Re: Advise urgently needed---SRT or K9?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: dohnuts58</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have wanted to both for years, since day 1. Tomorrow at 6 am, the indoc starts for SRT, at 930 is the board for K9. Obviously I can't do both, the question is do I do SRT and shoot and go to the gym all the time, or K9 and play with dogs and go to the gym all the time? Both will look good on my record, should I leave the Corps. <span style="color: #FF0000">K9 I would be nationally certified and can get a job as a handler</span>, SRT i would have to do some time on the road before applying to the team. I am at an impasse on what to do. Please advise </div></div>
I'm going to assume that when you say "get a job as a handler" you mean with getting a job with a law enforcement agency. If that's the case, I don't think there is any department in the nation that puts their officers in specialized units right off the bats. New officers generally have to do anywhere between 2-15 years of patrol before being considered for specialized units. Up here in the northeast the standard is about 5 years patrol.
That being said, me personally, I would do K9. Those guys get the best of both worlds. On top of having a trained dog (all expenses paid for) all of our K9 guys train with on the tactical aspect of the job. They're trained in special weapons, attend all of the swat schools and they supplement us on entries (raids/callouts).
If you go K9, you'll be doing a lot more while you're in the military as opposed if you were on the SRT. I can't remember too many times when the SRT at 29 Stumps was activated but I remember seeing the dogs all the time.
