[vetvetdoug]

I owe the US my life. After leaving active duty I went into the NG and the GI Bill and the NG paid for seven years of college. Not only did I get the GI Bill, the monthly payments for the NG helped immensely. I also earned two $5000 NG Tennessee Scholarships in three years. I was willing to work but many of my peers would not consider the military because of the post Viet Nam stigma and the Jimmy Carter Presidency.

[xzins]

it’s amazing how many will not consider the military. They work to get these insignificant scholarships of $500 or a $1000 bucks when the military allows troops to earn college opportunity as deferred pay that amounts to full tuition, books, supplies, and living allowance.

And while you’re in the military they pay you, clothe you, feed you, and train you in a job skill.

It’s not a bad deal. The problem many think is “going to war.”

I disagree. I think the problem with most is “rejection of any kind of discipline in their lives.”