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how to get assigned to the 82nd airborne division after rotc in college?
im only in high school but I am in jrotc and am planning to continue a military path by continuing rotc in college. I want to become a paratrooper for the us army. I know all about airborne school I am just curious as to what the selection process is like and how they assign new 2nd LT's to their divisions.
you need to be airborne qualified and of an appropriate branch (not branch as in army, navy whatever...you obviously have to be army... but branch as in infantry/what have you) since theres a few branches that are not in the 82nd (such as armor). if you're hoping to cme in as an infantry officer, you need to be ranger qualified. ive only met a couple of butterbar infantry officers who made it into the 82nd without that tab, the vast majority ive met and had though have it.
then again, i always suggest going enlisted before officer. theres SPCs out there who have a much bigger clue of how the army actually works than some LTCs, since officers tend to be pampered and sheltered. you can also tell the difference between a prior enlisted officer and one that came in. a good 2LT that came strait from college will follow his platoon sergeant and wont do or really contribute much outside of being just another member of the platoon, since he cant lead from experience since some of his PFCs have more experience than he has, and he cant lead from training for the same reason. a prior enlisted 2LT will already know whats going on. he'll know how a platoon already functions, and while he'll still have to learn from his platoon sergeant (unless he went green to gold after being an e-7 for a while), he wont have to be babysat by him, he will be able to pull his own weight, and he'll know what actually works and what doesnt work.
uh mnb: we still use divisions. we rarely deploy entire divisions to AOs, we use task forces, but thats who your CoC and your unit is. its more than just an "HQ with BCTs plugged into them". since its their CoC it dictates the mission and deployment schedule of those BCTs as well as standards, training, etc.
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