He 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 hel

He 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.