When Shavetail Beats Mustang

Consider this book your challenge – a throwing down of the gauntlet to become more than ordinary – to live a life that is worth writing about. Do you dream of doing something different in life, even for a short while? Is it your family’s expectation that you go to college, get a graduate degree, take a boring office job, get married, wither and then die? That is life for a lot of people – straight to the picket fences. Many will never know the feeling of being part of something that is more than just ordinary, the feeling that when you wake up in the morning, your life is adventure. The boring office job will always be waiting there for you. It will still be around when you are thirty or forty. What will not be around is the opportunity to be part of something exciting. If you are interested in joining one of the most privileged clubs and want to become an officer in the United States military, this book will help you navigate the steps you need to take to get there. When Shavetail Beats Mustang is written by a team of military veterans whose follow-on careers include law, management, and business. These veterans have come together to provide important information to not only get accepted to Officer Candidate School, but to set oneself up for success throughout a military career. When Shavetail Beats Mustang covers topics such as ways to become an officer, preparing for OCS, military branches and specializations, understanding how recruiters work, physical conditioning (including a 36-week exercise training plan), surviving OCS and its instructors, specialty training, your first duty station, and success in the military. Includes financial planning guidance for new officers. This book is great not only for college students joining the military, but for anyone who is interested in a fun and exciting read about the military.