Posted on Mar 5, 2018

Which Branch Should I Join as a Civil Engineering graduate (Army, Navy or AF)?

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I am currently in Graduate school (structural engineering) while serving as an Army reservist (PFC). I was thinking of becoming an officer in US Army Corps of Engineers. However, after researching about USACE, the jobs that engineer officer in USACE does is not real engineering but more like management (managing his/her soldiers and maybe construction management). I really like my engineering major but at the same time, I would like to serve this country as an engineering officer. My strong interest is structural/design analysis of either buildings/bridges/dams/ships. But it is quite hard for me to find right officer position in any military branch. Please help. Thank you!

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Capt Daniel Goodman

Posted 6 y ago

I've been exactly where you wamma go...just follow !umlead,mamdmill show you everumoption,mthenmyoumpick!and choose....

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Capt Daniel Goodman

Posted 6 y ago

Lol kemi said, today's your lucky day....I really do know what I'm talkingnabout, promise....

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Capt Daniel Goodman

Posted 6 y ago

And listen to me, trust me, managerial aspects are something youre going to have to live with beyond a certain point, you need course work in engrg mgmt, look up PERT/CPM, critical path method,mwuantitative manage!ent you also need a LOT of multivariate Gaussian and non Gaussian statistics, as well...

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Capt Daniel Goodman

Posted 6 y ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Base_Engineer_Emergency_Force

You could also go commissioned herez of your tastes are more toward civil, of course, just a thought. !.

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A Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force is a rapidly deployable, specialized civil engineer unit of the United States Air Force. Prime BEEFs provide a full range of engineering support required to establish, operate, and maintain garrison and contingency airbases.

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Capt Daniel Goodman

Posted 6 y ago

https://www.navy.com/careers/engineering-applied-science/construction.html

This'd nenrough training, very rough, though you'd be perfect for it....

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Capt Daniel Goodman

Posted 6 y ago

https://www.usuhs.edu/graded/doctoral

Don't discount this....

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