Originally Posted by erehwon

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.