08-27-2012, 12:37 PM
you have an pretty romantic/idealistic view of the military. from what I read it says that job includes writing CAD/CAM designs. even if this were done regularly (gotta assume such parts are oem or contracted out), a private would not be doing most of the tasks, so grab a mop!
as for travel, its not like youll be going to brazil or germany TDY all the time. those deployments are deployments, probably not tdy's.
as for loans, unless youre stationed near a good school, youll prob go online, in which case your per semester cap will max every class, so TA ends up covering only 1 semester a year. (i took 9 courses this year and paid for 3, 10 class/yr is being a full time student).
youll choose a job before you go to meps the 2nd time.
as for travel, its not like youll be going to brazil or germany TDY all the time. those deployments are deployments, probably not tdy's.
as for loans, unless youre stationed near a good school, youll prob go online, in which case your per semester cap will max every class, so TA ends up covering only 1 semester a year. (i took 9 courses this year and paid for 3, 10 class/yr is being a full time student).
youll choose a job before you go to meps the 2nd time.