I’m currently deployed overseas. my question is should take time from school to come back overseas as a contractor and save 0,000 to set myself up, or should I go home use the gib bill and go to school (don’t work), until I get my bachelors and go from there?
If I do it this way, the latter, I may meet someone, plan for a future and not be able to go back overseas as a contractor.
The most important things to me are family,money, then travel, a decent car. that just my nature. I want to spend time with my aging parent, maybe have some kids but I can’t really do that and be a contractor at the same time. At the same time I know I have to live life for me. I’m just trying to plan the next 4 years or so.
Someday I want to get my masters, say I worked hard, influenced lots of people and made a difference. I’ll spare you the noble speech. I just wanna be successful.
Here are my GOOD stats:
* 26 yrs old attractive female, divorced (military marriage) no kids, single
* 3 yrs Navy Reserves, 1 year active duty as a mil police. Want to become an officer.
* 6 months I will have an Associates in GS.
* 9,500 tax free money in savings (military)
*VA benefits for life
* 20 months new GIB to use
BAD stats:
* no kids (desirably want to have a family in next couple years)
*bankruptcy/foreclosure (started young being an adult, learned from my mistakes)
*720 credit score is now a 535
*unfinished degree. want to get my bachelors in next 2 years
*aging parent
Thanks sko. I have 3 months left. My dad is 69 and diabetic.
also yes i do plan to return to mil service. whether active or reserves. I’m the one that everytime we leave a deployment im not ready to go home.lol
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