opinion on officer route?

[johnjaxs]

If you are prior service OCS will be easier. ROTC is for newbie's and long. In the end only you can decide. I took an ROTC scholarship back in the day, but wished I had done OCS just to get it done fast. You are still very young. Take some time to mature and develop yourself and you will be a better leader. I never saw a 19-year old 2LT worth much in my three decades.

I meant to get into. Not the actually course, 14 weeks of OCS will probably be easier for anyone that has prior military knowledge course wise.

Problem is getting into it requires a lot of hoops to be jumped through and it involves your chain of command and if they don't think highly of you than they are less likely to back you. Furthermore if they mess up your paperwork than it is on you not them, many CPT's and even higher ranking Officers have never done an OCS packet for a soldier, meaning they will actually need your guidance on it and will likely mess it up if you can't correct them.

Remember most Officers came in as an Officer not Prior Service. They had someone pretty much hold their hand the whole way through the process.