Roni Meikle ⋅ New York, NY Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ⋅ 16 years experience

First, thank you for your service. A less direct route may be working for a state regulator in the securities or banking arena. FINRA also hires analysts in regulating the securities markets. The skills you'll learn in those positions are readily transferable to federal criminal investigations.

Tom Cal, CFA ⋅ San Francisco, CA Army Veteran, Investment Manager ⋅ 25 years experience

Luke,
Are you eligible for the GI Bill?
Have you considered attending college full time?
http://www.umt.edu/veterans/
http://www.montana.edu/veteran/

Yvonne Ibelli ⋅ Valhalla, NY ⋅ 7 years experience

Luke,

Below is a link for veteran services in M.T. that might be helpful. Also, if you email me your resume I will gladly take a look at it and make suggestions.

http://wsd.dli.mt.gov/veterans/vet1.asp

Regards,
Yvonne
yvonneib@hotmail.com

Morgan Lerette ⋅ Glendale, AZ AAA ⋅ 6 years experience

Hello Luke,

Your first step is to get your degree. It is very difficult to break into the federal law enforcement agencies without one. Interestingly enough, it has been my experience that a degree in accounting will get you further than one in criminal justice. You can teach a number cruncher how to conduct investigations but you can't teach a criminal justice major how to do accounting. It makes you more versatile.

Morgan