Thread: life advice please

i choose B.


get out and be broke for a few years and see what happens. It is impossible to know where your life will take you if someone else (in this case the millitary) is calling all the shots. For the next 15 years you will be owned by the government. They say move, you move, etc....At least if you get out you have the chance to be your own person and explore your opportunities. How do you know you will be broke? Lots of people go to school and work jobs. At least you have some money to pay for school.

good luck with your decision.

I'd say go to college and suffer for a few years. In the long run it will be more financially rewarding.

Depends, I hated the military life so I bailed as soon as possible. It was easy work for measily pay and I could have gone far, I got accelerated advancment for graduating top of my class and could run circles around the e-5's/6's in my division with my computer knowledge. I got out and did college, I worked full-time as well so I didn't hurt too bad financially.

yeah, I guess I could take a shot at it. I'll try and work fulltime but I plan on taking 21 credits per sememster so i'm definatley not going to have a lot of time on my hands. I already have about 25 credit but they are in Security and itelligence so they won't crossover. Thanks guys

reserve?

Originally Posted by Tier

reserve?

I may stay in the reserves just for the extra money and the full tuition assistance. In the Coast Guard the reservist just go home after their 8hr shift in most cases so that's not too bad.

Stay in, by 38 you can retire and start a new career plus have a pension the entire time.....now that would be nice.

Can you even get a bacehlor's degree for $48k any more?

Get out and go to school full-time...

Move somewhere where there is nothing to do, and stick it to your school-work!

Graduate...

Then pic somewhere nice to move (like Hawaii) and find a job there.

I'm going to get out, I need a change. Looking at some these people who stay in 20+ yrs, they look old and are mostly disgruntled and hate their lives. I don't want to end up like that. Doing this stuff for this long has already put some years on me and I just don't want it anymore I guess you could say. The retirement isn't very good anyways and they are starting to raise costs for healthcare and take a lot of things away from retiries. I am positive I will be sucessfull in whatever I choose to do now, for that I do thank the Military. It's time to go though.

thanks for all your input


Joe