Question about the military

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26. I retired after 29 years in the US Navy

Started as an enlisted and eventually earned a commission as a Navy Mustang Officer.

Sounds like your son would be a great candidate for the Naval Academy or ROTC.

I did 3 years as a recruiter, and I did not lie to recruits, BUT some recruiters do.

I know for the Navy that every Navy Recruiting District has someone serving as the OPO (Officer Programs Officer). This is the person in charge of recruiting candidates to Naval Officer Programs. I would see if your son could get a meeting with this person.

Recruiters will tell you that you could just enlist and pursue your college degree while serving as an enlisted member. That's VERY hard to do, but they'll try to sell your son on that.

If he does end up enlisting, I would look at some of the Advanced Technical or Advanced Electronics Field in an aviation job like AT, AW, AD, AME/H. These are aviation electronics or mechanic jobs.

Bottom line is that to fly, your son is going to have to have a college degree first.

Whatever he feels is his best route to get there should be the route taken.

The Navy is not for everyone, and it wasn't all sweetness and light, but it was great for me.

I really have nothing negative to say.

I would urge you to see if you can find that OPO officer and get a meeting with them.