Is military enlisted a meme? I wanted to go back to college but of course a poor fag cant afford to pay for it...

Is military enlisted a meme? I wanted to go back to college but of course a poor fag cant afford to pay for it. People been saying you received free education if you're enlisted. Some also say its a meme and waste of time. So what is it?

I did 4 years active duty in the AF, got out and now I'm in college to be a CPA. It's not meme. With disability and BAH from the GI Bill I make more than I did when I was in. If you can deal with 4 years of nonsense, you'll be set for life afterwards.

IF you make the right choices.

Is it possible to study for your degree while enlisting in AF?

It's better to join the workforce and develop civilian skillets, IMO.

Some military skills don't translate well.

Yes, depending on your job you'll have plenty of time for outside studying. If you know the AF has the job or a similar job you want to do on the outside do that. Too many people join the military to do badass stuff, which is fine. But there aren't any civilian tank gunners or infantrymen.

Use the military to set yourself up for civilian life after you're out.

You should choose your branch based on the jobs you want when you get out. If you want to go to college, Air Force is likely the best route. I wish I would have done military when I got out of high school. I would've had a blast doing it.

garage owner here.
a lot of ex-GIs end up as mechanics, I prefer to hire them because they know how to work hard without complaining or telling me how they should do their job.

but I will say that they end up fucked in the head in a lot of cases. there is a guy on my payroll right now who I don't let operate the tire machine because the sound of the tire popping seems to make him go all quiet for a few hours. he also doesn't like air tools. another guy still wears his dog tag on his boots and moves it over when he gets a new pair. another guy is 32 and still doesn't know how to drink in moderation. he isn't an alcoholic but whenever he does drink he drinks far too much. many such stories.

I have only known a couple out of maybe 2 dozen vets who don't have anything strange about them.

long story short don't come out fucked up in the head. oh and the pay is just shit.

It depends on what job you get, I suppose. The military is a huge commitment. In my opinion, there's a path of least resistance to get to where you want to be, and for most people it probably doesn't HAVE to involve signing away 4 years of your freedom to Uncle Sam, but maybe for a lot of people, it is the best option.

For instance, say you wanted to work in IT, and you're starting from square one-- 18 years old, no money, no experience etc. The military route, you would sign up for 4-6 years of active duty, go through bootcamp, get some training where they might go over a couple of certification programs with you, then stick you in a squad doing basic IT shit for the rest of your enlistment making near minimum wage. When you get out, you could go into helpdesk or if your skills are good enough, maybe be an admin, or you could go back to school and get your degree for free and go from there.

It's not a bad deal, but there might be a less painful way of becoming a sys admin if that's what you want to do. If you stayed civilian, it would take you maybe a year to get your A+, Net+, CCENT/CCNA certifications and maybe even a couple more certs, and that's from the comfort of your parent's house if that's where you live at 18, plus maybe working at a casual part-time job to pay some bills. You could immediately enter the workforce and gain RELEVANT experience right off the bat, without having to worry about getting deployed or stressing out about military fuck-fuck games. It wouldn't be too hard to pick up a 2 year degree and continue off that path.

But that's just IT, it's sort of an outlier. But I can't really think of any other military job that would transfer over as good-- Air Force has some medical jobs but those are very hard to come by these days, I just spoke with a recruiter last week and he said that. Besides that, the only real benefit to the military to me is the GI bill and stable pay. Is it worth 4 years? Up to you.

What could that guy have possibly done?

I've posted before in other threads, but I'm going in as enlisted for the navy nuke program. You have to score >80ish on your asvab and it is a 6 year commitment +2year in reserves. Pay is 35-65k throughout the promotion scheme I'd estimate plus I get a 12k enlistment bonus upon completing school and start as an e3 in bootcamp. They will work me like a slave during my 2 years of school and even worse when I'm in a submarine doing 18-24 hour days sometimes. I'm doing it to challenge myself and afterwards there are many good 6 figure jobs for navy nukes. I have a college degree in finance from a private school but didn't take enough math and physics to qualify for the officer program. I fucked up and didn't network and quit my first job at a financial call center because it sucked balls. This will allow me to get into a technical job in a different field and turn me into a workhorse. I would do air force or OCS program in another branch if I didn't want to be a nuke.