Posted on Oct 1, 2017
What advice do you have on pursuing a degree in National Security, Homeland Security or Military Leadership?
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I am currently enrolled at Excelsior College majoring Bus Admin logistics management concentration. Seems like a safe bet with good text book knowledge about business and what not, but I was thinking about some others; National Security, Homeland Security and Military Leadership. What do you guys think about these, I do want to get into logistics and supply chain but those other three seems more interesting. Theres so much information out there that states that if you don't get a STEM degree then your major doesn't really matter. Any advice on how to approach this?
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SSG (Join to see) I have a degree in Business Management because that is what I was interested in. The decision is yours to make.
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If you are interested in supply chain management , then hold what you got. There is actually an engineering field that covers supply chain under industrial engineering and you can earn a professional engineer license if you have an ABET approved degree and the number of documented years of experience by you licensing state. I hold an engineering degree and an MBA with a Supply Chain concentration.
National security (which I also have a masters in) , Homeland Security and leadership are fun to think about but employability is lower. Getting a teaching gig, at a legit place, you need to a doctoral degree to do anything with it. Trying to market yourself as a HLS expert is really contingent on you selling yourself and striking out on your own. There is a Physical Security Professsional (PSP) certification I am looking at now. I went and heard one, but there is nothing he said that I didn't learn in the Army participating in physical security as a Joe.
I think the only STEM need apply mentality is not true. If you have a liberal arts degree in general, it is harder to work your way in. Having a science, business, or engineering degree are certainly easier to find work, but it's not a slam dunk. In engineering, they really want someone who is a PE, which in my state is a two massive exams, 8 years of documented experience, and a license journey. It ain't a slam dunk and you can't do it on the fly.
National security (which I also have a masters in) , Homeland Security and leadership are fun to think about but employability is lower. Getting a teaching gig, at a legit place, you need to a doctoral degree to do anything with it. Trying to market yourself as a HLS expert is really contingent on you selling yourself and striking out on your own. There is a Physical Security Professsional (PSP) certification I am looking at now. I went and heard one, but there is nothing he said that I didn't learn in the Army participating in physical security as a Joe.
I think the only STEM need apply mentality is not true. If you have a liberal arts degree in general, it is harder to work your way in. Having a science, business, or engineering degree are certainly easier to find work, but it's not a slam dunk. In engineering, they really want someone who is a PE, which in my state is a two massive exams, 8 years of documented experience, and a license journey. It ain't a slam dunk and you can't do it on the fly.
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LTC Jason Mackay Sor, when you get more information on the physical security specialist certification would you please pass it on to me? I want it mostly because I'm trying to market myself as a PSP who stands out from other personal.
I have learned plenty from being a Joe , Afghanistan and having 2 black belts.
Yet I was told the main reason I was hired at my current job is my extensive knowledge in computers, explosives and construction.
I have learned plenty from being a Joe , Afghanistan and having 2 black belts.
Yet I was told the main reason I was hired at my current job is my extensive knowledge in computers, explosives and construction.
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the real question SGT Porter, is what do you want to do .. are you just looking for a degree to become an officer? , or do you want a degree for bettering yourself? .. My advice is get a degree in something that you know will help you on the field you want to be. Civilian or military.
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CPT Enrique M.
SSG (Join to see) - lots of soul searching you have to do. You have to have some interest on what you want to do. If you don't getting a degree to be honest is just at the end a piece of paper. I see a lot of people just trying to get a degree to get a degree with no guidance. At the end they end up in jobs they didn't want to be in , later to find in life that it was the worst thing they did. You have to have an interest. Personally I was in your shoes. I loved computers yet I wanted to be a doctor. Long story short being a doctor was not for me, and I ended up doing management of information systems. Crazy enough I wanted to be in the military as well. I took both worlds that I knew I wanted to be in. And I have a full civilian career making a real good living and I love what I do in the reserves as an officer. I hate putting it bluntly but you need to figure out what you want to do , and not do it "safe" and just go for what you really want. The military may or may not be your avenue and thats the soul searching you have to do.
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