Future Military Career In Electronics?

Okay, here’s the plan. get an AS degree in industrial engineering from a community college then join the Air-force or Navy as an officer.
Does this sound like a good idea?
I don’t know of anywhere else that has a lot of electronic component troubleshooting other than the military.
Are there any benefits in going into the military for electronics or is the civilian sector a better bet?

3 comments to Future Military Career In Electronics?

  • The other person is correct, you need a 4 yr degree to get commissioned. And also if you are looking at getting into the troubleshooting aspect of things, that is more of an enlisted mans job. Officers are the paperwork side of things for the most part.
    Not many people anywhere do electrical component trouble shooting. They just replace whatever device broke. It costs more in labor time to troubleshoot most components than it does to replace a device or complete modules in the device.
    In the Navy if we had an electrical problem with a device we normally just figured out a way to operate without the device until we could replace it. I saw component troubleshooting a couple of times but it generally lead to a component that we did not have access to. The only part in our supply system was a whole replacement for the device. Thus, the device got replaced.
    I think you might try looking harder in the civilian arena because there is a lot more to being in the military than a job title.

  • devildaw

    First, you can’t join as an officer with an Associates degree.
    Second, officers don’t get experience in electronics. Enlisted personnel do all the electronics troubleshooting. You don’t need an AS to get electronics in the top programs like the Navy or Marines. The Navy/Marines school is much better than an AS degeree.

  • Sandra M

    Here is a better plan, get your AS degree from a community college and then transfer to a 4 year school. The Air Force and Navy both require a 4 year degree in order to be commissioned. You could enroll in rotc, even at the community college because you can cross enroll in a university that offers rotc. As long as your AS degree transfers completely you should then be able to graduate on time (4 years).

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