k2fourever
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DCOIC and Age, and other questions...
Hey everyone,
So, I'm currently starting down the road to try and receive a DIRCOM as Intel, a PAO, or a SuppO. Brief bio, I'm NPS, 25 y/o, graduating approximately a year from now with a JD and an MBA. My GMAT and LSAT scores put me in the 95th percentile, and I had a 3.33 undergrad GPA at a top school.
Anyway, although I'm just starting to talk to a recruiter, I have talked with a few O-3s and -4s I know in the Reserves and Active, and they believe I should be a strong candidate. My question is this: assuming I am selected, what is the general age range for JOs attending DCOIC? From what I've seen digging around, it looks like people are generally older than me. I figure, if things go according to the schedule others had on this forum, I should be reporting to Newport at age 26 a little over a year from now (obviously assuming no slip-ups and decent turnaround on quota control). Anyway, I would appreciate it if anyone could offer some advice. I'm going to ask my recruiter the same questions, but..."trust, but verify."
If people want to opine on my general eligibility, I'm more than open to hearing it, but I know the whole "what are my chances?" question gets old.
Last question, again assuming I am selected, how does training for intel generally work? By that I mean how do you specialize within the designator - whether you're deploying on the ground in the sandbox to brief guys going in after it, sitting in a cube typing a report, or interpreting satellite data for target packages? Is the training fairly basic, and it is assumed you can do all of the above, or do you volunteer, or is it randomly assigned? I completely understand if this question cannot be answered for security reasons.
Thanks in advance to all of you here. I've learned quite a bit just reading over some of these threads.
Hey everyone,
So, I'm currently starting down the road to try and receive a DIRCOM as Intel, a PAO, or a SuppO. Brief bio, I'm NPS, 25 y/o, graduating approximately a year from now with a JD and an MBA. My GMAT and LSAT scores put me in the 95th percentile, and I had a 3.33 undergrad GPA at a top school.
Anyway, although I'm just starting to talk to a recruiter, I have talked with a few O-3s and -4s I know in the Reserves and Active, and they believe I should be a strong candidate. My question is this: assuming I am selected, what is the general age range for JOs attending DCOIC? From what I've seen digging around, it looks like people are generally older than me. I figure, if things go according to the schedule others had on this forum, I should be reporting to Newport at age 26 a little over a year from now (obviously assuming no slip-ups and decent turnaround on quota control). Anyway, I would appreciate it if anyone could offer some advice. I'm going to ask my recruiter the same questions, but..."trust, but verify."
If people want to opine on my general eligibility, I'm more than open to hearing it, but I know the whole "what are my chances?" question gets old.
Last question, again assuming I am selected, how does training for intel generally work? By that I mean how do you specialize within the designator - whether you're deploying on the ground in the sandbox to brief guys going in after it, sitting in a cube typing a report, or interpreting satellite data for target packages? Is the training fairly basic, and it is assumed you can do all of the above, or do you volunteer, or is it randomly assigned? I completely understand if this question cannot be answered for security reasons.
Thanks in advance to all of you here. I've learned quite a bit just reading over some of these threads.