Hello everyone,
Soon, I will be commissioning as an active duty, so I have been looking at possible career paths. SF has stood out to me the most so far, but I have discovered some unfortunate news. After doing some research, I found that officers only spend around 2 years on an ODA before moving to the B-team level and becoming tactically inactive. Personally, I'm the kind of guy who wouldn't be satisfied by a job behind a desk, so I looked at options to elongate my time on an ODA. The only possible route I found was to resign commission and then enlist to get back on an ODA. Now, I know many of you reading this are ready to rip me apart for focusing on something which isn't a problem yet, but I would really appreciate a serious response to my question. Which, to recap, is: would it be a bad idea to resign after some time in the army as an officer, enlist, and then chase my dream of becoming an ODA Sergeant? I'm ok with a pay cut, I just want to be happy doing my job, which in my case, means being out in the field doing hands on work. Thanks guys!
Soon, I will be commissioning as an active duty, so I have been looking at possible career paths. SF has stood out to me the most so far, but I have discovered some unfortunate news. After doing some research, I found that officers only spend around 2 years on an ODA before moving to the B-team level and becoming tactically inactive. Personally, I'm the kind of guy who wouldn't be satisfied by a job behind a desk, so I looked at options to elongate my time on an ODA. The only possible route I found was to resign commission and then enlist to get back on an ODA. Now, I know many of you reading this are ready to rip me apart for focusing on something which isn't a problem yet, but I would really appreciate a serious response to my question. Which, to recap, is: would it be a bad idea to resign after some time in the army as an officer, enlist, and then chase my dream of becoming an ODA Sergeant? I'm ok with a pay cut, I just want to be happy doing my job, which in my case, means being out in the field doing hands on work. Thanks guys!