Top_Gun_101
Fly GA
is 26 years old at OCS too old?
after enlisting for 4 years and bachelors for 4 yrs = 8yrs.
after enlisting for 4 years and bachelors for 4 yrs = 8yrs.
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26 yr. old at OCS, too OLD?
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Top_Gun_101
Fly GA
It's just un-usual to be a 26 yr. old Ensign pilot
Raptor2216
Registered User
Why is that so "unusual"? If you want to do something you have always wanted then just do it and stop worrying about the status quo.
I'm 30 and a SNA. Get over yourself bro. do what you want - who cares what might or might not be considered "unusual".
p.s. you can work on your bachelors while you're enlisted.... so that cuts down some time right there...
It's not unusual. I finished OCS at 26. I was a 28 y.o. ENS finishing the HTs. Most of the prior enlisted guys at OCS were my age or older.
My advice for you is to work on finishing RTC now, then worry about OCS later.
I had 9 years prior enlisted. Winged the month before I turned 30. More and more SMA's are priors and older. I have seen some that are not priors but are still over 25+.
BlackBearHockey
go blue...
On a mildly similar note, I entered college at 21 but with no prior service experience. I can't speak from a Naval aspect, but the extra experience I acquired has helped me succeed. At first, I felt a little put off at being that old guy but with no plausible reason, but quickly realized it makes no difference to retire at 43 or 47. Bottom line, it won't make a difference and in the long run it won't matter.
Shouldn't you worry about running better than a 12:30 1.5 mile before what might lay ahead 8 years from now? You're planning on getting your bachelor's while enlised, active duty? I'll be honest, it can be done and has been done but it probably won't come as easy. I can't remember a single one of my sailors getting theirs in 4 years. Several were working on it but with work-ups, deployment, busy schedules, it was tough. Of course a lot might depend on your job as well and sea or shore duty. My brother-in-law finished his degree (last two years of it) in the AF...took him 3 years to do it. He never left Texas in 4 years in the Air Force. Makes it easy in that case. Maybe some of our prior enlisted folks have a better handle on it than me though. I went straight to college out of high school, NROTC, etc.
satpak77
Registered User
Who is putting these negative thoughts into your head? Where do you come up with them? Because you just didn't wake up and decide one morning that "hey, you know what, 26 is kinda old"
Someone fed you this.
Who?
I was 29 during enlisted boot camp. I will be 30 at OCS (fingers crossed). When OCS happens I'll tell you one thing, I'll be so fricking happy that I will most likely get beaten every day by the DI's to get the smile off my face. The age thing is going to be such a tiny issue, trust me.
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