You are absolutely correct. Before joined, there was one thing I knew for sure. I didnt want to go to college. Other than that, I had no idea what to do with my life. My mom made a half hearted suggestion to look into the military. It took me about three seconds to make a decision. I got out the phone book and looked up the recruiting station, then drove there and enlisted in the Army. That was one of the best decisions I made. I learned a lifestyle that I loved and thrived in. I love the Army so much, that I gave up a six figure income to come back in after a 13 year break. I took a HUGE pay cut and had to make some changes in my lifestyle, but I dont regret coming back in. I will retire in nine months and will receive a lot of benefits. Retirement check for the rest of my life, very inexpensive medical and dental insurance through the armys Tri-Care for Life program, VA home loans, veterans preference for certain jobs, the list goes on. I got my BS IT for free while in, and the Army will pay for over half of my M ED degree before I retire, so I wont have to take out much in pell grants and student loans. Most everyone I have met who is either currently serving or has previously served totally love the time they spent in the military. Its a hard job to say the least, but its rewarding in so many ways.
> On Nov 7, 2014, at 11:03 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Meh, you hear mostly the bad.....but the majority of US veterans had an > extremely positive experience during and after their service. I've heard > numerous people tell me that the military literally saved their lives. For > many people it is the sole source of learned discipline and maturity in > their lives. Yeah, there are some problems, some big problems......but > discipline, respect, service, responsibility, self respect, > accountability...these are still extremely valuable attributes that are > demanded of our servicemen. > > You could do a lot worse. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:372905 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
