Becoming an officer?

[Teufel]

Really? Another interest I had besides cyber was doing nuclear engineering in the Air Force if that’s an option.

Well that’s not it, I mean you lead cyber teams. Officers generally command, lead, or plan, while enlisted specialize in their work roles and do the heavy lifting. In this case that’s the programming and on keyboard stuff. That’s the way it works in almost every field except I suppose aviation.

 

[youngdumbbroke95]

After doing more research I see that the Navy has a designator called cyber warfare engineer and after reading the job description it sounds like you'll be doing software engineering, but It's highly competitive and you're only stationed in Maryland.

 

[Teufel]

After doing more research I see that the Navy has a designator called cyber warfare engineer and after reading the job description it sounds like you'll be doing software engineering, but It's highly competitive and you're only stationed in Maryland.

No surprise there. The bulk of cyber is in Maryland.

 

[youngdumbbroke95]

Since I'm still deciding would it be a good option for me to enlist after college and then become an officer later?

 

[Marauder06]

I don’t think so. If you want to be an O, be an O. Only enlist if it’s part of the path to OCS.

 

[Teufel]

When do you graduate? The Air Force is sending some of their officers through the full cyber pipeline. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Army does as well soon.

 

[youngdumbbroke95]

I graduate in December. Reason why I was talking about enlisting is because is't OCS more competitive and a much longer process?