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Hi from al evel of one through 10 how helpful is it to be bilingual? I speak french and english and about to start learning Irish gaelic

For increasing your chances of appointment?

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If you were fluent in spanish I would say decently helpful. Not too many bordering countries speak french...

But doesn't hurt at all.

In terms of securing an appointment- I don't know. But the Army right now is on a big French kick- in fact they are paying ROTC Cadets an additional monthly stipend to study French or Arabic- primarily because a number of countries in Africa are French speaking. As far as Gaelic- unless you are applying to the Irish Military College in Curragh it's probably not gonna do you much good professionally- although being from Boston- it might get you a free drink or two around here
More than though- to have taught yourself - or to have put the effort into learning a second and third language is an indicator of some pretty impressive intellectual abilities and discipline , so whether or not they actually need that language I would certainly make sure that you list that as one of your accomplishments.

hey thanks for evreyone's input I know that this is u.s service academy forums but I was wondering about curragh can you apply ther for a universisty or is that psot-college because thqat is actually one of my back-ups (dual citizen)

sorry about the spelling I was rushing

Leprechaun said:

hey thanks for evreyone's input I know that this is u.s service academy forums but I was wondering about curragh can you apply ther for a universisty or is that psot-college because thqat is actually one of my back-ups (dual citizen)

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well- the Cadet School which is a school within the Irish Military College is 15 months long and is not a University. Some Cadets may be offered the opportunity to attend university but it's not a integrated part of the college. Wouldn't get my hopes up there- if you look at the web site
http://www.military.ie/careers/officer/index.htm

you will notice that it says under the link to the application form:

"The Defence Forces competition for Officer Cadetships is now closed. Thank you for your continued interest in the Defence Forces."

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The Irish Defense Forces are all of 8500 strong- - about 25% the size of the NYPD so a career in the Irish Army is not all that similar to one in the US Military. In short- I don't think that the Cadet School at Curragh is much of a backup. Good luck with whatever you are looking for though!

Irish citizens can join the British Army, normally but not limited to the Irish Guards and Royal Irish Regiment...might be a better choice if you are looking for a back up military but of course Sandhurst is also post college...

I'm not sure how much it will help with an application to CGA, as I can't remember that info anywhere on the college info.

I do know that some languages are of use in the U.S. Coast Guard. Spanish of course is a huge one. French is helpful for the cutters that hit Africa. There are a few other languages that will help a ship....Gaelic is not one of them.