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S-jax39
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| JDLefebvre wrote: | | S-jax39 wrote: | Just wanted to ask you guys a couple of questions. Dads a huge military guy, asked me how i felt about signing up and getting them to help me with college. I have plans to go to college, but right now I was looking for a job to save up money to help me pay for it. I have a little bit of money in scholarships.
How much do they help you?
What do you get to do during your free time on base?
How much free time do you have?
I like watching all the new movies, practicing my guitar, playing games and watching football. Do you still get to do this stuff? |
Free time depends a lot on what branch you join and what job you have.
My experience in the Air Force has been thats its like any normal job for most of the time. You still get to do plenty of things when you are not at work.
Currently Tuition Assistance pays all of your tuition if yout take classes while serving. GI Bill pays for most of your school and books after you seperate/retire. |
How would taking classes while im serving work? Would they pick a college or would it just be a base near the college i pick?
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JDLefebvre
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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| S-jax39 wrote: | | JDLefebvre wrote: | | S-jax39 wrote: | Just wanted to ask you guys a couple of questions. Dads a huge military guy, asked me how i felt about signing up and getting them to help me with college. I have plans to go to college, but right now I was looking for a job to save up money to help me pay for it. I have a little bit of money in scholarships.
How much do they help you?
What do you get to do during your free time on base?
How much free time do you have?
I like watching all the new movies, practicing my guitar, playing games and watching football. Do you still get to do this stuff? |
Free time depends a lot on what branch you join and what job you have.
My experience in the Air Force has been thats its like any normal job for most of the time. You still get to do plenty of things when you are not at work.
Currently Tuition Assistance pays all of your tuition if yout take classes while serving. GI Bill pays for most of your school and books after you seperate/retire. |
How would taking classes while im serving work? Would they pick a college or would it just be a base near the college i pick? |
Again, the information I am giving you is from my Air Force experience so I can only speak for the AF... but most bases will have a few colleges that have programs and classes on base available to you that you can take. But you can take online classes if the college you want is not local. They will pay for whatever you wish to take as long as you are trying to earn a degree you don't have yet... Associates, Bachelors or Masters. I have been taking classes off and on for 7 years now both in residence and online.
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Neumatic
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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| JDLefebvre wrote: | | Again, the information I am giving you is from my Air Force experience so I can only speak for the AF... but most bases will have a few colleges that have programs and classes on base available to you that you can take. But you can take online classes if the college you want is not local. They will pay for whatever you wish to take as long as you are trying to earn a degree you don't have yet... Associates, Bachelors or Masters. I have been taking classes off and on for 7 years now both in residence and online. |
From my experience, this is exactly how it is in the Army as well.
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S-jax39
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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What would i be able to take with me?
Also, thanks. This obviously is a big decision and i appreciate all the help and insight.
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JDLefebvre
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| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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| S-jax39 wrote: | | What would i be able to take with me? |
take where? not exactly sure what you mean...
To basic training I would just take some clothes, toiletries, maybe some things near and dear, cell phone... you wont have access to any of it but you will have it when you graduate.
After basic you will probably go to some sort of schooling (you do in the AF). School could be anywhere from a few weeks to many months.
After basic and your schooling you will go to your permanent base/fort/camp... and at this point you can get your stuff from home shipped to you at your permanent location.
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jetsfan4life51
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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So I cannot get into any Physical Therapy programs it seems. I have a BS in Biology, would the military have a Doctorate program I could apply for? I really don't know how it works.
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Jetsman82
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My little brother is joining the Marines and goes to boot camp in January.
To be honest, I'm thinking about joining him. I have an Associates Degree, and I'm three semesters away from a Bachelor's Degree in Physics. Does this help me at all in joining, and if so, how much? |
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rAmFan39
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| Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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| S-jax39 wrote: | What would i be able to take with me?
Also, thanks. This obviously is a big decision and i appreciate all the help and insight. |
I am in the Air Force right now and have an OPs (office) job its not the best and if I ever decided to stay in I would def. switch, but its perfect for me right now because I get to do all the schooling I want. They have schools on our base (small schools) that teach certain classes. I personally prefer to do online classes (American Military University). The air force gives you 4500 dollars in tuition assistance a year and then i get around the same from financial aid. online classes are 750.00 a class. So thats 12-14 classes a year free. Plus once you hit your three year mark you can start using your G.I bill. It has worked great for me so far and I will be done with my bachelors degree in about a year. So a 4 year degree will have taken me 2 and a half years. I personally think the military is a great stepping stone in preparing people for life. If I were you I would really consider it.
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jetsfan4life51
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| Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2012 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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| jetsfan4life51 wrote: | | So I cannot get into any Physical Therapy programs it seems. I have a BS in Biology, would the military have a Doctorate program I could apply for? I really don't know how it works. |
Anything?
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| jetsfan4life51 wrote: | | jetsfan4life51 wrote: | | So I cannot get into any Physical Therapy programs it seems. I have a BS in Biology, would the military have a Doctorate program I could apply for? I really don't know how it works. |
Anything? |
The Army has the HPSP Scholarship
| Quote: | | The U.S. Army Medical Department can help take away the worry of how you'll pay for school. The F. Edward Hébert Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program is available to qualifying students who wish to earn professional degrees from accredited medical, dental, optometry, veterinary, psychiatric nurse practitioner, clinical or counseling psychology programs. We will pay 100 percent of your tuition, plus we will also pay for required books, equipment and most academic fees. Qualifying medical and dental students are also eligible to receive a $20,000 sign-on bonus. |
http://www.goarmy.com/amedd/education/hpsp.html
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jetsfan4life51
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| Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Ricky. I don't think that covers PT though. 
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Just sent in my Navy OCS application. Little nervous, little relieved, little bit wondering what in the heck I'm thinking.
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jetsfan4life51
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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| RickyG wrote: | | jetsfan4life51 wrote: | | Thanks Ricky. I don't think that covers PT though. |
They have this program. I don't know anything about it, but you can contact the recruiter for your state to find out more info.
http://www.baylor.edu/graduate/pt/index.php?id=27028 |
Mean GPA is 3.67
My GPA is 2.92
This is my problem. 
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Neumatic
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| Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 12:28 am Post subject: |
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Another step closer. Did my phase 1 physical today and also turned in my paperwork to get my ETS orders. Still a lot more stuff to do, especially since I will be having surgery which will leave me unable to do anything for 2 weeks.
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