Post Military/Pre LEO Employment

Hank Moody said:

Crossed my fingers and kept my fourth point of contact out of the glue. Good luck and most importantly, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

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Solid advice Hank, and you're welcome!

Move south....

Ummm. Never mind.

Become an EMT and work a truck until your name comes up. Looks good on the resume plus you never know what doors that training will open for you when you get on the pd (First Responder Instructor & TEMS operator on a SWAT team, things like that)

Irishpride said:

Become an EMT and work a truck until your name comes up. Looks good on the resume plus you never know what doors that training will open for you when you get on the pd (First Responder Instructor & TEMS operator on a SWAT team, things like that)

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I just got my EMT license too, but our instructor turned me off to the EMT career field; $10 an hour, liability issues with everything and most companies don't have your back when they should. I may do it if I can't find anything else soon enough.

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USAF286 said:

$10 an hour, liability issues with everything and most companies don't have your back when they should.

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The same thing could be said for a lot of armed private security jobs.

USAF286 said:

$10 an hour, liability issues with everything and most companies don't have your back when they should. I may do it if I can't find anything else soon enough.

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Its not a bad gig; especially if you can get hired somewhere with 911 contracts. Its a good way to get friendly with the local cops. It'll also give ya a chance to get some street experience.

USAF286 said:

liability issues with everything and most companies don't have your back when they should.

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Yup, exact same thing as being a cop...

Deuce said:

Yup, exact same thing as being a cop...

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Haha I hope I can deal with it if I do make it in mass!

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USAF286 said:

I have found are armed positions with Internal Security Associates!

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My brother worked for ISA when he got out of the Army, waiting for the list to come out to get on my job, which he did. He worked there for about 2 years and found it to be a good gig in between.

Bloodhound said:

My brother worked for ISA when he got out of the Army, waiting for the list to come out to get on my job, which he did. He worked there for about 2 years and found it to be a good gig in between.

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Do you know where he worked primarily?

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There is only one question;

Are you a combat veteran as defined by MA Civil Service?

USAF286 said:

Do you know where he worked primarily?

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Downtown Boston, at various locations, he did a lot of VIP stuff. They like former military guys for their more high profile gigs, I can tell you that. I'll get some more info and PM you.

Bloodhound said:

Downtown Boston, at various locations, he did a lot of VIP stuff. They like former military guys for their more high profile gigs, I can tell you that. I'll get some more info and PM you.

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I appreciate that, thank you.

Delta784 said:

There is only one question;

Are you a combat veteran as defined by MA Civil Service?

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I am not, I didn't realize there was a difference between the two (civil service wise)

USAF286 said:

I am not, I didn't realize there was a difference between the two (civil service wise)

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Believe it's deployment in a "combat theater " , but there's plenty of vets here that can answer more accurately.

90 days in country or theater eligible for combat zone exclusion pay. Although i think you can skate by with 3 years active duty after 2001 and by proclamation you can say vet as long as you are honorably discharged. unless you got clipped in country then the 90 days doesn't matter. not dumping on anyone not having the opportunity but to spend 3.5 years in country over multiple deployments and to know a pill popping skell who is a friend of an army buddy of mine is rated the same on cs is a bummer considering he never left virginia. Also that run-on sentence is a bummer too but i dgas.

I have no clue where some of the above info comes from but for veterans status since 1990 it's been 90 days of active duty service. There is nothing about having to be in country, 90 days of active duty (not including training) equals veterans status.

Give the Chicago PD a try for a day or two

I actually think i was rambling about combat patch criteria unrelated to this not mass vet status. Disregard my babbling it is 90 wt or 180 pt.