In the Army there are lot's of different jobs. For example, there is infantry, artillery, tankers, military intelligence, medical, you get the idea. Well, in order to get these jobs, everyone in ROTC competes with each other. I don't mean the people I go to school with, I mean all however many thousand ROTC students nation wide.
You get put on an Order of Merit list, which is a score that is given to each person in ROTC The score is calculated using GPA, how well you did at summer camp, and a few other areas. If you finish in the top 10%, you are guaranteed the job you want.
Well I finished in the top 40 something percent, which is not where I wanted to be. I was still in a good position, but I didn't have a guarantee. There was a contract that you could sign that helped people out. If I agreed to an additional three years, they would give me my first choice. I signed the contract. This is also not a guarantee, but if you don't get what you want, they don't invoke the extra time.
Anyway, on Thursday I found out that I got the job I wanted, which is Medical Services Corps Officer. These are the folks that do hospital admin, records, HR, etc. Everyone that I have met that has this job has been really happy with it. I don't know if many people know, but I wasn't happy as an intelligence analyst. This should be a good change.
The next thing that I am working on is my next duty station. I want to go to San Antonio, TX next, so I am working on making that a reality. I'll find out in about January where we are moving next, so stay tuned.
5 comments:
Congratulations on your job. You guys really do live the military life don't you. One thing about it you get to see lots of places!! That would be fun.
I'm glad that worked out well for you! Good luck with getting Texas as your next station!
Congratulations! Wow, another move huh. Good luck with everything and definitely keep us posted.
Spencer's from San Antonio! His family loves it there and although I would personally never want to live there, it is the best place in Texas that I've been to so far (and I've been to several!) Good luck with it all.
Way to go. You'll make a great officer. Good luck on your next duty station.
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