Have you sacrificed your civilian career for your military career?

CPT Brandon Christensen — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 10:11:47 -0500

I saw this article posted on FB this morning while at work and it called out to me.

I can relate to this in the sense it took me about 10 years to finish my BS degree with all the schooling and the long deployment (22 months to Iraq) in the Army.

Has anyone else put their civilian career on hold for the greater good of the country?

http://blog.rallypoint.com/2015/01/career-sacrifice.html?utm_source=blog&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Post&utm_content=Career%20Sacrifice&utm_campaign=Blog%20Posts

RallyPoint.com: Career Sacrifice

Response by Maj Chris Nelson made Jan 14 at 2015 1:00 PM

Maj Chris Nelson — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:00:42 -0500

My civilian career and my military career will mirror quite a bit. An RN on the civilian side and an RN in the military both perform patient care in some type of setting. I enjoy it, but I want to move on to Nursing Instruction. I want to be a teacher, teaching nursing. Not much of a call for that in the military as the current trend is to send students to civilian colleges/universities for nursing. I like what I am doing, but am looking forward to retirement and getting to CHOOSE what area of nursing I work in (pending finding that job), in the location that I want. Now, with that being said, one of the advantages with the military is that every new job/assignment, you keep your seniority (rank). There is less of that on the civilian side.

Response by MSgt Michael Durkee made Jan 14 at 2015 2:44 PM

MSgt Michael Durkee — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 14:44:59 -0500

I never jelled with the "you have to get a degree" nation, bless you for those that have. I still work in the Defense sector and I'm doing quite well as a Civilian. I understand that you may have meant little "c" civilian. Veterans, Retirees, without question we make things happen.