, you don’t so much have an “area” as a “community”.

For example, in the Navy, you have (or at least had) enlisted personnel known as Electronics Technicians. THEY were the ones who went to all the tech schools to really learn electronics. As an Officer, however, you will be called upon to lead people like that, but not know the job to the level that they do.

So, the upshot of all this is that while you may be very good at computers (and that’s very cool, BTW), the fact remains that YOU will most likely NOT be doing a lot of programming, troubleshooting, etc.

Believe me, it was a shock when I figured that out myself way back when…