I have looked at all of my possibilities and cannot decide between whether I want to enlist in the Navy and try for SWCC or go the officer route by the Marine Option of the NROTC Scholarship. If I went for the officer route, I would want to go infantry and possibly go MARSOC from there (the Marine Corps doesn't consider you for MARSOC until you are a O-3 or at least a very senior O-2). The other route that I'm considering is SWCC (a big thing that makes enlisting & going SWCC appealing is that I'm in the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps {USNSCC}, and if I enlisted in the Navy: after RT, I would get E-3 right away--as opposed to the usual E-2). The main con with going USMC officer is that I wouldn't see a lot of field time. Especially if I went to Recon or MARSOC as an officer, I would ,for the most part, be cooling my heels in the LFOC or COC. Enlisting as a SWCC eliminates that concern. My parents want me to go officer (I guess because they think it would be more prestigious--I do admit that it would be easier to do that if I started a family). I want to do the full 20 years regardless of which path I choose. Does anyone have any advice as to what I should do try?
PS: Yes, I know I'm getting a little ahead of myself and might come across as a little kid who wants to do "operator sh*t", but if you read my Introduction you will see I have done trainings that prepare me for what I want to do, I know that the military is more suckitude than badass, and I work out every day. I base my workouts off of the USMC PFT right now (I score a 281 out of 300 with 20 pull-ups, 129 abdominal crunches, and 20:57 on the 3-mile). Currently, for the SWCC PST I have a 9:16 1.5-mile, 123 sit-ups, 55 push-ups, 18 pull-ups, and an 11:15 on the swim. I do have a ways to go though, as I am only 15.
PS: Yes, I know I'm getting a little ahead of myself and might come across as a little kid who wants to do "operator sh*t", but if you read my Introduction you will see I have done trainings that prepare me for what I want to do, I know that the military is more suckitude than badass, and I work out every day. I base my workouts off of the USMC PFT right now (I score a 281 out of 300 with 20 pull-ups, 129 abdominal crunches, and 20:57 on the 3-mile). Currently, for the SWCC PST I have a 9:16 1.5-mile, 123 sit-ups, 55 push-ups, 18 pull-ups, and an 11:15 on the swim. I do have a ways to go though, as I am only 15.
