[quote]darthmason wrote:
If you class as an Infantry Officer - you’re infantry Army wide. Which means your PL and Command time will vary by units. The Regiment takes PLs and Commanders that have had successful commands in conventional units previously and are selected from a pool of successful candidates, so you would find yourself in and out of the Rangers as your career progresses if you’re fortunate.[/quote]
Darthmason, how does MOS selection work in the Army as an Officer? This might be information that’s useful to the OP if he’s going that route. In the Marines you can pick but only in the loosest sense of the word.
[quote]Fletch1986 wrote:
I hope I’m not derailing but for a scientist position I would imagine the physical requirements are much lower? Do they even have to go through basic or just officer training? Maybe I should just talk to the recruiter or officer in the field I’ve been in contact with… I’m just not absolutely sure about how honest they are but my gut tells me the officer has been straightforward. [/quote]
[quote]Fletch1986 wrote:
I hope I’m not derailing but for a scientist position I would imagine the physical requirements are much lower? Do they even have to go through basic or just officer training? Maybe I should just talk to the recruiter or officer in the field I’ve been in contact with… I’m just not absolutely sure about how honest they are but my gut tells me the officer has been straightforward. [/quote]
[quote]Fletch1986 wrote:
I hope I’m not derailing but for a scientist position I would imagine the physical requirements are much lower? Do they even have to go through basic or just officer training? Maybe I should just talk to the recruiter or officer in the field I’ve been in contact with… I’m just not absolutely sure about how honest they are but my gut tells me the officer has been straightforward. [/quote]
I could do the situps and pushups no problem but I’d have to work on the 2 mile. [/quote]
You can’t run a mile in 8:15? or, you just can’t run a mile?
Most people can be physically fit enough to join the Army, I don’t know if most people would be able to deal with the mental stress. If basic was just trying to get you to hit 180 points and not shoot yourself, more people would join.
The thing is you have to deal with a huge amount of mental stress compared to civil life.
[quote]darthmason wrote:
If you class as an Infantry Officer - you’re infantry Army wide. Which means your PL and Command time will vary by units. The Regiment takes PLs and Commanders that have had successful commands in conventional units previously and are selected from a pool of successful candidates, so you would find yourself in and out of the Rangers as your career progresses if you’re fortunate.[/quote]
Darthmason, how does MOS selection work in the Army as an Officer? This might be information that’s useful to the OP if he’s going that route. In the Marines you can pick but only in the loosest sense of the word.
james[/quote]
James - can’t speak from experience as I was enlisted. It sounds similar to your statement based on what I’ve heard from buddies that were officers. Army typically lets you give top 3 choices, but in the end they pick for you based on numbers, etc. I can only speculate something similar for cadets in their senior year.
[quote]Fletch1986 wrote:
I’d be huffing and puffing and about to pass out to run 1 mile in 8:15 so there’s no way I can get two miles in 16:30 or whatever it was. [/quote]
You don’t have to meet those standards going in, that’s leaving basic. The Army will make sure you meet those standards. Either way it isn’t that hard if you train consistently. The first time I went out to run my shins felt like they were about to explode after half a mile, literally bust out of my skin like Mr. Kool Aid. I called it a day, recovered and kept running everyday. Eventually I could run an 8 minute 30 second mile, I didn’t do anything special I just committed to running on a regular basis.
[quote]Fletch1986 wrote:
I hope I’m not derailing but for a scientist position I would imagine the physical requirements are much lower? Do they even have to go through basic or just officer training? Maybe I should just talk to the recruiter or officer in the field I’ve been in contact with… I’m just not absolutely sure about how honest they are but my gut tells me the officer has been straightforward. [/quote]
I could do the situps and pushups no problem but I’d have to work on the 2 mile. [/quote]
You can’t run a mile in 8:15? or, you just can’t run a mile?
Most people can be physically fit enough to join the Army, I don’t know if most people would be able to deal with the mental stress. If basic was just trying to get you to hit 180 points and not shoot yourself, more people would join.
The thing is you have to deal with a huge amount of mental stress compared to civil life.[/quote]
Isn’t it based on age? If I’m reading it right I could pass all of them fairly easily for my age group but I am pretty sure at 50 I am to old to enlist.
For 47-51 age group
25 pushups
30 situps
2 miles 19:30 This would suck but I could do it. I was doing a rugged five mile trail over the summer in 52 minutes.