iceman2018
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For someone thinking of serving in the military. What are the factors that keep career officers until retirement and those that five and dive?
For someone thinking of serving in the military. What are the factors that keep career officers until retirement and those that five and dive?
For someone thinking of serving in the military. What are the factors that keep career officers until retirement and those that five and dive?
I would have to say it's respect. Respect for the service, for the citizens of the United States, for the people who serve under you and for those who outrank you.
Respect is really what I would say defines the career military officer. It's one of those paramount leadership qualities which help distinguish military officers from run of the mill people.
Respect.
Thanks for the input.Same as staying with any career you start right after high school - you might decide it really wasn't what you expected, and that you want to do something else, or you might rise to the challenge and stick with it until they make you retire. There are many different careers in the Navy or the Corps - if you don't like the first thing you try, you can always do something else. Some leave to make more money, and do very well in the civilian sector (there are lots of jobs available for someone with an engineering degree and a high security clearance). Others leave and find themselves missing the camaraderie they left. These days, with the draw-downs resulting from less funding to the military, some will get out because there's no job for them. The way to avoid that is to stick to jobs that will continue to be in demand.
So true.No offense, but you're not qualified to answer this question yet. Your amorphous and idealistic response is evidence of why. It's not "respect" or any other such singular virtue.
The decision to stay in or get out is as individual as each officer and his/her goals, needs, and responsibilities.
There is no way to tell what will make anyone stay in or get out. That's up to each one of us.
Thanks. Just wonder how most young men/women state that to serve is their goal and what makes most find the silver linings and not become disgruntled compared to the others that choose to do something else.
No offense, but you're not qualified to answer this question yet. Your amorphous and idealistic response is evidence of why. It's not "respect" or any other such singular virtue.
The decision to stay in or get out is as individual as each officer and his/her goals, needs, and responsibilities.
There is no way to tell what will make anyone stay in or get out. That's up to each one of us.
No offense, but you're not qualified to answer this question yet. Your amorphous and idealistic response is evidence of why. It's not "respect" or any other such singular virtue.
The decision to stay in or get out is as individual as each officer and his/her goals, needs, and responsibilities.
There is no way to tell what will make anyone stay in or get out. That's up to each one of us.