[Freedom4US]

The .mil offers many young people both a marketable trade and congress approved programs to pay off student loans. Not everyone in the military is a combat soldier, there are mechanics and medical personnel, clerks and clergy, cooks and contractor types, legal beagles, the list is endless. It helped me get on my feet (in more ways than one!) and focus priorities. Paid off all my student loans and credit card debt, automobile loan, etc. Veterans make great civilian employees after their stint is up typically too.

[texgal]

He tried to get into the military earlier in the year. The Army recruiter was so overwhelmed with applicants who had college degrees they did not even want to talk to him. They told him they had more than they could handle at the time and to call back later. Mike has a GED and was working on obtaining a degree in junior college. His grades were not the best and he is ADDHD which sometimes makes his behaviour a bit different than others who do not have this.

Perhaps this is something he should try again. Thanks for the information.