Should I reclassify, go to OCS, or become a civilian and pursue a Master's Degree?
I am a 74D CBRN specialist who is currently serving in Fort Carson. I am currently deployed in Kuwait. I've joined US Army with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and IT Security. I picked 74D because I had a zero security clearance and that I wasn't a US citizen but now I am. I am currently facing many dilemmas regards to my career options and future in general. My leaderships and officers been suggesting US Army's new Cyber Ops MOS but my parents want me to join OCS. I am sure I'll be hitting retention office real soon once I get back from this deployment and I am just not too sure what'll be best options for me at this point: reclassify into Cyber Ops MOS vs. OCS vs. Civilian life with Master's Degree. What would be the suggestions for me facing these kind of dilemmas? Thank you all.
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-Enlisted no considering your education.
-Officer maybe but I PCSd 9 times in 20 years, went to several schools, and deployed 3 times.
-Civilian maybe. You will have more stability and probably make more money.
However, developing software is not like doing leadership in the field in the Army. There are challenging problems of a unique and interesting nature (in particular, realtime problems), that are only found a jobs like being an Army leader. Software development consists of meetings, configuration issues (ex: what magic string do I need to put here to make this f***ing connection happen?), and writing and refactoring code. It's different. As civilian jobs go, it's good. But it's very different from soldiering. So, you can always do business and software later.
https://www.goarmy.com/army-cyber/cyber-direct-commissioning-program.html
Cyber Direct Commissioning Program
System admin, web developer, programmer. Put your civilian experience to work and become an officer in the Army through the Cyber Direct Commissioning Program.
Yes, I've looked into this but I am an Active Duty right now and it violates bullet #2.. but I should definitely contact Cyber recruiter officer and get more information Sir.
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