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Originally Posted by Baron von Kriterium
I joined under the Direct Entry Officer (DEO) program - meaning you had to have a degree or a 3-year college diploma. I had the Aeronautical Engineering diploma from SAIT and that qualified me for DEO.
As for supply chain management, you wouldn't necessarily have to have that training before you applied. If you wanted to be an officer, you would still need the degree, though. The military will offer you the supply chain management training in a few military occupations (supply and transport, for example).
The military will also pay to get you applicable civilian certifications/designations.
The pay is decent and you start with four weeks of leave. There are not many entry-level civ jobs that will give you four weeks of leave and coverage for dental, prescriptions and the optometrist.
My only regret with the military was leaving after 10.5 years; I should have stayed and I could be considering retirement right now.
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This has changed from when I was in. My trade didn't have equivalence of civie street. This is a good change IMO. I was told the reasoning then was that there would be a manpower dump of people running to civilian jobs. Now it seems the thinking is, we would rather have the person 3-5 yrs than not at all.
I agree BTW, I tell all the younger people I know to join, some of my experiences can't be matched, anywhere.