I wouldn’t be happy (former military family).
I would be okay with the Air Force and if they were an officer, but being enlisted in Army or Marines is not a great life.

OP, my sister got her MBA during her Marine service and my brother in law got his bachelors degree during his Army service.

My sister retired from the Marines. My brother in law retired from the Army. They always seemed to have good lives in the service.

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Anonymous wrote:Totally unacceptable. I'd tell them to lean in another direction, and quick. (People here disagree, I don't care, we've already had this argument and we won't change each others' minds.)

+1. If he/she is 18, I can’t stop them, but we will pay for absolutely nothing related to this, including coming off our insurance (otherwise can stay on until 26 if needed).

They will have TriCare in the military, so don't need yours.

Oh yeah, we all know how great military health insurance is.

I'm sure they are going to base their ADULT decision on your insurance specs! Good luck with that!

Marines? NO. I'd be immediately redirecting them to an Air Force recruiter.

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Anonymous wrote:Totally unacceptable. I'd tell them to lean in another direction, and quick. (People here disagree, I don't care, we've already had this argument and we won't change each others' minds.)

+1. If he/she is 18, I can’t stop them, but we will pay for absolutely nothing related to this, including coming off our insurance (otherwise can stay on until 26 if needed).

They will have TriCare in the military, so don't need yours.

Oh yeah, we all know how great military health insurance is.

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Anonymous wrote:Totally unacceptable. I'd tell them to lean in another direction, and quick. (People here disagree, I don't care, we've already had this argument and we won't change each others' minds.)

+1. If he/she is 18, I can’t stop them, but we will pay for absolutely nothing related to this, including coming off our insurance (otherwise can stay on until 26 if needed).

They will have TriCare in the military, so don't need yours.

I’d support it wholeheartedly. We are a service-oriented family full of nurses, teachers, firefighters, police officers, and military officers. The expectation for our children is that you pick a college degree and career path that serves the greater good.

Anonymous wrote:Totally unacceptable. I'd tell them to lean in another direction, and quick. (People here disagree, I don't care, we've already had this argument and we won't change each others' minds.)

+1. If he/she is 18, I can’t stop them, but we will pay for absolutely nothing related to this, including coming off our insurance (otherwise can stay on until 26 if needed).

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Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. We aren’t poor. They have other options.

You’re ignorant.

I agree.
This was the dumbest response.

Ever.

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely not. We aren’t poor. They have other options.

You’re ignorant.

I would say they aren't stupid enough and they have to do better.

Anonymous wrote:I’d fully support it but college degree and go in as an officer. Life is much harder as enlisted. I’d also push for Air Force or navy.

+1

I work at the VA, and I know many many vets who are too f**ked up to finish their degree and they squander their GI bill on a few bad semesters here and there until it’s gone. I see how even non-combat vets are chewed up and spit out. We’re not a military family and I don’t know much about how much harder it is to go this route, but I would push hard for that.

Chair Force, fine.

I’d fully support it but college degree and go in as an officer. Life is much harder as enlisted. I’d also push for Air Force or navy.