Classic Liberal
Sharpshooter
- Apr 12, 2012
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The reason i ask is because when my contract is up id like to go federal. I have some questions regarding my eligibility to apply and what not also tattoo policy is a big one too. If you dont want your friends here to know PM ill keep your secret for you.
Why do you want to be in law enforcement? Why specifically federal law enforcement?
I like to serve and i want to go federal because my time in the Marine Corps counts toward my retirement . Also the job security of having a contract and the pay and medical taken care of.
Peacetime Corps sucks and I couldnt handle being a glorified ID checker at the gate.Why not just stay in and re-class to a MP then?
TAP?Find out who runs TAP for you and dig their brain. They can put you in touch with the recruiting staff for each agency and you can ask them via email.
Both TAP I attended we had DEA, SS, BATF, BLM, US Marshall Service, and dozens of county/state level recruiters show.
Just a reminder Marines did refuse to follow orders during Katrina. Which was to confiscate firearms from citizens.
So true ... here's a link to what Hotdoger stated ... Bonus Army.
I would look into the U.S. Marshal Service. They do a lot of federal court/ prisoner transfer, but their fugitive task force looks like interesting work if you want action. U.S. Marshals Service,* Investigations, Fugitive Task Forces
What is it you want to do? Most federal agent jobs require at least an undergrad degree, some require graduate work, unless you're thinking TSA then you don't need to know how to read, write, or do laundry.
A lot of times the requirement for a degree can be substituted by experience. So if the OP is wanting to stay in the same career field then they can waive the degree requirement, but it sounds like he is on his way to getting one.
OP, not sure how long till you are getting out, or I missed it, but pretty much the entire Federal Gov is on lock down for new hires right now. No one is really sure how long it is supposed to last. Probably till they figure out some of this budget mess.
There is always the contractor route. In times when the federal departments are in a hiring freeze, a lot of the times they can still bring people in as contractors. Then later down the road you have a better foot in the door to get picked up on the Gov side. At least this is how it works when dealing with working for one of the branches of the military, not sure if it is the same when dealing with FBI, DHS, Ect.
If you are coming back to IN when you get out there are a lot of defense contractors in the state, as well as a very large workforce for all four military branches. Feel free to PM me, I may not be able to help, but I can share some personal experiences.
Actually most of the contractors are a no go right now. They are cutting pretty much all of them IF the sequestering goes through. As in cut for good (until the budget gets passed if ever). My agency is planning to furlough us 12-14 days the rest of this fiscal year and are getting ready to cancel most of the contract workers we use to suppliment different departments. The FBI is getting 1,000 agents furlouhed and everyone else on and on and on.
Yeah I understand the contractors won't be adding to a lot of their workforce for sometime. But they are going to be able to hire people long before the GOV will, if and when the budgetary carp gets figured out. Close to the same thing happened where I work in '04, but not on a nation wide scale.
The contractors that we deal with are sending some people home, but most are secure through the end of the year. One big problem there is getting people in Contracting to sign off on anything until congress figures something out, so a lot of people are basically being held in limbo until the end of the week, they don't even know right now if they are going to be able to come back to work on March 1. But then again, some of the contractors are still able to pull a bunch of OT. The dept I work for is Capitol Funded so our money is there already till the end of the FY. The real problem is going to come at the start of FY14. Right now is just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak. Taking on new projects and realistically funding those projects is going to be a logistical nightmare.