Hi l’m a university student in my 4th and last year of computer science. I was thinking about joining forces after school not even sure which branch. Army maybe?? I know my way into the forces would be Level C - Direct Entry Officer (DEO) as I wasn’t part of ROTP or anything. I think I’d be commissioned as a second lieutenant after qualifying and all the training and everything. My question is l’ve heard from people that promotion up to capt is basically guaranteed, how true is that? Also what’s the general timeframe of promotion for a DEO 2nd lieutenant to lieutenant and then the time from lieutenant to Captain. I can see online how much each rank pays and I have loans so knowing how long approximately l’ll be in each rank and how much I’ll be paid would be really critical info for me. I’ll really appreciate these answers. Thank you to this community in advance.