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I have read some about this before.
After serving as a volunteer in the PC (in a likely very poor country) for about 18 months (and BS/BA degrees are preferred as it is competitive), you have most of grad school paid for at select universities. It's a great deal, but certainly not for everyone!
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protester Wrote:I have read some about this before.
After serving as a volunteer in the PC (in a likely very poor country) for about 18 months (and BS/BA degrees are preferred as it is competitive), you have most of grad school paid for at select universities. It's a great deal, but certainly not for everyone!
Definitely not for everyone and probably wouldn't be the only reason you would go in the first place. If you get sent to quite a few countries where the Peace Corps is, good luck (if you so desire) ever getting into the military or getting a government job that requires a security clearance. For whatever reason, even if you are there for that reason, it doesn't mitigate the fact that you could be influenced by a hostile country.
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06-12-2010, 07:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-12-2010, 08:02 PM by lexiiam.)
JBjunior Wrote:Definitely not for everyone and probably wouldn't be the only reason you would go in the first place. If you get sent to quite a few countries where the Peace Corps is, good luck (if you so desire) ever getting into the military or getting a government job that requires a security clearance. For whatever reason, even if you are there for that reason, it doesn't mitigate the fact that you could be influenced by a hostile country.
I think you might be a bit off base here. Below are links (from the Peace Corps site itself) to notable former Peace Corps volunteers. I do believe some of these high government officials--Ambassador to Iraq?--and foreign service workers have tight security clearance!
Foreign Service | Notable Returned Volunteers | What Is the Peace Corps? | About the Peace Corps | Peace Corps
Government | Notable Returned Volunteers | What Is the Peace Corps? | About the Peace Corps | Peace Corps
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lexiiam Wrote:I think you might be a bit off base here. Below are links (from the Peace Corps site itself) to notable former Peace Corps volunteers. I do believe some of these high government officials--Ambassador to Iraq?--and foreign service workers have tight security clearance!
Foreign Service | Notable Returned Volunteers | What Is the Peace Corps? | About the Peace Corps | Peace Corps
Government | Notable Returned Volunteers | What Is the Peace Corps? | About the Peace Corps | Peace Corps
Where did I say that people that serve in the Peace Corps aren't allowed to serve in government jobs? I stated specifically those that were in the Peace Corps and went to hostile countries. Where did those people serve while in the Peace Corps? Did they serve in countries that the U.S. consider hostile? I am very familiar with the security clearance process and whether you are in the Peace Corps or not and you visit a country that the U.S. considers hostile you will have a much tougher time getting a security clearance.
Why I brought this up is that if while in the military (I am) I was required to visit a hostile country it would not be an issue to get/keep a security clearance afterward and was surprised that people who join the Peace Corps and are sent to the countries officially aren't given the same benefit. I guess it is because they are working so intimately with the local people with little supervision.
Also, just like everything else that is mitigated by time such as bankruptcy, drug use, contacts, dui, and anything else that would prevent you from getting a security clearance this is something that as time goes on will be less of an issue. Just do a google search and you will see that there are certain government jobs (mainly intelligence) that Peace Corps participants can't go into for years after their return whether hostile country or not.
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