[John Rogers]

If it were me and my son, I would talk him into finishing with his degree and then look at the possibilities. In a year if he gets a $100K + job offer he might well change his mind. If he decides to look into it now I would suggest he go to a recruiting office that has recruiters from all the services and let them bid on getting him signed up. That is what I did way back in 1965 when the draft board was coming very close and I did not want to get shot at. The Army, Marines and Air Force all wanted me to fly helicopters and that was not a great idea. The Navy man said he had this nuclear power program with lots of schooling, lots of money and very clean ships. I decided on the nuclear program and retired in 1985 with a bit over 20 years.

I did work with the Navy SEALS back in 1995 or so when I wrote a database program that allowed them to track the trainees going through BUD/S as I was working at NCTS San Diego and got a lot of info from the LT. I shared an office with. He said it is a very good idea to either get a commission or rate you would be happy with just in case you get injured or drop out. He said that they like trainees with high IQ's and good physical abilities rather than just football jock types. He worked for the CIA now and then and he said they kept trying to get him to resign his commission and come to work as a spook full time.......but he was happy.