airdelta2 said:
I am looking into a few officer positions and I was wondering what most people do after their career with the CF's. . . .
Specifically I was wondering what MARS or ARMOUR officers could do career wise in the civilian world . . . Both interest me but I wanted to know about their transferability to positions outside of the forces.
airdelta2 said:
I am very interested in public affairs and intelligence. . . .
and from another thread
airdelta2 said:
. . . I am interested in: Pilot, ACSO, Armour, MARS and Public Affairs. . . .
It appears that you are trying to micro-plan your longterm future which is not always a possibility especially since it seems that you are having difficulty in focusing on an immediate goal of selecting a military occupation.
Yes, there are officer occupations in the CF whose primary technical skills are directly related to civilian jobs; there are many other jobs that can make use of the "military" and "staff" training and experience of former CF members. But who knows (including you) what you will want to do when you leave the CF (that of course depends on whether you enrol in the first place). I known a few people over the years who have moved onto civilian life after a Reg Force CF career (I'm one myself). As examples here are some second career changes acquaintances have made: (these are a mix of officers who left after 20+ years as well as those who left at around the 10 year point)
Pilot - pilot with an air ambulance service
Pilot - insurance agent
Infantry - police officer with city police service
Infantry - paramedic (went back to school)
Infantry - real estate agent
Infantry - plumber (went back to school)
Infantry - teacher (went back to school)
Infantry - lawyer (went back to school)
Armour - accountant
MARS - farmer (well, he grows grapes for wine but I call him a farmer because it pisses him off)
Intelligence - financial planner
I could go on, but the point I'm trying to make is that you are probably putting too much thought into where a military career choice will lead you, in a lot of cases you don't have much control over it. It shouldn't be completely ignored but your efforts in trying to find out every little detail (many of which can't be provided, aren't known or simply don't matter) will have the effect of labelling you (and not in a complimentary way) not just on this forum but during a military career (if the same pattern of questions continued).