<p>What college majors will be the most useful for someone in the special forces of the Army, Navy, or the Marines? Do not hesitate to bring up majors not offered at Annapolis.</p>
<p>Majors really do not matter. Taking languages such as arabic may be useful however the screening process for Navy specwar and specops is the main determining factor. In order to become a member of Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC) you will have to do a FMF tour before you can try out, as long as your monitor lets you.</p>
<p>For Navy, if you plan to be an officer, you may want to stay with a technical major so you can qualify for a scholarship. Many of their scholarships are for engineering majors but that doesn’t lock you into Nuke or Surface Warfare…remember it’s good to know the physics and chemistry behind an explosion or the air used in your dive or HALO tanks. :D</p>
<p>S just commissioned last month through NROTC. He got a specops slot.<br>
His degree is not in a tech. major. He got his scholarship before NROTC went to the 85% tech majors req. for scholarships. From his description of the screening process for specops, I didn’t get the impression that his major even mattered. Great grades, yes but major was not an issue. Top notch physical conditioning is extremely important too.</p>
<p>True, PackMom…I considered making a smart@$$ reply and say Phys Ed would be the best major. 
Congrats to you son, that’s terrific!</p>
<p>Don’t worry about a “which major will make you look the best”; the only one that does so is the one that you enjoy studying.</p>
<p>Hey Centh, me too. :D</p>
<p>I was thinking pre-vet. After all, it is training seals, isn’t it? 
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<p>Stuck in junior high adolescence mode … 
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<p>Thanks, Centh. A PE degree might have come in handy,lol. S trains intensively every day.</p>
<p>I suspect this is more about mental toughness, once one attains a high level of fitness. That’s the “easy” part. Emphasis on the " " marks! :eek:</p>
<p>In which case, English lit, astro physics, Greek, or philosophy might have offered those mental mountains for me …</p>
<p>I was thinking military technologies which is obvious why but as far as I’ve seen the only good colleges that offer it is USMA and USAFA. I am going for both Annapolis and West Point by the way. I’m just looking for useful majors in my safety colleges. One I loked at is Emergency Medical Technology/Tech. (Paramedic).</p>
<p>just so you know most special forces (which means green beret) that come out of west point do not major in military science i asked about that when i went, basically no degree is going to help you or hurt you because they are going to teach it to you their way if and when you can make it that far into their respective training programs</p>
<p>Of ancillary note, most USNA USMC commissioned 2nd LTs. are non-tech grads.</p>
<p>Just attended S’s Joint Commissioning ceremony (all branches of ROTC) at his college last month. The majors ran the gamut from English Literature, Spanish Education, Psychology,Criminology,to physics and engineering. S majored in Natural Resource Management. The tech majors were a small fraction of the total.</p>
<p>Of the Navy/Marines that commissioned, two are going avaition, two are headed to nuc. sch/subs, one headed to the fleet and two (S and his roommate) going specops (eod).</p>
<p>I asked a senior SEAL officer what he thought. His answer was since grade point average is starting to figure into SEAL selection out of the Academy, then the recommended major would be the one where you can do the best and get the highest grades.</p>
<p>packmom,</p>
<p>were you at the A&M commissioning?</p>
<p>The young man who was (I have been told by his friends) the #1 SEAL candidate from the class of 2009 spent a lot of time in our home this year. He is an engineering major, but recognizes that he will probably never be asked to use his degree.</p>
<p>One day a plebe and his family who were visiting asked his advice on making it to BUDS from USNA. The young man told him that grades were a factor, overall fitness is of course important, and finding opportunities to lead while at USNA were crucial. If you are on a team, work hard so that you do not get cut from the team. Although he did not participate in any varsity sports, he was the president of two extra-curricular activities (one a physical activity, the other religious) and he looked for leadership opportunities whenever possible. He expressed frustration with people who participated in the SEAL screener, but who quit at the first sign of pain or adversity. His point? Lots of people say they want to be SEALs, but do not recognize the small decisions that will determine whether or not they achieve that goal. He advised the plebe to decide what it is that he wants and to refuse to quit, even when it hurts. Probably good advice for all of us.</p>
<p>Good luck to you!</p>
<p>No,zanerdude09,never been to TX.</p>