All those points are true. You’re lucky to have gotten a promised MOS, but that’s probably cause it was a low demand job (not a lot of people want to do that). If you really want to get into military R&D, you need to school, probably get an advanced degree, and work for a contractor like Lockheed and Martin, Raytheon, etc. They’re the ones who really do the R&D, and they don’t pay like shit like the military does.
I’d have to go to officer school after completing AIT, then hope that I get noticed by the right higher-ups to get upgraded to the Combat Capabilities Development Command. I also had job offers from LM and Colt, and an offer from the Joint Munitions Command (as a civilian), so it was totally possible to get the promotions. But waiting until I’m like 50 and all of my ideas are outdated to finally be able to present prototypes and work on the development of new munitions wasn’t an attractive offer at all.
All those points are true. You’re lucky to have gotten a promised MOS, but that’s probably cause it was a low demand job (not a lot of people want to do that). If you really want to get into military R&D, you need to school, probably get an advanced degree, and work for a contractor like Lockheed and Martin, Raytheon, etc. They’re the ones who really do the R&D, and they don’t pay like shit like the military does.
I’d have to go to officer school after completing AIT, then hope that I get noticed by the right higher-ups to get upgraded to the Combat Capabilities Development Command. I also had job offers from LM and Colt, and an offer from the Joint Munitions Command (as a civilian), so it was totally possible to get the promotions. But waiting until I’m like 50 and all of my ideas are outdated to finally be able to present prototypes and work on the development of new munitions wasn’t an attractive offer at all.