Posted on May 24, 2019

What advice for enlistment options will you give for someone 29 years of age with a graduate degree?

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Greetings all, I am 29 years of age and under process of enlistment in the armed forces. I would like to know what options there are for a person with a graduate degree in Information Security. What types of opportunites are available and what enlistment option can I take in consideration? Any advice will be well received and highly valued, since I do not have any kind of knowledge in the matter.

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COL David Turk

Posted 5 y ago

If that is an IT specific degree, the services are searching for people like you. I’d suggest doing an internet search using “military enlistment for cyber security”.

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COL David Turk

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After reading the other comments, with links, mine is moot. Can’t figure out how to delete it though.

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Capt Daniel Goodman

5 y

It's still certainly a good search idea, though, sir....

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Capt Daniel Goodman

Posted 5 y ago

http://www.acm.org

And this....

Association for Computing Machinery

ACM, the world's largest educational and scientific computing society, delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession. ACM provides the computing field's premier Digital Library and serves its members and the computing profession with leading-edge publications, conferences, and career resources.

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Capt Daniel Goodman

Posted 5 y ago

http://www.ieee.org

If you're not already in this, join....

IEEE - The world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology...

This week, we’re recognizing telecommunications #engineer Mohammed Ibrahim. Ibrahim earned two degrees in electronic and electrical engineering and a PhD in mobile communications. Ibrahim founded Celtel International in 1998, one of the first mobile phone companies serving Africa and the Middle East. Ibrahim quickly expanded his company, making it one of the largest companies providing mobile communications services in Africa at the time.

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Capt Daniel Goodman

Posted 5 y ago

http://www.afa.org

This too....

Home

The Air Force Association is the premier professional military association dedicated to dominant air, space, and cyber power, and a strong national defense.

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Capt Daniel Goodman

Posted 5 y ago

http://www.ausa.org

And this....

Association of the United States Army

Voice for the Army – Support for the Soldier

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Capt Daniel Goodman

Posted 5 y ago

http://www.same.org

Join this also....

www.same.org

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Capt Daniel Goodman

Posted 5 y ago

http://www.usni.org

Join this, their Proceedings should be reqd reading for anyone wanting to go in, or already in, of any rank, it's that good, honest....

United States Naval Institute

The U.S. Naval Institute provides an independent forum for those who seek to advance and strengthen the naval profession.

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MAJ Matthew Arnold

Posted 5 y ago

Unless you are deliberately getting away from academia and want to be a warrior, with a graduate degree, I don't think you want to enlist, even for a highly skilled MOS. I recommend that you go to Officer Candidate School and chose the specialty that is the closest to your graduate degree. Also, you should look into the possibility of a direct commission. When an individual has higher levels of education, sometimes a direct commission is possible, e.g. an RN can receive a direct commission.

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LTC Eugene Chu

5 y

Along with board-certified doctors, bar-certified lawyers and ordained clergy...

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SGT James Murphy

5 y

Bingo! OCS is another one!

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Capt Daniel Goodman

Posted 5 y ago

http://www.mors.org

Ops research is frequently overlooked as a STEM field that meshes quite well with info sec, the journal for MORS, called Phalanx, is quite good, trust me....

www.mors.org