"D. Strang" wrote in message
news:_SK7c.127$zc1.118@okepread03...
With self-pace, you can be out of tech school pretty fast, but tech school
is
usually 36 weeks of party-time and lustful frolic, that I can't imagine
anyone
wanting to end it early...

Yes! And not only that... There is no such thing as a school where
you do not learn something. You are mortgaging part of your life for that
military education, don't let them get off cheap. Even at 18, I was smart
enough to pass up the accelerated deal. Smart, but naive...


Unless you are poor, I wouldn't recommend enlisting. You really want to
be
an officer in today's military. Trust me, I was both, and being enlisted
anything,
is like being a 12 year old for life. No respect.

Yes again! I joined the Navy naively thinking that I would "work my
way up to officer" and make a career out of it. It was a full two years
before I fathomed the social distinction between an officer and an enlisted
man. Ever having been enlisted taints you for life and makes you a
second-class sub-human. Yes, there are respected "mustangs" who make the
jump from enlisted to officer status, but they are seen as limited
specialists and rarely progress much past O3.

Vaughn