Chances are you would lose them anyhow. Moreover they are still available for the individual ready reserve. It they get called back after attending university or college then the army wins - better educated soldiers are better soldiers, that's what all the research since the Stoffler study from WW2 has shown.
Besides something like an enhanced GI Bill would result in more soldiers staying in to qualify, and more importantly more would be likely to stay on well beyond any obligation. >if more people choose to leave service earlier to take the benefits, hurting >overall retention - and by extension military strength - it hurts the people >who choose to stay in military service. that's no different than saying only >people with at least 20 years of service get pensions, for instance. why >would you offer pensions to people who only served 8 years? you wouldn't. > >On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Dana wrote: > >> ooo >> >> please explain how educational benefits would cut someone off at the >> knees?? >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:260816 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
