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Oh, I didn't even think about the fact that they might pay down his loan debt. I just thought that the military might give him a steady paycheck (and some appar
by hugh3 16y ago
Oh, I didn't even think about the fact that they might pay down his loan debt. I just thought that the military might give him a steady paycheck (and some apparently much-needed discipline while he's at it).
Also, your friend decided to get discharged because they offered him a much better and more lucrative job as an officer rather than as an enlisted grunt + $60K bonus?
- bartonfink 16y agoHe enlisted for personal reasons, not for monetary reasons. He was looking for a challenge, and thought that enlisting and kicking ass in the military would help him get that. Money was never an issue - he will make plenty of money. He left in the middle of a full-ride to law school, and when he left he was top of his class. The second person on the curve had something like a 65% average. He wound up getting the same scholarship back and is now putting up similar numbers. He's going to be fine monetarily speaking.
- Retric 16y agoOfficer pay is crap. An O1 makes 15k more than an E1 for the first 2 years. And someone that can become an officer should hit E-4 within 2 years at which point the gap is around 800$ a month. Considering the time it takes to become an officer it would probably take him 7+ years to make up that 60K bonus. PS: An O3 with 10 years exp is making less than 70k / year.