Kind of torn on what to do, employment

[BMCSean]

GI Bill and get your degree!!!!!

[HarrisonTX]

Gi bill pays man.

I can put you to work on monday doing electrical work if you'd like.

[akfodysvn]

Use the GI Bill and punch yourself in the dick for "Car Salesman" being your first thought on employment.

This literally made me crack up in our quarters. Great advice. Dont assume you need a 4yr degree either. Its just as good for vocational/tech careers too. Pursue something you love and could do forever... Like being a fireman!!

My benefits got me through medic school, the BAH is fucking awesome. Use it before you lose it. Chances are if you dont get enrolled soon after discharge you wont ever use that free money.

[Forever_frost]

Yup.. my GI Bill was Pre 9/11 and I still feel like an idiot for not getting the most out of it. Post 9/11 is a killer deal compared to what I had.

Tell me about it. The majority of my degree was under the GI bill which wasn't bad but then the Post 9/11? Holy shit. 1500 a month to go to school

[matts5.0]

College, then oilfield, or just go straight to the oil patch. Make that money whiles it's there.

[Pokulski-Blatz]

Long story short, after honorably serving, I got out of the military last week for good.

Sounds like a possible General discharge to me. All of you guys suggesting that he use his GI bill, he may not be able to. The military is chaptering people out right now for anything and everything, dude might have got caught up in that.

[jw33]

Tell me about it. The majority of my degree was under the GI bill which wasn't bad but then the Post 9/11? Holy shit. 1500 a month to go to school

That's about the same amount that my buddy was telling me he was pulling per month. $16xx if I remember right. And that is after they pick up the tab for school. Unless you have wife/kids, and in some cases even if you do, you would have to be a total dipshit not to take that deal and just be a full time student for a few years.

[BP]

Sounds like a possible General discharge to me. All of you guys suggesting that he use his GI bill, he may not be able to. The military is chaptering people out right now for anything and everything, dude might have got caught up in that.

The Hazelwood act still applies if you are seperated or generally discharged under honorable conditions. Then again it depends on your circumstances and it only applies to Texans.

[D. Lil]

You pretty much have to be court martialed to get anything other than an honorable.

[Z06killinsbf]

USE THE POST 9/11 GI BILL!!!!!

I'm using it now and the pay offs are great. Also, you can still use FAFSA as well since you paid for the GI BILL. Get a part time job and go to school full time (3-4 classes a regular semester). It's easy compared to military schedules.

[HarrisonTX]

USE THE POST 9/11 GI BILL!!!!!

I'm using it now and the pay offs are great. Also, you can still use FAFSA as well since you paid for the GI BILL. Get a part time job and go to school full time (3-4 classes a regular semester). It's easy compared to military schedules.

The post 9/11 isn't always better than chapter 30. In certain circumstances the chapter 30 is more beneficial.

[Sean88gt]

Just wear your uniform into a bar, enjoy free drinks and food, no need for a job.

[SMKR]

This.

Long hours in the oilfields equals big $$$$$.

Also means big taxes, I'd recommend not working over 100*hours a week, that's when the real ass rapage on taxes begins. My 130 hour checks were close to my 101-103 hour checks...

[Pokulski-Blatz]

You pretty much have to be court martialed to get anything other than an honorable.

You don't know what you are talking about.

[Pokulski-Blatz]

The Hazelwood act still applies if you are seperated or generally discharged under honorable conditions. Then again it depends on your circumstances and it only applies to Texans.

Correct.