Comparison of Service Academies
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Anonymous
Best for "FBI /CIA /Foreign Service or military intelligence" goals (as stated in the OP post to which I was responding). |
Anonymous
Nothing to do with combat, though if the thought of combat is concerning to your kid, they shouldn’t be applying to any of the service academies. You aren’t going to understand a specific explanation since you don’t seem at all familiar with the military. But the above ranking would be your child’s best bet to receive the best training, skills, and attributes for the career path you posted. |
Anonymous
The poster you're addressing didn't post the career path; that was OP. To the poster above, my understanding is that Army and Marines have highest chances of active combat. Some applicants are interested in that aspect, while many aren't -- but all should be aware of the possibility and risk. Someone above posted a link to the USNA post-,grad assignments, which gives you an idea of where many USNA grads end up. I'm sure USAFA and USMA post something similar. |
Anonymous
No kings. Respect is earned. Undermine the office, lose the respect. |
Anonymous
How is Army best for those careers? And what about the combat issue? Any thoughts on that ? |
Anonymous
Pp this is helpful, thank you. I can’t imagine there are not a lot of potential service applicants that don’t consider the combat issue… |
Anonymous
West Point doesn't sugar coat this; there is a mandatory combat class, etc. |
Anonymous
Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point can choose service in the NOAA Corps or USCG, neither of which is likely to be in direct combat. MSC civilians often went through MMA first. MSC does not crew combat ships only supply ships. |
Anonymous
If foreign service is goal, current Foreign Area Officer is USAF has an excellent promotion rate. This should persist for the next 5-8 years and maybe longer. You do need to do well on the language learning testing (DLAB)- that is for all services. Army has lots of embassy security cooperation assignments, Navy has lots of OCONUS billets. All overseas service is constrained by EFMP (family health) considerations. I have never met a teen who can imagine that impact, but it is real. Basically if you have a spouse or child with something like asthma- you can’t go OCONUS. But honestly- if they want an academy- they have to go to the one they love. It’s not just a school with career outplacement. It’s an Alma mater in the real sense of the concept. |
Anonymous
For serious health issues it depends on the base, for things like mild asthma it’s fine. |
Anonymous
Yeah that “undermine the office” thing do you remember Bill Clinton at all, and what he did in the office? |
Anonymous
| USNA grad here. The Coast Guard Academy is sometimes off candidates radar because it’s a smaller D3 school. But the Coast Guard has a much higher retention rate than the other services, you can get command at sea of a smaller vessel as a lieutenant, and they are always on a mission to save lives. Rare to have to endure an extended multi month deployment. |
Anonymous
MMA gets to travel for a year (2 semesters) and they have no active duty service requirements. You can even be an athlete. You get weekends in NYC if that's your thing. School is FREE. Best deal in the government. |
Anonymous
Yes but that was 30 years ago. A different climate. Willy would have no chance of being elected today. |
Anonymous
Not while alcohol Pete and Trump are in power you have to be insane to do this |