JOB ANALYSIS

Job title: military/enlisted personnel Engineering, science, and technical

personnel

Beginning Salary:

1,566.90 2 or less months

Skills required: Newly enlisted members of the Armed Forces undergo initial-entry training,
better known as basic training or boot camp. Basic training includes courses in military skills
and protocols and lasts 7 to 13 weeks, including a week of orientation and introduction to
military life. Basic training also includes weapons training, team building, and rigorous
physical exercise designed to improve strength and endurance.
Following basic training, enlisted members attend technical schools for additional training
that prepares them for a particular military occupational specialty. This formal training
period generally lasts from 10 to 20 weeks. Training for certain occupationsnuclear power
plant operator, for examplemay take as long as a year. In addition to getting classroom
instruction, military members receive on-the-job training at their first duty assignment.

Education required: All branches of the Armed Forces require their members to be high
school graduates or have equivalent credentials. Officers usually need a bachelors degree.
Some officers entering the service may need to have education beyond a bachelors degree.
For example, officers entering as military lawyers need a law degree.
Those who want to become an officer have several options to meet the education
requirements, including the aforementioned federal service academies (Army, Navy, Air
Force, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine), the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)
programs, Officer Candidate School (OCS), and other programs.

Experience required: No experience required

Positive Features:
Benefits
Honor/pride in ones country

Promotion Opportunities
Increase rank within you branch of
military duty

Applicants who are 17 years old must

have the consent of a parent or legal

*Include the job outlook for your

career
Negative Features:
Life threatening
Could be deployed to various nations
Job out look:

guardian before entering the military.

Age limits for entering active-duty service
are as follows:

The total number of active-duty and

reserve personnel serving in the Armed

35;

Forces is expected to remain roughly the

same through 2024.
The goal of the Armed Forces is to
maintain a force sufficient to deter, fight,
and overcome various threats or conflicts
in multiple regions at the same time.
Emerging conflicts and threatening global

in the Army, the maximum age is

in the Navy, the maximum age is
34;

in the Marine Corps, the maximum

age is 29;

in the Air Force, the maximum age

is 39; and
in the Coast Guard, the maximum
age is 27.

events, however, could lead to

restructuring and a demand for a larger
force. Consequently, the nation is
expected to maintain adequate personnel
in the Reserve, Army National Guard, and
Air National Guard.

Work requirements:
To join the military, applicants must meet
age, education, aptitude, physical, and
character requirements. These
requirements vary by branch of service
and for officers and enlisted members.
Although entry requirements for each
service vary, certain qualifications for
enlistment are common to all branches:

Minimum of 17 years of age

U.S. citizenship or permanent resident

status
Pass a background investigation

Never convicted of a felony

Able to pass a drug test

Other Considerations:
Are you strong enough and smart
enough to join the military?
You may not see your family for
months/years at a time.