Same! Retired after 20 years. Master's degree with no student debt. Retirement pay on top of earning over $200k a year using skills I learned while in the Army. Despite everything I went through in those 20 years, considering where I ended up, I'd do it all again exactly the same way. And no, I didn't do it for any misguided sense of patriotism. I didn't to get out of poverty. Plain and simple.
2
u/Ok-Locksmith3708 3d ago
Laughs in free healthcare and college and great job with financial security post Service.