Visisting a recruiter.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

Full time active duty, but I am not enrolled in school at the moment.

So you're planning to be enlisted or have you graduated (sorry I can't remember)?

If you haven't finished school ask about the Green to Gold program, and also education benefits you can use at local universities where you may be stationed or for correspondence. I worked at a school bookstore and a huge part of my job was sending textbooks for correspondence classes to people in hot sandy areas. My sister did reserve to pay for school, including a graduate degree, so it is worth asking about even if you're active duty. Since you've attended college definitely ask if your credits will apply for anything, especially rank increases, or different jobs.

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

So you're planning to be enlisted or have you graduated (sorry I can't remember)?

If you haven't finished school ask about the Green to Gold program, and also education benefits you can use at local universities where you may be stationed or for correspondence. I worked at a school bookstore and a huge part of my job was sending textbooks for correspondence classes to people in hot sandy areas. My sister did reserve to pay for school, including a graduate degree, so it is worth asking about even if you're active duty. Since you've attended college definitely ask if your credits will apply for anything, especially rank increases, or different jobs.

Enlisted. thanks for the advice. Asking about education didn't occur to me.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

Enlisted. thanks for the advice. Asking about education didn't occur to me.

No worries, being enlisted they have different education benefits than for officers so it is worth getting information about and using as a benefit. Some of the coolest people I met in college were prior enlisted members doing ROTC and were older so were serious students with life experience. Those are the people I wanted to do group projects with because they had their act together and knew about team work and wanted grades for scholarships or other things.

Speaking of ROTC, if you want to be in the military but also want to finish school, have you talked to any of the branches or departments at your school or another one? It might not hurt and you'd get the same result but as an officer and a finished degree. I know some schools do not have their own Battalion so they share with another school (Idaho has all branches of ROTC, and students from Lewis and Clark State College participate here as their school doesn't have ROTC). This is some info on Green to Gold, obviously the program could change but it gives you a general idea http://www.armyrotc.uidaho.edu/default.aspx?pid=78188

[moe.ron]

From what my friends told me, get everything they promised in writing.

[amanda6035]

cosign getting it in writing. Especially if it pertains to duty stations. In the navy, they wouldnt schedule you for permantnet duty station order until after you ere done with basic and trainin schools.