Engineer13
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Hello,
I don't normally ask questions but I'm a sucker for info. So I am a mechanical engineer currently in Army ROTC as a 5 year scholarship kid. Going through my engineering curriculum, I have found that I enjoy Thermodynamics and converting heat to work but I also really enjoy explosives. My plan was to branch engineering no matter what, with a backup of armor. What I'm having trouble deciding is national guard or active duty. If I go national guard, I feel like my time will just be wasted and I'll just want to leave after I serve my time. If I go active, I'm afraid I'll lose the skills I'm learning as a student to apply after my service. Does any engineer alumni and/or engineer officer have any insight to this? It's basically a cross between using my degree right away or using my commission right away. If I could be a thermodynamic engineer in the Army, all the more hooah
I don't normally ask questions but I'm a sucker for info. So I am a mechanical engineer currently in Army ROTC as a 5 year scholarship kid. Going through my engineering curriculum, I have found that I enjoy Thermodynamics and converting heat to work but I also really enjoy explosives. My plan was to branch engineering no matter what, with a backup of armor. What I'm having trouble deciding is national guard or active duty. If I go national guard, I feel like my time will just be wasted and I'll just want to leave after I serve my time. If I go active, I'm afraid I'll lose the skills I'm learning as a student to apply after my service. Does any engineer alumni and/or engineer officer have any insight to this? It's basically a cross between using my degree right away or using my commission right away. If I could be a thermodynamic engineer in the Army, all the more hooah