Flight attendants :tongue2_1
Really? How many attractive flight attendants do you actually see anymore? (excluding foreign airlines)
Flight attendants :tongue2_1
IMO, that's not the logic applied by those who control such things. The Navy and Marine Corps both need quality officer and enlisted personnel. For decades, they realized great success in identifying outstanding officer candidates among serving enlisted personnel in both services. So multiple programs exist to tap that rich pool of experienced personnel that is actually much lower risk in terms of ensuring they will adapt to military culture and discipline. I would venture the BUPERS folks look at it as an outstanding return on investment. It's certainly more competitive for sure, but they hardly make it more difficult to save money.
I suppose I didn't word my post in the most clear manner, but you just helped prove me point, HJ. A reserve Marine, Sailor, etc. does not qualify as experienced personnel, therefore, the service would have just sent them through boot, and gotten little to no return, when it makes more economic sense to just send the same individual straight to OCS. I do realize that the services are not completely "profit-driven" and run the way a corporation might be, but I refuse to believe that this factor doesn't come into play at all.
Really? How many attractive flight attendants do you actually see anymore? (excluding foreign airlines)
I think we're talking female flight attendants.
What he said. Based on the shitty theory presented - then enlisted guys would stay enlisted guys, and would never be officers. Ask myself, Brett327, webmaster, scoober, etc. if that's the case.If there ever were actually two identical candidates separated by only prior service, the prior service applicant woiuld be chosen every single time, and twice on Sundays.
I am 6' 3" tall and weigh 137lbs.
I am told in ROTC that I will be required to go active duty Air Force once I graduate and become commissioned reguardless of if I get into flight school.
I have been told that in the reserves, I am not requried to go active duty unless i want to. (this meaning that I can stay reserves and if I do not get accepted into flight school, I stay home and live a mostly civilian life)
Both routes will help me pay for college immensly and look good on a resume.
Eventually I want to fly for a large airline
The military seems like it would definately help me to achieve that goal.
What he said. Based on the shitty theory presented - then enlisted guys would stay enlisted guys, and would never be officers. Ask myself, Brett327, webmaster, scoober, etc. if that's the case.
And, in order to blow your fucked up theory COMPLETELY out of the water - a prior enlisted guy with the same academic credentials as a guy in high school has a BETTER chance of getting into the Naval Academy than the guy in high school. Don't believe me? There are 170 slots RESERVED at the Naval Academy PER YEAR for prior enlisted guys. They only compete amongst prior enlisted guys. That's why someone who has excelled in the military, but didn't do so great in high school (but has the aptitude) will get into USNA, whereas a comparable high school kid won't.
My point was not to say that it is impossible to go from the Enlisted side to the Officer side, but rather to merely point out, as many others have, that enlisting is not a sure path to a commission. Once again, it is possible, and obviously you and others have done it, but when compared to the number of enlisted personnel, those of you who have done this are a minority.
My point was not to say that it is impossible to go from the Enlisted side to the Officer side, but rather to merely point out, as many others have, that enlisting is not a sure path to a commission. Once again, it is possible, and obviously you and others have done it, but when compared to the number of enlisted personnel, those of you who have done this are a minority.
So you can see how they may make it more difficult to get a slot at OCS from the enlisted side, it saves money.
A reserve Marine, Sailor, etc. does not qualify as experienced personnel, therefore, the service would have just sent them through boot, and gotten little to no return, when it makes more economic sense to just send the same individual straight to OCS.
enlisting is not a sure path to a commission. Once again, it is possible, and obviously you and others have done it, but when compared to the number of enlisted personnel, those of you who have done this are a minority.
enlisting is not a sure path to a commission