I officially graduated college a few weeks ago -- got my bachelor's in Criminal Justice. Woohoo! Except that initial high has now been replaced with that god-awful, "I need a job now. Shit." feeling. Anyway, I've been looking around a bit, and one of my career options would be with the armed forces. More specifically, the Navy is looking for intelligence specialists.
I should say this now -- I don't want to be a police officer (I had some firsthand experience with that during my internship, and it really isn't for me), and I have no desire to go to law school and become an attorney. But working in intelligence, or criminal investigation, or crime scene tech (like latent fingerprint analysis) really interests me and I think I'd be good at it.
I spoke to a recruiter and will be getting some more career information from them tomorrow, but I'd love to hear about life in the military from someone who is NOT a recruiter -- it's their job to enlist me, so I know they're not going to give me a warts-and-all picture of the Navy. I have to admit, the whole "we'll pay off your student loans and pay for you to go back to school if you want" thing is attractive, not to mention having a degree AND military experience on my resume would look pretty damned good to any federal agency that's hiring.
I don't personally know anyone who's recently been in any branch of the armed forces, so if anyone here could shed some light or has words of encouragment and/or warning, I'd be eternally grateful.
I should say this now -- I don't want to be a police officer (I had some firsthand experience with that during my internship, and it really isn't for me), and I have no desire to go to law school and become an attorney. But working in intelligence, or criminal investigation, or crime scene tech (like latent fingerprint analysis) really interests me and I think I'd be good at it.
I spoke to a recruiter and will be getting some more career information from them tomorrow, but I'd love to hear about life in the military from someone who is NOT a recruiter -- it's their job to enlist me, so I know they're not going to give me a warts-and-all picture of the Navy. I have to admit, the whole "we'll pay off your student loans and pay for you to go back to school if you want" thing is attractive, not to mention having a degree AND military experience on my resume would look pretty damned good to any federal agency that's hiring.
I don't personally know anyone who's recently been in any branch of the armed forces, so if anyone here could shed some light or has words of encouragment and/or warning, I'd be eternally grateful.