Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Don't you agree that the GI Bill is SOLELY meant to be a recruiting tool?
As a five year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, I can honestly say that I NOW truely believe that the GI Bill (which is administered by the disorganized Veterans Administration) was put into place for the sole purpose of luring recruits into signing up for active duty service. In other words, I believe that the VA would rather NOT spend its funding on veterans' education and that even that VA believes that the GI Bill is just a "carrot" that military recruiters should use to recruit people who have just graduated from high school. I, for one, believe that young people are MUCH better off completing their college education FIRST and then joining the service as an enlisted person or as a commissioned officer. I think that the cold/hard truth SHOULD be included at a separting service member's TAPs classes with regards to how MOST veterans on today's college campuses are considered outcasts and are not welcome within their campus communities. I KNOW that that has been my PERSONAL experience on campus. Furthermore, I believe that when one enlists in the military that they SHOULD be required to spend 20 years on active duty in order to both have a retirement and avoid all of the supposed "civilian transition" bullsh*t, being an isolated "student veteran", and the rest of the rejection by the civilian world that goes along with getting out of the military after one enlistment. In all seriousness, I KNOW for a fact that today's enlisted members SHOULD be required to possess at LEAST a four year B.A. or B.S. degree BEFORE being allowed to enlist in the military. It would make the transition from active duty to civilian a hell of alot easier. The truth of the matter is that going to college is a socially isolating experience for the unmarried/male student veteran who gets out of the service after only one enlistment. College is ALL work and no play for someone who takes this path in life due to the constant rejection that the veteran experiences by his or her college peers.
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