A couple of my friends got me interested in joining the reserves. I'm not going to lie, I missed parts of the military. But don't get me wrong, I'm not joining the Marine Corps ever again. Been there, done that.
During my research of the different branches of reserves, I started stumbling into curiouser and curiouser information pertaining to them. I almost sold myself due to the fact that a recruiter I talked to was willing to give me a $20,000 signing bonus and a bunch of other jazz to join the Air Force and Navy reserve. But a funny thing happened when I was reading up on some Navy ratings (jobs). I found this program called the Baccalaureate Degree Completion Program. Basically what this is is a program that literally pays you (anywhere from $2,000 - $4,000 a month) to go to college full-time while maintaining a gpa of >2.7 (a joke, I know right?). So from the start I was pretty intrigued as you can imagine. Using this program, I'd be able to graduate with a BS two years faster than I would be with my current situation.
The more I looked into this, the more stuff I found, especially after I milked some more information out of an officer recruiter. I found that you can have your salary stipulated in your contract to reflect the following: $50,000 base pay for the first two years, $60,000 after two years, $80,000 after 4 years.
Basically what this is saying is, after my first 4 year enlistment contract is up, I could renegotiate a new contract based off of my old one stating that after my fourth year as an officer in the Navy (the branch I would join, fuck the Army and Air Fags =P), I would be entitled to a base salary of $80,000. Excuse me while I think that is a completely insane figure. Doctors don't get get paid that much within such a short period of time, but this recruiter was more than willing to get me to sign the dotted line asap.
Toss in the fact that I'd receive a $20,000 sign on bonus as well (payable once I completed my job training), free medical benefits, 30 days of paid leave (vacation), housing allowance, more tuition assistance via the Montgomery G.I. Bill and some other program that helps you complete your masters, and you've got the makings of one insane career. I did the math myself, and I could easily be making over $100k after 10-15 years. And in another 5-10, I could be retired with a full pension and retirement plan, along with all of the other benefits I could reap from the VA.
With all this in mind, should I do it? Better yet, would you?
edit: I just realized this rant sounded pretty Dave-esque, but whatever, it's an interesting discussion.
During my research of the different branches of reserves, I started stumbling into curiouser and curiouser information pertaining to them. I almost sold myself due to the fact that a recruiter I talked to was willing to give me a $20,000 signing bonus and a bunch of other jazz to join the Air Force and Navy reserve. But a funny thing happened when I was reading up on some Navy ratings (jobs). I found this program called the Baccalaureate Degree Completion Program. Basically what this is is a program that literally pays you (anywhere from $2,000 - $4,000 a month) to go to college full-time while maintaining a gpa of >2.7 (a joke, I know right?). So from the start I was pretty intrigued as you can imagine. Using this program, I'd be able to graduate with a BS two years faster than I would be with my current situation.
The more I looked into this, the more stuff I found, especially after I milked some more information out of an officer recruiter. I found that you can have your salary stipulated in your contract to reflect the following: $50,000 base pay for the first two years, $60,000 after two years, $80,000 after 4 years.
Basically what this is saying is, after my first 4 year enlistment contract is up, I could renegotiate a new contract based off of my old one stating that after my fourth year as an officer in the Navy (the branch I would join, fuck the Army and Air Fags =P), I would be entitled to a base salary of $80,000. Excuse me while I think that is a completely insane figure. Doctors don't get get paid that much within such a short period of time, but this recruiter was more than willing to get me to sign the dotted line asap.
Toss in the fact that I'd receive a $20,000 sign on bonus as well (payable once I completed my job training), free medical benefits, 30 days of paid leave (vacation), housing allowance, more tuition assistance via the Montgomery G.I. Bill and some other program that helps you complete your masters, and you've got the makings of one insane career. I did the math myself, and I could easily be making over $100k after 10-15 years. And in another 5-10, I could be retired with a full pension and retirement plan, along with all of the other benefits I could reap from the VA.
With all this in mind, should I do it? Better yet, would you?
edit: I just realized this rant sounded pretty Dave-esque, but whatever, it's an interesting discussion.
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