Hello all,
I have the tentative green light from my Marine OSO that I will be selected for OCC-R. If I complete OCS and become a reserve officer, I’d eventually like to join special operations. While Marsoc or recon are in the Corps, I don’t like ocean swimming, so Army SF is more appealing. The Army SF mission also sounds much more interesting. I have a 2-part question:
1) Is it possible to attend SFAS as a Marine reserves 1LT, and then switch my remaining service time to the Army to attend the Q course if i make it through selection? I saw this on some other forum but haven’t had it verified.
2) would it be possible to resign my Marine commission after 2-3 years as a Marine Officer in order to transfer my remaining service to the Army as an enlisted person and apply for Army SF? I just ask in case I wanted to go the enlisted SF route after time as a Marine Officer... I hear officers don’t get to spend too much time on the ODAs.
I am excited to go to OCS, but really want my end goal to be Army SF. I could just do the 18x program but I’d like to have some time to learn about the military, gain leadership/tactical skills, and physically prepare. But I think my Marine service commitment is about 5 years after OCS/TBS, and I’m not sure I’d want to wait that long to apply for SFAS! So I want to know if there is some way to go sooner rather than later.
Thanks! I hope my question makes sense!
I have the tentative green light from my Marine OSO that I will be selected for OCC-R. If I complete OCS and become a reserve officer, I’d eventually like to join special operations. While Marsoc or recon are in the Corps, I don’t like ocean swimming, so Army SF is more appealing. The Army SF mission also sounds much more interesting. I have a 2-part question:
1) Is it possible to attend SFAS as a Marine reserves 1LT, and then switch my remaining service time to the Army to attend the Q course if i make it through selection? I saw this on some other forum but haven’t had it verified.
2) would it be possible to resign my Marine commission after 2-3 years as a Marine Officer in order to transfer my remaining service to the Army as an enlisted person and apply for Army SF? I just ask in case I wanted to go the enlisted SF route after time as a Marine Officer... I hear officers don’t get to spend too much time on the ODAs.
I am excited to go to OCS, but really want my end goal to be Army SF. I could just do the 18x program but I’d like to have some time to learn about the military, gain leadership/tactical skills, and physically prepare. But I think my Marine service commitment is about 5 years after OCS/TBS, and I’m not sure I’d want to wait that long to apply for SFAS! So I want to know if there is some way to go sooner rather than later.
Thanks! I hope my question makes sense!