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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP here again. This thread makes me very concerned. First there is nothing wrong with being enlisted. My father was a career Navy Chief who retired at 37 and had a whole other civilian career and we all had great memories of living overseas and in cool places like San Diego. I was enlisted before college. Then got out and went to college. Then joined again as an officer. Then went to law school at night on my own nickel with only some tuition assistance. Now I'm counsel at a national law form with some great stories to tell my colleagues.

So I think people can make of it whatever they want. The military certainly gave me a world view and perspective that my more sheltered colleagues don't have. [/quote]

You were very fortunate to have the opportunities you did to get in, get out to get your education and become an officer.  Not everyone can afford to do that or has the opportunities so by the time they do get their degree as an enlisted, they are too old to become officers or the military finds a way to block them for wha ever reason.  My husband would have loved to do what you had done but it wasn't a luxury he had.  He didn't get his degree till the same month he retired (at 38) and it took him many years to do that.  Fortunately, he did well after that.  Many of his enlisted friends who could not due to family or other obligations could not and they are struggling with basic jobs now as their enlisted skills do not translate to the civilian world (my husband's would not have).  Because the GI bill was not available when my husband went in, he did not have as much assistance as most do finacially.  And, my husband did get to go to all the cool places you are talking about.[/quote]

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