I'm new to this site and have been reading the post constantly for 2 days now, and am ready to let everyone know my story to see if i can get at least a little guidence.
So here we go.....
I'm on active duty and am getting out in July, to go to NROTC, as it gets closer and closer i'm starting to get more and more scared....1st i'm not completely sure i can get into the school i want to go to.... i'm not that worried about a scholorship because i plan to do collage program at least the first semester, i have like 22 credits but they are mostly from the local community college..... 2nd my age worries me, i just turned 25 on the 5th of october, i know i can get an age waiver for my years on active duty but, that still is going to cut it mighty close..... 3rd me leaving active duty to persue something that is not a definate, completely terrifies me.... 4th.. i'm not completely sure i want to be around a bunch of student who just came out of high school, 2 and 3 years ago.
Now i know what you thinking, why doesn't she just go STA-21 or something like that, i guess i could, but personally i'm not 100% percent sure my present command will give me the backing that i need .(nothing bad happened while i was here, just a complicated situation)
Basically i'm looking for other prior enlisted who went the route i'm trying to go, to see what happened in their expriences. Everyone i talk to, thinks that this is the most crazy thing i could do right now, but i'm trying to look at the big picture and focus on being a Naval officer because that is truly what i want to do with me life. I truly believe that if most people had the opportunity to fulfil a dream they would, at all cost, and that is basically what i'm doing. So any advice or sugguestions would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thank you.
ME.
So here we go.....
I'm on active duty and am getting out in July, to go to NROTC, as it gets closer and closer i'm starting to get more and more scared....1st i'm not completely sure i can get into the school i want to go to.... i'm not that worried about a scholorship because i plan to do collage program at least the first semester, i have like 22 credits but they are mostly from the local community college..... 2nd my age worries me, i just turned 25 on the 5th of october, i know i can get an age waiver for my years on active duty but, that still is going to cut it mighty close..... 3rd me leaving active duty to persue something that is not a definate, completely terrifies me.... 4th.. i'm not completely sure i want to be around a bunch of student who just came out of high school, 2 and 3 years ago.
Now i know what you thinking, why doesn't she just go STA-21 or something like that, i guess i could, but personally i'm not 100% percent sure my present command will give me the backing that i need .(nothing bad happened while i was here, just a complicated situation)
Basically i'm looking for other prior enlisted who went the route i'm trying to go, to see what happened in their expriences. Everyone i talk to, thinks that this is the most crazy thing i could do right now, but i'm trying to look at the big picture and focus on being a Naval officer because that is truly what i want to do with me life. I truly believe that if most people had the opportunity to fulfil a dream they would, at all cost, and that is basically what i'm doing. So any advice or sugguestions would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thank you.
ME.