Hi,
I'm interested in joining the armed forces as an officer but I have a couple basic questions.
1) It is my understanding that as an officer you have ~40 people working under you (correct me if I'm wrong). Is there public speaking involved with respect to having to address this group of people? I do take public speaking classes, but am not the biggest fan of it and wouldn't want to have to do it on a regular basis.
2) With respect to non-commissioned officers, does everybody start at 'private'? If someone were to have some skills and experience outside of the military can you start as a Corporal or Sergeant? For example I have a degree, a diploma, and some work experience in my field (finance).
Thanks.
I'm interested in joining the armed forces as an officer but I have a couple basic questions.
1) It is my understanding that as an officer you have ~40 people working under you (correct me if I'm wrong). Is there public speaking involved with respect to having to address this group of people? I do take public speaking classes, but am not the biggest fan of it and wouldn't want to have to do it on a regular basis.
2) With respect to non-commissioned officers, does everybody start at 'private'? If someone were to have some skills and experience outside of the military can you start as a Corporal or Sergeant? For example I have a degree, a diploma, and some work experience in my field (finance).
Thanks.