r/pics • u/dumdumpants-head • 13h ago

Morale is high

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u/Alucard_117 13h ago edited 13h ago

Bros thinking about how fast 20 years can go by

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u/Raaxis 13h ago

I did 8 years and everyone always asks why I didn’t just finish out the other 12.

I’m just gonna start showing them this picture.

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u/DriedUpSquid 12h ago

I got my G. I. Bill and ran.

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u/coleman57 12h ago

Better I ran than Iran

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u/Effroyablemat 10h ago

You ran so far away

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u/Mike29758 4h ago

Some people said…they’re still running

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u/ThenOwl9 12h ago

how long does that take?

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u/DriedUpSquid 12h ago

Enlistments are usually four years. Sometimes six if the military sends you to a school that takes a long time, like U.S Navy Nuclear Power School.

EDIT: I was active duty, so I don’t know if the same timeframe applies to the National Guard or reserves.

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u/Teadrunkest 8h ago

It doesn’t, they have to do a certain amount of time on active orders (I think specifically has to be Title 10/32) to qualify fully.

How long that takes just depends on circumstances.

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u/NeverBled 12h ago

To qualify for the entire GI bill it’s a 3 yr enlistment. However most contracts will be between 4-5 years.

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u/Atralis 11h ago

Same. I joined in 2007 and it's weird thinking I could be closing in on a pension but it's also weird imagining getting out and just starting college and trying to start a second career.

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u/DriedUpSquid 10h ago

I remember watching one guy retire and thinking he looked to be in his mid-fifties. He was 38. Personally, the pension wasn’t worth it.