1LT Private RallyPoint Member3772931<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have been serving for two years and have been a PL for the entire time. I am curious what opportunities are available to a 1LT that would be interesting/unique/challenging. I see there is a plethora once I hit captain and I could apply for some a little before that, but I would like to do something different while I am still a lieutenant.What interesting opportunities are there for junior officers?2018-07-07T04:15:59-04:001LT Private RallyPoint Member3772931<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have been serving for two years and have been a PL for the entire time. I am curious what opportunities are available to a 1LT that would be interesting/unique/challenging. I see there is a plethora once I hit captain and I could apply for some a little before that, but I would like to do something different while I am still a lieutenant.What interesting opportunities are there for junior officers?2018-07-07T04:15:59-04:002018-07-07T04:15:59-04:00Capt Daniel Goodman3772949<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I follow...elaborate, if you can, your Bach major, your GPA, ha emyou done any masters coursework at all get, what PME have you done, for Army or other svcs...I can suggest any number of possibilities, I assure you, however, I'd need to know more, honest...hobbies, interests, sports, incl martial arts, I love aikido and iaido, I think you would also...look at submitting for USAF AFIT and Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), the svc grad schools, I gather you're not clinical and don't want clinical, I'd suggest USUHS if you did for their PhD programs, however, trust me, all senior NCOs, as well as all warrant and commissioned can subit for AFIT and NPS, let me send this, this tablet conks out a lot, I'll try to send more....Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 7 at 2018 4:50 AM2018-07-07T04:50:46-04:002018-07-07T04:50:46-04:00Capt Daniel Goodman3772950<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Do you want flight training at all? Have you ever done private pilot at a mil aero club? You could apply for USAF Squadron Ofcrs School (SOS) in residence, maybe after doing it nonresident, by correspondence, also USMC command and staff the same way, I did both, I never got SOS in residence, I asked, also Naval War College command and staff nonresident, that's a very serious program, I was allowed to try, I didn't have enough time...ask to serve overseas in an allied could try, UK, one of my unit COs served with Chilean Air Force, he'd loved itz and always championed the idea, I was too stupid to liste n, trust me....Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 7 at 2018 4:53 AM2018-07-07T04:53:59-04:002018-07-07T04:53:59-04:00Capt Daniel Goodman3772951<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You need to get minimum a masters, PhD if possible, submit for Rhodes Scholar of your GPA is high enough, for Congressional fellowships, for the White House Fellow program!, read the autobjo of Gen Colin Powell, and his description of how he got his masters T GWU I believe, and didn't do a PhD, he went White House Fellow....Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 7 at 2018 4:55 AM2018-07-07T04:55:51-04:002018-07-07T04:55:51-04:00Capt Daniel Goodman3772952<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ask to serve in the defense attache program, there's a Wikipedia page about it, attached to State Dept, as well....Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 7 at 2018 4:56 AM2018-07-07T04:56:27-04:002018-07-07T04:56:27-04:00Capt Daniel Goodman3772954<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Are you a STEM grad for your bachelor's, also. Non-STEM? Do you get involved in tech groups like AFCEA, Assoc of Old Crows (AOC), have you published? Read US Naval I st Proceedings (USNI), ask to serve with USMC, maybe also French Foreign Legion (FFL), I've read of such exchange tours, unusual as those might seem...also, were you Army ROTC? OCS? West Point? I trained with my Army ROTC unit for three years off and on at West Point, I'd merely been curious, it'd give me background to try to help you further....Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 7 at 2018 5:00 AM2018-07-07T05:00:06-04:002018-07-07T05:00:06-04:00Capt Daniel Goodman3772955<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If your I stallation has Army JROTC nearby, volunteer to help out,/same if they have Civil Air Patrol (CAP), Navy Sea Cadets, or other svc JROTC in high schools near where you are...Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 7 at 2018 5:01 AM2018-07-07T05:01:17-04:002018-07-07T05:01:17-04:00Capt Daniel Goodman3772957<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If there's charity fund raising on your installation for Combined Fed Campaign (CFC) like United Way, esntly the Fed version, offer to help out....Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 7 at 2018 5:02 AM2018-07-07T05:02:03-04:002018-07-07T05:02:03-04:00Capt Daniel Goodman3772958<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I helped other company graders on recreation facility spruceup projects, went to the CGOC meetings of the course cil where I was, many installations let company graders spend a day with their installation commander, I did, a Capt I was u der had me do it, most illuminating...Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 7 at 2018 5:03 AM2018-07-07T05:03:46-04:002018-07-07T05:03:46-04:00Capt Daniel Goodman3772959<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Once a conference was held where I was, company graders got to volunteer teer for a day as aides to general and flag ogcrs attending, if you have such chances, take them....Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 7 at 2018 5:04 AM2018-07-07T05:04:30-04:002018-07-07T05:04:30-04:00Capt Daniel Goodman3772961<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If you're not in AUSA, joj , sa!e for AFA for USAF, ROA, SAME for engineering, that's the profesnl engrg mil group....Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 7 at 2018 5:05 AM2018-07-07T05:05:18-04:002018-07-07T05:05:18-04:00Capt Daniel Goodman3772962<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.mors.org">http://www.mors.org</a><br /><br />Read this, I think you'd find it of interest.... <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 7 at 2018 5:07 AM2018-07-07T05:07:35-04:002018-07-07T05:07:35-04:00Capt Daniel Goodman3772965<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.afcea.org">http://www.afcea.org</a><br /><br />This also.... <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 7 at 2018 5:08 AM2018-07-07T05:08:49-04:002018-07-07T05:08:49-04:00Capt Daniel Goodman3772969<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ausa.org">http://www.ausa.org</a><br /><br />And this, obviously.... <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 7 at 2018 5:11 AM2018-07-07T05:11:09-04:002018-07-07T05:11:09-04:00Capt Daniel Goodman3772973<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Postgraduate_School">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Postgraduate_School</a><br /><br />And this.... <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 7 at 2018 5:12 AM2018-07-07T05:12:05-04:002018-07-07T05:12:05-04:00Capt Daniel Goodman3772974<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Attach%C3%A9_System">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Attach%C3%A9_System</a><br /><br />Read this.... <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default">
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Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 7 at 2018 5:13 AM2018-07-07T05:13:01-04:002018-07-07T05:13:01-04:00Capt Daniel Goodman3772975<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Elaborate more, I'll send as much as I can, I just need to know more, OK?Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jul 7 at 2018 5:13 AM2018-07-07T05:13:31-04:002018-07-07T05:13:31-04:00MAJ Javier Rivera3772980<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Talk with both your rater and senior rater for advise. However for the most part as a 1LT you will be a BN Staff Officer and /or Company XO. Other opportunities might rise such as Aide d’Camp for a General Officer. Unless you volunteer for Special Operations (SF, CA, PSYOP) your brach manager will keep you on your branch career track. See DA Pam 600-3 for your branch specifics.Response by MAJ Javier Rivera made Jul 7 at 2018 5:17 AM2018-07-07T05:17:07-04:002018-07-07T05:17:07-04:00COL Private RallyPoint Member3774011<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Tactical-level LT positions set a solid foundation for a successful career. I think you will find opportunities as a Company XO or Assistant S3 interesting and will set you up for success as a CO CDR. Rushing to get to the CPT positions you reference will cause you to miss out on these important LT positions.Response by COL Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 7 at 2018 1:45 PM2018-07-07T13:45:52-04:002018-07-07T13:45:52-04:00MAJ Ken Landgren3774039<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Don't be a movement officer.Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Jul 7 at 2018 1:55 PM2018-07-07T13:55:42-04:002018-07-07T13:55:42-04:00CAPT Kevin B.3774161<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Actually you want to first make sure you're punching the pedigree tickets. "Opportunities" many times are one-offs that might satisfy the stomach for a couple of years, but you wind up with One of One OERs, many times signed off by someone no where near your designator. That turned out to be a drag on me as I first was going to Antarctica for a few years and then two tours with the Marines. So I hit the O-4 board with 15% select rate and most my Fitreps as One of One. That guaranteed me finishing off in the reserves. My advice is to be so good in your mainstream, they'll spot you for something you never dreamed of that it can't fail because you're going to do it. Even then, like me, it can ultimately work against you. Board sitters have a hard time figuring out one-offs to mainstream. Seen that a lot when I was sitting them.Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Jul 7 at 2018 3:03 PM2018-07-07T15:03:27-04:002018-07-07T15:03:27-04:00SFC David Xanten3774350<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What is your specialty?.Response by SFC David Xanten made Jul 7 at 2018 5:11 PM2018-07-07T17:11:42-04:002018-07-07T17:11:42-04:00CPT Private RallyPoint Member3774626<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>On active duty, one of the most career-forward roles you can compete for is Aide de Camp. These jobs are usually summed up as “political boot camp”, giving JMOs an early look into a much higher level of MDMP, force management, and operations coordination than you’ll ever see at the lower echelons. The best part, however, is that you’ll be proving your worth to the same Commanders and General Staff who select next-generation leaders and help shape the force. Navigate this well, and you’ll likely get assistance in lining up the next great assignment — hopefully a command, since that’s the single greatest experience you’ll have in the military IMHO. <br /><br />JFResponse by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 7 at 2018 7:50 PM2018-07-07T19:50:40-04:002018-07-07T19:50:40-04:002018-07-07T04:15:59-04:00