Posted by
[email protected] Mike Oleary on
Mon, 6 Nov 2000 23:03:09 -0500
That‘s really a tough question. the first reaction for most people is
the "my trades better" approach. But few among us haven‘t thought that
the grass was greener on the other side of one fence or another at some
time.
Each trade definitely has its unique challenges and opportunities. As
for the infantry I can tell you that basic infantry training, as a
soldier or as an officer, is something that you really have to want to
do.
I‘ve spent over twenty years in the infantry, the last eighteen as a Reg
F officer. I wouldn‘t trade most of it for any other trade, and I feel
that I have a lot of skills to take to a new career at some point. Some
of these skills were a direct result of my training and
responsibilities, others were ones that I developed myself in concert
with my professional duties.
To sum up, any career is what you choose to make of it. There are no
trades with a "ready to sell on retirement" label, despite what some
people night like to claim. You make your choices, you make your
opportunities and, after a military career, you sell yourself in the
real world - and it‘s how well prepared to package yourself that counts.
The best leader in the world isn‘t going to walk into a management job
if he describes his skill set in terms of recce patrols, attacking enemy
entrenchments and firing weapons. But if he focuses on defining his
training in terms of the management and care of personnel, the ability
to develop and execute plans, willingness to accept responsibility for
equipment and personnel and a proven capability to learn as well as
teach, then his resume will attract attention whether his MOC was
Infantry or Supply.
If infantry attracts you now, go for it. It‘s not a life sentence.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Jay Digital
To:
[email protected]
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: Trade recomendations
Well I think I‘d really like the infantry but I don‘t see it having
much of a future. A talked to a guy in signals and he recomended a lot
of signals related fields like LCIS tech and lineman. I think i‘d like
to be an NCM for awhile then go back to school be become an officer. I‘m
really overwhelmed and the DND and the recruiting centre hasn‘t been
much help.
I‘m just seeking personal opinions right now.
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That‘s really a tough question. the
first reaction
for most people is the "my trades better" approach. But few among us
haven‘t
thought that the grass was greener on the other side of one fence or
another at
some time.
Each trade definitely has its unique
challenges and
opportunities. As for the infantry I can tell you that basic infantry
training,
as a soldier or as an officer, is something that you really have to want
to do.
I‘ve spent over twenty years in the
infantry, the
last eighteen as a Reg F officer. I wouldn‘t trade most of it for any
other
trade, and I feel that I have a lot of skills to take to a new career at
some
point. Some of these skills were a direct result of my training and
responsibilities, others were ones that I developed myself in concert
with my
professional duties.
To sum up, any career is what you
choose to make of
it. There are no trades with a "ready to sell on retirement" label,
despite what
some people night like to claim. You make your choices, you make your
opportunities and, after a military career, you sell yourself in the
real world
- and it‘s how well prepared to
package yourself
that counts. The bestleader in the world isn‘t going to walk into
a
management job if he describes his skill set in terms of recce patrols,
attacking enemy entrenchments and firing weapons. But if he focuses on
defining
his training in terms of the management and care of personnel, the
ability to
develop and execute plans, willingness to accept responsibility for
equipment
and personnel and a proven capability to learn as well as teach, then
his resume
will attract attention whether his MOC was Infantry or
Supply.
If infantry attracts you now, go for
it. It‘s not a
life sentence.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From:
Jay
Digital
To:
[email protected]
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000
8:53
PM
Subject: Re: Trade
recomendations
Well I think I‘d
really like the
infantry but I don‘t see it having much of a future. A talked to a guy
in
signals and he recomended a lot of signals related fields like LCIS
tech and
lineman. I think i‘d like to be an NCM for awhile then go back to
school be
become an officer. I‘m really overwhelmed and the DND and the
recruiting
centre hasn‘t been much help.
I‘m just seeking
personal
opinions right now.
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