Thinking about bailing
I’m 31 years old and have been in law enforcement for a little over 12 years. I’ve worked narcotics, undercover assignments, served as a tactical medic on a warrant team, and spent a little over four years as both a supervisor and field training officer training the new guys.
At this point, I’m honestly getting burned out with law enforcement and have been seriously considering a very late career change. One option I keep coming back to is finding a job at sea, possibly starting out as a deckhand on a tug, the merchant marine, oil rig work or something along those lines. I’m curious whether it would be a realistic career change at my age and if it’d be worth it in the long run.
Working at sea was actually something I considered when I was younger before I became an officer. I’ve always loved the ocean and I grew up listening to my old mans stories about his time at sea. I originally thought about pursuing a maritime career myself, but I ended up going into law enforcement somewhat on impulse and have been doing it ever since.
Now that I’m 31 and seriously thinking about leaving law enforcement, I’ve found myself coming back to the idea of working at sea. I’m just trying to figure out whether it’s still a realistic path for me and if so, whether it would be worth pursuing. What all would I need to get done to properly transition and ease into the work.