Becoming A Signal Officer In The United States Army

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Many people only have the next five years planned, not many have the next ten years planned like I do. The next ten years I have planned are ones that will involve me giving to and protecting others that I may not even know. Over the next ten years I plan to accomplish many things, the first thing is graduating the Army ROTC program and being commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Combat Signal Corps. To do this I will be attending the IUP Army ROTC program. From there, I will go onto the United States Army Ranger School located in Fort Knox Kentucky. There I will be trained to be a Signal Officer in high stress settings, and how to maintain the Army’s communications and computer networks in combat scenarios. Upon

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