what type of training should i get in the army or marines if i want to be an telecommunications eng when im ou

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or a electricial engineer

Answer 1

There are many ways to get training that would give you a good baseline for these types of degrees. If you have good enough test scores, you might consider Signals Intelligence specialties. In the army they are 35N, 35P, and 35S. If you qualify for any of these, there are also pretty substantial bonuses available. You would also have to qualify for a Top Secret Clearance with SCI access (see DCID 6/4 here for information on potentially disqualifying issues:

http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/dcid6-4/index.html

For 35P you would be required to learn a foreign language, but have the opportunity to earn an Associates Degree while enrolled in language school (Defense Language Institute--Monterey, California). Once you get through AIT, you may be afforded the opportunity to specialize and work in some of the specialty areas within this discipline. As for the B.S. degree you are contemplating, some of the training you get will be worth college credit, but you will need to continue your education through opportunities available through the Army Education Center. Getting some of the more advanced science and math courses is going to be challenging. It will depend on what is available locally wherever you end up being stationed, though some of it is available online as well.

Answer 2

Both Army an Marines have good programs first you have to take a test to see what you are qualified for. You also have to remember if you get into that field you are going to be at the bottom for a while it will take you time and experience to move up. I spent twenty eight years in the MARINES and I used my spare time taking collage courses when able to this helped in promotions both in rank an in job and when I got out I had a four degree and a two year one and had more experience than most of the people that I went to work with and the degrees experience of the field and the military foundation put me at the top pay scale and I wrote my own job description. If you work you're self right the military can put you on top I stayed and now my Military retirement money is my Vacation money and the other job pays the bills

Answer 3

You need to see how you do on the test first. The higher the score the more likely you can get a MOS with the best portability in civilian life. Things like telecomm, medical equipment repair, avionics, land based radio can all be used to get a foot in the door at many companies all over the country.

SSG US Army 73-82 Avionics and Signal
27 years total in electronics

Answer 4

The one thing that military tech schools are really good at is giving you a solid foundation in whatever basic science your career is involved with. So as long as your career field involves electronics the fundamentals will be the same.
A volt doesn't change into something else because you are working on a radar set instead of a telephone.

Answer 5

if your not already in you can talk to your recruiter about being communication or an electrical engineer but its not guaranteed to get the job, plus the training won't count for anything in the civilian sector but you should have time to go to college while you are in lcpl usmc