Is taking a Navy gap year stupid in my situation
Hi all, I'm currently a first year electrical engineering student at UNSW and have recently become interested in the Defense University Sponsorship (DUS) scheme.
I'm aware that it's a massive commitment and I'm not fully sure whether military life would suit me in the long term or if I would have second thoughts later down the line. Because of this I was thinking about doing the Navy Electronics Engineer Gap Year to try and get a better understanding of what I would be committing to through DUS.
However, this idea has recieved mixed opinions from friends and family who think that the gap year is not worth delaying graduation by a year and that i should either commit to DUS or stay on the civilian path of engineering.
I'd really appreciate advice from people who have done the ADF gap year program or who have gone through the DUS pathway, primarily on whether the gap year is a good way to understand Navy engineering life and whether you think it would help provide clarity to the DUS path.