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Joining the army as an officer.

  • 04-04-2010 2:34am
    #1
    Dohnny Jepp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,444 ✭✭✭


    I was wondering what are the avenues I'd need to take in order to join the army taking the officer route as opposed to the NCO.

    If anyone has any information on doing so in the Irish army and also information for an Irishman wanting to take that route in the American army too.

    Maybe I'm being lazy, but I think chatting with some of you knowledgable folk will be more beneficial then reading a page I find off google!

    Cheers!


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  • #2
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,502 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    and also information for an Irishman wanting to take that route in the American army too

    Easy.

    If a US citizen, sign up, request 09S in the contract.

    If not a US citizen, obtain a green card, sign up as an enlisted troop, serve the minimum required time to gain citizenship, request a slot at OCS and hope for the best.

    NTM


  • #3
    Dohnny Jepp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,444 ✭✭✭Dohnny Jepp


    Cheers buddy


  • #4
    slapper2
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭slapper2


    you dont join the irish army as a nco you join as a private and work your way up
    or as a cadet to become an officer


    but you'll be waiting a while there is no recruitment at the moment


  • #5
    82dgolf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 136 ✭✭82dgolf


    slapper2 wrote: »
    you dont join the irish army as a nco you join as a private and work your way up
    or as a cadet to become an officer


    but you'll be waiting a while there is no recruitment at the moment

    There is a cadet class always in training


  • #6
    NoQuarter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,632 ✭✭✭NoQuarter


    You dont join the army as a private either!

    But i assume the OP was merely trying to distinguish between comissioned and non-comissioned folk!


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  • #7
    ArdMhacha
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26 ✭ArdMhacha


    General Service - once attested you become a recruit, upon completion of Recruit training you become a 2* Pte, upon completion of further training you become a 3* (gunner / trooper depending on corp and completion of corp training)

    Officers join as cadets and upon commisioning become 2LT's or 1LT's depending on their level of education.

    Hopefully, Brian Lenihan will give the go ahead for some form of recruitment, particularly General Service to bring numbers back up to authorised levels.
    Personally I feel that the DF could have done with 200 recruits last year as oppose to 42 cadets


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