<p>it is understood that there are no enlisted DR’s in the military. The OP was asking about a career in the military. maybe as a DR or maybe as an engineer. a very interesting Gentleman use to coach my youth soccer team. He was an Air force Major at the time and was working as an engineer. I was not use to seeing Officers growing up so we asked him a lot of questions (and some of the Lts and Capts that would come and help him out). When he first started he enlisted and while he was enlisted he got his engineering degree and then went to some sort of officer school (I think it was OCS)…but that was just one example of a path that was giving him a “military career” as an engineer. I remember he had to move to a new area because he got promoted to become a Lt Colonel. … there are many ways to have a military career…
but as one post mentioned …no matter what its always hard to become a Doctor no matter where you are.</p>