Military Question?

Question

Are there any jobs in the military that don't require training like they do for the infantry and don't require moving around frequently?

I'm thinking about the army as a job but I want to be able to be in a regular career where I can still live at home with my children. I was thinking maybe being a cook in the army like my uncle was.


Does anyone know anything about this?

Also, what is the pay like?

Answer 1

You must be trained for any job or MOS (Military Ocuppational Specialty) that the Army offers. It doesn't matter what your background or degree you hold in that particular area, you will still go through training which, depending on the job, could last from a few weeks to a many months.

As for the moving around part, you will go where the Army needs you. Most likely that will involve PCS (Permanent Change of Station) moves from place to place, to include overseas postings.

Your pay is based on your rank. Most start out as Privates (E1) but depending on your education level and certain other factors, you could possibly go in as a Specialist (E4). Bottom line, you won't be making a whole heckuva lot.

In summary, there is no easy way to join the Army. You can't just show up, start work, and stay close to home and get paid a bunch of money, which sounds like what you desire. The military isn't like the civilian world. If you aren't willing to sacrifice, than I suggest you stay in the civilian world and not join the Army.

Answer 2

There are no jobs in the Army at all that won't require you to move at some point in time. And as far as a 9 -5 job forget it. Even cooks move out into the bush when the unit they belong to goes out on exercises. Can't help you with the pay, I retired from the Army in 1993, things have changed since then. Try GOARMY.COM. A possibility for you would be the Army National Guard or the Army Reserve. But keep in mind even in both of those organizations you will have to deploy at some point for varying lengths of time. Thank you for thinking about it though.

Answer 3

1: If you are a single parent, you may not enlist period.

2: you might not transfer from one base to another that frequently(average time on station is 4-6 years lately) but you WILL deploy and those deployments are averaging 12 months at a time now. Yes, cooks deploy. Shoshanna Johnson was a cook.. and she was a POW.

3: no such thing as 'regular career/hours in the military. you will work nights, weekends, holidays

4: EVERYBODY goes through Basic training. EVERYBODY goes through some sort of skills based training and EVERYBODY gets some weapons training.

Answer 4

You could be an army clerk, i'm not sure what they do, but I think it's doing admin stuff and you sit in an army office the whole day, it's the least physical job in the army but only very few are needed and you will be assigned and you cannot choose to be one.

Answer 5

Regarless you will have to go thru some basic training skills, like weapon qualifications, buddy aid, and other various skills.

You can look into National Guard or Reserves however that doesn't mean you will not deploy or go on missions. If you are a single parent you will need a family care plan.

Pay can be looked up on military.com if you need more info you can also look on www.1800.goguard.com and www.goarmy.com

Answer 6

Look into a full time position in a local National Guard unit.

Pay is subject to rank. A recruiter can give you a better idea because full time guard positions are on a case by case basis, or at least they used to be.

Good luck...

Answer 7

You g2g to basic then A.I.T...you should join the reserves if you don't want to leave your family or even the national guard is better for you than active. Look up the military pay scale.