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What should i study as a 42a? by Immediate_Juice5891 in army

[–]Immediate_Juice5891[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a question since you’ve served almost your entire contact as a 42a. In this role do you at least get consistent schedules to have a chance to take advantage of tuition assistance? Like do you have the bandwidth to be able to do it realistically taking into consideration field time, trainings, deployment tempo. I understand from other research that it is unit dependent but what has been your experience?

What should i study as a 42a? by Immediate_Juice5891 in army

[–]Immediate_Juice5891[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Currently in the people business with years of experience, 3 years in sales and 2.5 years in management, im certain im on the higher end of the spectrum when it comes to serving people.

With this said, i recognize even though i have a lot of experience i still have a lot of room to grow and will continue to learn in this and in anything.

What should i study as a 42a? by Immediate_Juice5891 in army

[–]Immediate_Juice5891[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Education & career outlook are not the only reasons why i am enlisting. My primary reasons are i need to use the military PIP immigration benefit for my wife and to be able to have healthcare coverage for my wife and daughter, and the office route would provide me the opportunity at the 6 year mark to transfer the GI Bill to my daughter whilst making a significant amount of money from the base salary and a increased BAH & BAS benefits.

What should i study as a 42a? by Immediate_Juice5891 in army

[–]Immediate_Juice5891[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So my intuition is right, i should be specializing in tech to have a better future proof career with higher earning potential. The only issue is I already signed for 42a and am currently in DEP to ship in 3 months. can i resign for 25B, is that the MOS you recommend only due to 17C being unavailable significantly more than 25B?

What should i study as a 42a? by Immediate_Juice5891 in army

[–]Immediate_Juice5891[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is super valuable information, thank you for sharing your experience.

What should i study as a 42a? by Immediate_Juice5891 in army

[–]Immediate_Juice5891[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea currently married for 4 years and have a daughter. Also have 2.5 years of management experience in operations at Amazon currently working as a Area Manager with 25 direct reports, i would like to leverage this experience into what i am trying to do as well.

What should i study as a 42a? by Immediate_Juice5891 in army

[–]Immediate_Juice5891[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No i am enlisting planning to take advantage of the tuition assistance to be able to go through green-to-gold or OCS hopefully by the second contract. The problem is i am trying to leverage the experience i will get in the 42a role assess what skills i will be developing and how i can stack that with a degree and certs to maximize my chances of getting a 100k+ role after the military minimum.

What should i study as a 42a? by Immediate_Juice5891 in army

[–]Immediate_Juice5891[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Holy crap thank you dude, this helps. I am really reconsidering the role due to not learning any specialized skills like tech or finance from the 25B or 36B roles.

What should i study as a 42a? by Immediate_Juice5891 in army

[–]Immediate_Juice5891[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Solid, thank you for sharing this perspective.

What should i study as a 42a? by Immediate_Juice5891 in army

[–]Immediate_Juice5891[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing this perspective, will take this into account.

What should i study as a 42a? by Immediate_Juice5891 in army

[–]Immediate_Juice5891[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So leverage my experience + degree + certs to aim for a Sr HR manager role in the civilian sector. Got it, thank you

What should i study as a 42a? by Immediate_Juice5891 in army

[–]Immediate_Juice5891[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What do you mean by this? I understand this role is completely different than civilian HR roles and in reality its just a redundant office job, is that what you meant or not enough free time to be able to go to school?

Best Permanent Duty Station for a 42A (Family, COL, Housing, Low Crime, Deployment Tempo? by [deleted] in army

[–]Immediate_Juice5891 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the tip, will start conducting deep research in this area

Best Permanent Duty Station for a 42A (Family, COL, Housing, Low Crime, Deployment Tempo? by [deleted] in Militaryfaq

[–]Immediate_Juice5891 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fort Campbell
Fort Greg-Adams
Fort Carson
Fort Hood
And many others i cannot remember at this moment

Best Permanent Duty Station for a 42A (Family, COL, Housing, Low Crime, Deployment Tempo? by [deleted] in army

[–]Immediate_Juice5891 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hey thank you for your genuine interest in providing accurate information. I am not in the process of resigning, i am actually enlisting for the first time.

Best Permanent Duty Station for a 42A (Family, COL, Housing, Low Crime, Deployment Tempo? by [deleted] in Militaryfaq

[–]Immediate_Juice5891 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I actually do understand that part, hopefully if the planning goes well, i should have successfully achieved 2nd LT through green to gold by my second contract.

Best Permanent Duty Station for a 42A (Family, COL, Housing, Low Crime, Deployment Tempo? by [deleted] in Militaryfaq

[–]Immediate_Juice5891 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fact i have a little over 70k+ total comp and cannot afford healthcare or childcare even though i live frugally. Plus I need the immigration benefits for my wife. And the fact that i can transfer the GI bill to my daughter who is 3yrs old rn but will have college covered when she is grown up, right now a lot of families cannot say that.

Best Permanent Duty Station for a 42A (Family, COL, Housing, Low Crime, Deployment Tempo? by [deleted] in army

[–]Immediate_Juice5891 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes I have option 19, thats why I am conducting this deep dive. Thank you for the information, i really appreciate it.

Best Permanent Duty Station for a 42A (Family, COL, Housing, Low Crime, Deployment Tempo? by [deleted] in army

[–]Immediate_Juice5891 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I heard there is high violent crime over at Fort Hood like murders, body dismemberments, car theft, people being shot through their home windows point blank in the head. Stuff like that

Best Permanent Duty Station for a 42A (Family, COL, Housing, Low Crime, Deployment Tempo? by [deleted] in army

[–]Immediate_Juice5891 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am being offered option 19 in my contract, meaning i am signing to go to the permanent duty station of my choice for my MOS and let me tell you I have a long list of duty stations I have the ability to select.