Posted on Sep 28, 2019
SPC Cryptologic Network Warfare Specialist
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I'm glad I found this community (hopefully not too late). My recruiter convinced me to enlist (my decision in the end) opposed to attempting OCS. He advised me that with my work background and degrees I would be a strong candidate for OCS after AIT. Below is my experience and education:

- MS in Cyber security
- DBA in Business Intelligence

I have worked in security roles for the past 10 years.

I'm 32, turning 33 in January - then I will not graduate from AIT until (Aug2020). Will I need an age waiver? (How hard is it to get it if needed)? Would I be able to put in a packet for warrant right away if I choose that route? I'm going in as a 35Q Cryptologic Network Warfare Specialist (bonus got me) I had been able to reserve 17C, but no bonus.

Thanks in advance for any tips/suggestions and feedback.

God bless!
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Capt Daniel Goodman
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https://www.iacr.org/

You might also find this useful reading and/or to join, I'd thought....
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Capt Daniel Goodman
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http://www.omao.noaa.gov

NOAA has a 5-yr flight program, they're pure science, now, that being said, it's not your type of science, clearly, however, once again, just purely food for thought, if you might care to try for it...given you're doctoral level, they're quite picky, I've gathered, being the smallest, thus, being at the top of the intellectual food chain as it were, I just figured you might actually stand a pretty fair chance, if you'd care to try their toll-free phone to chat with them also, obv, that's all, honest....
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http://www.usphs.gov

I'm not saying you want this, I'd just thought to send it, as their age limits tend to be rather higher...it's not cyber security, though they do have clinical/med informatics, which, if nothing else, is at least comp sci (CS)/IT related...purely food for thought, they have toll free phones to their recruiting offices, if you might have any inclination to try chatting with them at all....
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Capt Daniel Goodman
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Fellows

given that you're doctoral, I'd definitely submit for this as well, this is what Gen Colin Powell did, as described in his autobiography, instead of a PhD, it was pretty equiiv, obv...I think you'd stand a pretty fair chance, honest....
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_test_engineer

you might also have a fair chance at this....
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Capt Daniel Goodman
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Postgraduate_School

Ask about being faculty here also...if wanted this and the other place, this one is had an O-6 recommend from my unit CO, I couldn't get it....
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I was under an O-3 who got junior faculty at USAFA in Colo Springs in physics with a BSEE and MSEE....
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http://www.afa.org

Look at them also....
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