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Mikeyboy · February 16, 2006, 03:07 PM

Capt Charlie trust me I was in this guys position in the early 90's, I chose to go to college and get a Criminal Justice degree over going into the military. When I graduated a lot of guys were coming back from the 1st Gulf war and it was tough. Most LE written exams are kind of easy (to weed out the stupid), so if you ace it you got a 100, but combat vets got 110s, it is hard to compete with that. I totally agree with you that Vets make good cops. Most of my LE friends are Gulf War vets. It is just these wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are creating a lot of guys that can put "combat vet" on their resume.

February 16, 2006, 03:07 PM	#21
Mikeyboy Senior Member Join Date: October 31, 2005 Posts: 1,231	Capt Charlie trust me I was in this guys position in the early 90's, I chose to go to college and get a Criminal Justice degree over going into the military. When I graduated a lot of guys were coming back from the 1st Gulf war and it was tough. Most LE written exams are kind of easy (to weed out the stupid), so if you ace it you got a 100, but combat vets got 110s, it is hard to compete with that. I totally agree with you that Vets make good cops. Most of my LE friends are Gulf War vets. It is just these wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are creating a lot of guys that can put "combat vet" on their resume.