Posted: 5/18/2011 6:00:22 PM EDT
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trying to get some information about possibly trying to become an officer, I know I havent even earned the title yet and i dont want to put the cart too far ahead of the horse. But I am 27 years old I have an associates in occupational sciences (auto Mechanics). What I am wondering is, is it possible to get to OCS or gain a commissioning without a Bachelours? The Associates helped me get my PFC but I went to a tech school and im not sure if other schools would accept their credits Max enlistment age is 28 for the USMC Active Duty so putting it off and going back to school is out of the question. Is warrant officer my only route or can that be waivered? |
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trying to get some information about possibly trying to become an officer, I know I havent even earned the title yet and i dont want to put the cart too far ahead of the horse. But I am 27 years old I have an associates in occupational sciences (auto Mechanics). What I am wondering is, is it possible to get to OCS or gain a commissioning without a Bachelours? The Associates helped me get my PFC but I went to a tech school and im not sure if other schools would accept their credits Max enlistment age is 28 for the USMC Active Duty so putting it off and going back to school is out of the question. Is warrant officer my only route or can that be waivered?
In the Army, you can get a direct commission in the reserves with an Associates. Warrant OCS is not going to take you unless you are an E-5 or E-6 in a feeder MOS first. |
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trying to get some information about possibly trying to become an officer, I know I havent even earned the title yet and i dont want to put the cart too far ahead of the horse. But I am 27 years old I have an associates in occupational sciences (auto Mechanics). What I am wondering is, is it possible to get to OCS or gain a commissioning without a Bachelours? The Associates helped me get my PFC but I went to a tech school and im not sure if other schools would accept their credits Max enlistment age is 28 for the USMC Active Duty so putting it off and going back to school is out of the question. Is warrant officer my only route or can that be waivered?
It's impossible to go without a Bachelors degree, and you would need a waiver for age but those are extremely tough to come by. You'll seriously be happy with what are working towards right now. You can always put in a warrant officer package after 8 years. But try not to think ahead that far. |
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Lame I thought that was the case. Now is there anything to this Enlisted Comissioning Program? On Military.com i found this http://www.military.com/Recruiting/Content/0,13898,rec_step04_questions_usmc,,00.html#what_promote Are there promotions to officer rank? Yes. The Marine Corps has a number of opportunities to become a "Mustang" - someone who is commissioned from the enlisted ranks. The Enlisted Commissioning Program This program provides the opportunity for enlisted Marines with two years of college to apply for assignment to the Officer Candidates School and subsequent appointment as unrestricted commissioned officers. Enlisted Commissioning Education Program The Marine Corps Enlisted Commissioning Education Program provides to selected enlisted Marines (who have had no college experience) the opportunity to earn bachelors degrees by attending a college or university as full-time students. Marines in this program who obtain their bachelors degrees and subsequently complete officer candidate training are commissioned as second lieutenants. The Warrant Officer Program Warrant officers are technical specialists who are assigned to duties only in their area of expertise. All other officers are said to be "unrestricted" and are assigned to a wide variety of assignments during their career. The Warrant Officer Program provides for the selection and appointment to permanent warrant officer those qualified applicants who are in the grade of sergeant or above at the time of application. Is there any truth to these? If not that is fine, and thank you gentleman for your assistance. |
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Quoted: Quoted: trying to get some information about possibly trying to become an officer, I know I havent even earned the title yet and i dont want to put the cart too far ahead of the horse. But I am 27 years old I have an associates in occupational sciences (auto Mechanics). What I am wondering is, is it possible to get to OCS or gain a commissioning without a Bachelours? The Associates helped me get my PFC but I went to a tech school and im not sure if other schools would accept their credits Max enlistment age is 28 for the USMC Active Duty so putting it off and going back to school is out of the question. Is warrant officer my only route or can that be waivered? It's impossible to go without a Bachelors degree, and you would need a waiver for age but those are extremely tough to come by. You'll seriously be happy with what are working towards right now. You can always put in a warrant officer package after 8 years. But try not to think ahead that far. Aye Sir, November cannot get here soon enough jobs are starting to open up which is getting me quite excited. |
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trying to get some information about possibly trying to become an officer, I know I havent even earned the title yet and i dont want to put the cart too far ahead of the horse. But I am 27 years old I have an associates in occupational sciences (auto Mechanics). What I am wondering is, is it possible to get to OCS or gain a commissioning without a Bachelours? The Associates helped me get my PFC but I went to a tech school and im not sure if other schools would accept their credits Max enlistment age is 28 for the USMC Active Duty so putting it off and going back to school is out of the question. Is warrant officer my only route or can that be waivered?
It's impossible to go without a Bachelors degree, and you would need a waiver for age but those are extremely tough to come by. You'll seriously be happy with what are working towards right now. You can always put in a warrant officer package after 8 years. But try not to think ahead that far. Aye Sir, November cannot get here soon enough jobs are starting to open up which is getting me quite excited.  lol sorry. Anyway i dont see why you cant go reserves and get your bachelors in the meantime and then put in a package for OCS afterwards. I dont really know how that shit works but atleast in this way you wont look like as much of a Boot as if you went to OCS from the start and people might hate you less 
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Nah I dont think I could juggle the Reserves, I also hear it is pretty hard to switch from Reserves to AD.
It's one weekend a month and two weeks a year in the summer....whats the worst that could happen? 
And switching from reserves to AD with an officer package isn't that bad at all, I know of several people that have went through the process. |
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switching from enlisted reserves to enlisted active is hard. Also need to be with your reserve unit for atleast 2 years before you can even think of going active. Even then that doesnt mean you will be released. Or atleast thats how it goes for the 03's
As far as OCS goes, ive seen a few go active through OCS from enlisted reserves. |
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Nah I dont think I could juggle the Reserves, I also hear it is pretty hard to switch from Reserves to AD.
It's one weekend a month and two weeks a year in the summer....whats the worst that could happen?
And switching from reserves to AD with an officer package isn't that bad at all, I know of several people that have went through the process. When I was in the USMCR, we always had two or three Marines with PLC or OCC contracts in the two units I was in. I was also pleasantly surprised by the number of Marines who finished their degrees then stayed on the enlisted side (me included). I knew two SNCO's with Master's degrees, and briefly had a corporal in my section who was finishing his PhD. |
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Will the military help you find a school that will accept credits from a different school..? My deal is I am not sure if other schools will accept credits from UTI if one would I could continue on to get my Bachelours and it wouldnt be anything to finish off at least a Gen Ed bachelours. |
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Will the military help you find a school that will accept credits from a different school..? My deal is I am not sure if other schools will accept credits from UTI if one would I could continue on to get my Bachelours and it wouldnt be anything to finish off at least a Gen Ed bachelours.
That's probably going to be on you. A good starting point is to figure out the accreditations from your original school and then find another school that has the same standing. With any transfer you are bound to lose some time and have to redo the others, the trick is to minimize that. When I transferred from Michigan State to Virginia Tech, I lost one class that VT just didn't recognize, as well as advanced placement status that MSU had allowed me right off the bat but for various reasons VT didn't. |