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<blockquote data-quote="04silverz" data-source="post: 2700282" data-attributes="member: 566113">what are these loans you speak of? i assume you mean collge? either way if you go military or not you pay back the school waht you owe. and on top of that, if you are anofficer all you have to do is make it to captain, which is a joke, to make as much as an e9, which is **** hard to do.also how od you figure you dont get bas?<a href="http://www.dod.mil/dfas/militarypay/2006militarypaytables/2007_Web_Pay_Table.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.dod.mil/dfas/militarypay/2006militarypaytables/2007_Web_Pay_Table.pdf</a>ive been enlisted for only 3.5 yrs but if i had to do it over again would have stayed in the rotc program at my college and gone officer. they ahve way less work to do and get paid way more. on theother side ive been working at min 12 hrs a day at a min 5 days a week and get paid less than someone who works at mc donalds.to the o.p. good luck onwhatever it is you do. but odnt let bonuses or lies by the recruiter influence you. a recruiter will tell you&nbsp; wathever necessary to get you to enlist. do what it is you want to do and make sure it is something that can xover to the civ world. i work on the osprey and am about to get my a&amp;amp;p license. that equates to about a 30/hr job in the civ world. not a ton but a decent living nonetheless. whereas if i was a grunt where wouldi be?btw eod istn that great of a job.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="04silverz, post: 2700282, member: 566113"] what are these loans you speak of? i assume you mean collge? either way if you go military or not you pay back the school waht you owe. and on top of that, if you are anofficer all you have to do is make it to captain, which is a joke, to make as much as an e9, which is **** hard to do. also how od you figure you dont get bas? [URL="http://www.dod.mil/dfas/militarypay/2006militarypaytables/2007_Web_Pay_Table.pdf"]http://www.dod.mil/dfas/militarypay/2006militarypaytables/2007_Web_Pay_Table.pdf[/URL] ive been enlisted for only 3.5 yrs but if i had to do it over again would have stayed in the rotc program at my college and gone officer. they ahve way less work to do and get paid way more. on theother side ive been working at min 12 hrs a day at a min 5 days a week and get paid less than someone who works at mc donalds. to the o.p. good luck onwhatever it is you do. but odnt let bonuses or lies by the recruiter influence you. a recruiter will tell you wathever necessary to get you to enlist. do what it is you want to do and make sure it is something that can xover to the civ world. i work on the osprey and am about to get my a&p license. that equates to about a 30/hr job in the civ world. not a ton but a decent living nonetheless. whereas if i was a grunt where wouldi be? btw eod istn that great of a job. [/QUOTE]

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