Re: Thinking about joining the US army
The GI Bill, By the way, is absolutely awesome. I underwent an accelerated college program, so I had to take on some student loans, but all in all my education is pretty much paid for. My Associates came at no out of pocket cost, My Bachelors is where I picked up the first of my student loans, and I am back to no cost with my MBA. All of that and I'll still have another $11k to put towards the PhD. So far, being active duty alone has gotten me $13,500 in college paid for just in TA in addition to the almost $40,000 of the GI Bill. The total cost of my full civilian education to PhD is around $90,000. The military will have paid for $53,500 of it by the time I'm done. Hopefully, I can get into another public service job that pays tuition before I start the PhD and they can pay for even more of it!
Joining the Military:
Best... decision... evar. :2thumbsup:
Re: Thinking about joining the US army
The French Foreign Legion has such appeal from its name. Too bad that you'll never win a fight in your life after you decide to join.