# Will joining the National Guard help my son with a computer networking career?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-joining-the-national-guard-help-my-son-with-a-computer-networking-career/924208>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 29, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-joining-the-national-guard-help-my-son-with-a-computer-networking-career/924208 "2020-10-29T13:32:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-joining-the-national-guard-help-my-son-with-a-computer-networking-career/924208/21 "2020-10-30T22:09:58Z")

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> [@solost](#):
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> . He might just change his mind in a couple weeks and decide on going for an Associates degree.

In which case National Guard would _still_ be good for him if it got him a security clearance. Security clearance opens up a whole new career path for computer networking people. And it’s so much easier when you’re young (and don’t have a bunch of travel and jobs and change of address stuff to remember and document).

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