Out of these clubs, which ones should I Join? (For the Military)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Connecticut
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<p>So I plan on going into the military after college, specifically into the special forces with either the Army or Navy (most likely Navy). I was wondering what clubs would be the most useful to get me just a little prepared for some of the future experiences. I have 4 years, so I am not in a rush, and I can get a personal trainer too to help prepare for the physical PT tests.</p>

<p>The list of clubs I picked include:</p>

<p>Jujitsu/Brazilian Jujitsu Club
Skydiving Club
Paintball club
Pistol and Rifle Club
Crew Club</p>

<p>And for Academic clubs:</p>

<p>Engineering Student Leadership Council
Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Engineering without borders
Italian Club</p>

<p>Obviously, I cant do 8 clubs, so I need some opinions. </p>

<p>Because I can get a personal trainer for free through the school (they told em this during orientation), I think I could exclude crew club and maybe Jujitsu. However, I do want to learn one martial arts just for protection.
With skydiving, it would be fun, but you could also do it by yourself, and it's also required during the military. Same applies with both Paintballing and Pistol/Rifle Club, and both will be used in the military anyway.</p>

<p>As for the academic clubs, i'm thinking that 'Engineering Student Leadership Council' would be the best choice because of its leadership portion. For Italian club, i'm minoring in Italian anyway, plus traveling abroad, so I see no use for it.</p>

<p>I guess I can only realistically join 1-3 clubs, especially during my freshman year. I'm also majoring in engineering, so that is time consuming also. Do these clubs meet everyday at a specific time or what? I don't see skydiving meeting every weekend I suppose...</p>

<p>Anyone have any opinions? I am Interested in all the clubs, so it wouldn't help with an answer like "pick the ones your interested in". I would be equally satisfied with any combination.</p>

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<p>The military isn’t going to look at the type of organization you are involved in. They will want to see your leadership in it. So pick something you are interested in, and become a leader in the group. The name of the organization does not make a difference. </p>

<p>You don’t need a personal trainer. On the contrary, self-discipline will be very important. You can do PT with the ROTC groups, if you would like.</p>

<p>I would suggest going to a meeting of each, seeing what you like, and then making your decision.</p>

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<p>Well I am not really looking to join a club just to impress some recruiter; at the core, these clubs are the ones that interest me the most, and not how prestigious they look for the military. My problem, however, is the inability to join 8 clubs.</p>

<p>Just a simple question: in general, how much and how long to most clubs meet in a week? As I mentioned before, I don’t see most clubs involving some sort of funding meeting every weekday, i.e. skydiving and Pistol/Rifle. I could see myself doing most of these clubs if they do meet once/twice a week or so, but if they meet everyday (which I think the crew team does), it would be hard to maintain everything at once.</p>

<p>As I also said before, the personal trainer offered by the school is just a substitute for the rigorous training of the crew team, meaning that if I can not attend most of these clubs because of time constraints, the crew team would be one of the first clubs i would exclude from my list.</p>

<p>In all, I don’t care about how the military perceives the clubs, but how they are available to me, and the best/most practical combination of how many are possible. I do not even think that any branch of the military takes into account the clubs you we in, as you are not applying to get into anything, but just enlisting.</p>

<p>If anything, i will do as you say and try out every club available, and go from there. I just wanted to know the experiences other people had with any of the clubs, and if they could give me their opinions on them.</p>

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<p>I assume you would want to join a branch after you receive your degree? If so, you would not be enlisting, you would be accepting a commission, unless you did not want to serve as an officer (not recommended if you have your degree). You would be accepting a designated commission, so you would certainly know what you would be getting yourself into. </p>

<p>I would imagine that each organization has a different schedule each year besides the competitive ones, but I am not knowledgable of such things. However, if you visit this page: [Student</a> Activities | UConn](<a href=“http://studentactivities.uconn.edu/vdStuOrg/index.cfm?fuseaction=orgsearch]Student”>http://studentactivities.uconn.edu/vdStuOrg/index.cfm?fuseaction=orgsearch) and search each organization. You should be able to send an email to the group President. </p>

<p>If you are truly interested in joining the military, then doing PT with ROTC should be more than sufficient, fitness-wise.</p>