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Originally Posted by Mogulman
As a person with previous military experience, I HIGHLY recommend that they do not enlist straight into any branch of the military. Send his ass to college and enroll in one of the branches' ROTC programs. They'll pay for all of his tuition, books, and housing. He won't have to worry about a thing.
Plus, its 'easy' street, if there ever was one in the military. The ROTC is officer training, rather than being a grunt. Its a different training regiment and he'll enter the military with higher ranking and pay. Its definitely the path to take with any military duty imo.:
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OK, from someone that contracted with various branches of the U.S. Military, Mogulman is right on the money. If you son went the with ROTC program, Uncle Sam pays the all the college bills as long as your son can cut a C average. After that, he's looking at a couple years hitch which as an officer would leave him with a college education, a LT commission, management experience, and plenty of job prospects if he considered a move to the private sector.
If I could go back in time, I would have gone this route, the Navy has plenty more opportunities than most of the other branches, its also one of the safer routes, The U.S. Army/National Guard/Reserves are missing their recruitment goals for reasons that should be obvious to the untrained eye.
I also know a number of friends and associates that got a raw deal just going in as an enlisted member, please reinforce to your son that the opportunities are much greater with being an officer than the low man on the totem pole.