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lincpimp · 01.19.2009, 07:40 PM

Sounds like we have a lot of guys here who are for the military...

Not that I am against it, but I have a feeling that some angles to your querry were not addressed.

How good of a student are you? Are you dumb as a box of rocks, or do you ace every test? Have you taken any of the SAT or ACT tests? Do you qualify for TOPS, or whatever it is called these days? Depending on your grades and social situation you can get all sorts of grants, scolarships and other assistance. Student loans are for the dummies that can't work the system, financial aid is there and quite a bit of it is free/no need to pay back.

I did good in HS, graduated with a 3.85 gpa, 30 on the act and got a 99 on the asvab. I had some really high ranking officers (3 of them) come to the school and specifically talk to me. They wanted me to be an air traffic controller, said it was the highest paying job they could offer me... Sounded good, but I had a free ride to college, room and board paid to (cause of the grades, and some slick essay I wrote)...

Point of all that is that college was not for me, so I dropped out, bought my dad's business and make it happen (life) every day. A good buddy of mine was in ROTC in HS, did the rotc thing in college (all paid for) and was the leader of the training platoon at ft polk in northern LA. He is in iraq right now, doing some sort of special ops training thing with a bunch of special forces guys. From what he said it was the best deal for being deployed, only about 4 months and not on the front lines. He is a smart guy (but he had the cheating wife issue) and a great friend. Hope he makes it home safely. He decided to make a carreer out of the army and then plans to get into the fbi or something like that. From what I can tell there are alot of oportunities with other branches of the government for retired armed forces guys.

All I can say is explore all of your possiblities before you do anything. The armed forces look like a great way to get some real world experience, learn some humility, and make friends/colleagues that will help you thru life. As long as you take it seriously (this is the hard part) you will learn alot.

The armed forces was not for me (gimpy from car accidents) and neither was college (too many stupid teachers on power trips). So I work for a living, but I call the shots so I guess that I have it made...

Best of luck, and I am sure that nobody goes into the armed forces expecting to get shot...

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lincpimp Check out my huge box! Offline Posts: 11,935 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Slidell, LA	01.19.2009, 07:40 PM Sounds like we have a lot of guys here who are for the military... Not that I am against it, but I have a feeling that some angles to your querry were not addressed. How good of a student are you? Are you dumb as a box of rocks, or do you ace every test? Have you taken any of the SAT or ACT tests? Do you qualify for TOPS, or whatever it is called these days? Depending on your grades and social situation you can get all sorts of grants, scolarships and other assistance. Student loans are for the dummies that can't work the system, financial aid is there and quite a bit of it is free/no need to pay back. I did good in HS, graduated with a 3.85 gpa, 30 on the act and got a 99 on the asvab. I had some really high ranking officers (3 of them) come to the school and specifically talk to me. They wanted me to be an air traffic controller, said it was the highest paying job they could offer me... Sounded good, but I had a free ride to college, room and board paid to (cause of the grades, and some slick essay I wrote)... Point of all that is that college was not for me, so I dropped out, bought my dad's business and make it happen (life) every day. A good buddy of mine was in ROTC in HS, did the rotc thing in college (all paid for) and was the leader of the training platoon at ft polk in northern LA. He is in iraq right now, doing some sort of special ops training thing with a bunch of special forces guys. From what he said it was the best deal for being deployed, only about 4 months and not on the front lines. He is a smart guy (but he had the cheating wife issue) and a great friend. Hope he makes it home safely. He decided to make a carreer out of the army and then plans to get into the fbi or something like that. From what I can tell there are alot of oportunities with other branches of the government for retired armed forces guys. All I can say is explore all of your possiblities before you do anything. The armed forces look like a great way to get some real world experience, learn some humility, and make friends/colleagues that will help you thru life. As long as you take it seriously (this is the hard part) you will learn alot. The armed forces was not for me (gimpy from car accidents) and neither was college (too many stupid teachers on power trips). So I work for a living, but I call the shots so I guess that I have it made... Best of luck, and I am sure that nobody goes into the armed forces expecting to get shot... Alot of Savage parts for sale!!!