Military Career

How expensive will health care benefits be in the future? How much money do you have in savings for college? Have you considered the military as a career? If you haven’t, you should. The military can offer more than $20,000 to a college bound student to a four-year college. If you are in the reserves, you may be eligible for over than $9,000 for college funding.

Start collecting information about the officer candidate schools if you are interested in pursuing a military career after high schools. These schools offer a free ride; however, these schools have tough academic requirements and physical requirements. Graduates from these schools will have an impressive degree and be prepared for any job.

To join the military, juniors and senior high school students are required to take the ASVAB, which stands for the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery. The ASVAB tests math, coding, language and reasoning ability and takes about 3 hours to take. There is no pass/fail score on the ASVAB. Moreover, the test results can be used to help with a career assessment.

When you are determining if you want to join and which branch of the service to join, analyze the following:

1.     Am I willing to commit to defending my country if called upon to do so?

2.     What is the commitment of time required?

3.     What is the pay and are special allowances offered?

4.     What type of impact will a particular branch have on your career goals?

5.     Is there an enlistment bonus offered?

6.     Where would I have to go for basic training?

7.     Where would I serve?

8.     What are the physical requirements?

9.     When would the training start?

10. How long is basic training?

11. What are the lifelong benefits with medical and retirement considerations?

12. How much time off is allowed during the year during peacetime or war?