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i knew i was underestimating the amount. but i was too lazy to to look up the salary and just multiplied 40K x 3. I figured anything over 100K sounds like a lot of money

Wait, you already did 2 years of college, then will need to do 1 year of AF Prep School and then do 4 years of the academy? You do what will makes you happy, but honestly, that is crazy That is 7 years of college. If you stay in college, you will be commissioned in 2 years. If you go to the...

Dont know about Tricare but that is what two of my son's friends did. One waited around his college for a year and worked and the other spent less time but got a job with the university teaching how to fly (Purdue). Both could have gone home but decided they didn't want to move twice. My son...

I know very little about homeschooling and how the academies or even civilian universities view them, but if i were to guess and please take this with a grain of salt, they want to make sure he can compete successfully in a non-home-schooling environment. This is why although GPAs are...

Just did a tax return for commercial air line pilot. He made 400K last year. I can see why you parents are against it

You have to read the Grea Gatsby and write a 20 pages report on the significance of Owl Eyes in the story. It is due on the first day of class

When i helped my son move from one base to another, we had everything in his car. If it was up to him, he would have left everything in the car. Every time we stayed at a hotel (most of them being Hampton Inn or Double Tree), we took everything out of the car and put it back when we left. Sure...

I dont understand these actions regardless of whether you support his views or not. The only person he is hurting is himself and the side he is protesting doesn't care that he killed himself. If it is there to embarrass anyone it doesn't work because anyone doing that in the US would be...

I think you are looking at this wrong. What do you want to do once you commission? Want to be pilot, join the AF. Want to be on a ship, join the Navy. Whatever you looking to do, one of them will be the better branch.

well to be called privileged today is an insult. You earned something you didn't deserve or work for

maybe its the wrong comparison, but guys who make it into the NBA, NFL and MLB are privileged in that they have the DNA that allows them to play and make tons of money. Obviously, it is more than talent and DNA as there are plenty of guys out there with that type of talent/DNA but don't make...

many pilots come out of the military with Tinnitus and certain pilots have higher chance of cancers which are credited to being close to radar systems

its even more because if you were to gross up the BAH/BAS as this is tax free net money, it would be several more thousands of dollars.

I wouldnt call it a privilege because its earned. Absolutely it isn't a free education because many have paid with their lives. Having said that, if you take the loss of life or limb or emotional scarring out of the equation, the reality is that once you graduate you don't work for free and...

that's for sure (role model)

again i dont blame her or thing she has done anything wrong. Its the media and how they are playing it. They arent saying she is a pilot which she is. They are either saying she is a fighter pilot or at the very least making you think she was. She could wind up flying fighters or she could...

my son is a bomber pilot and what annoys him is the "Top Gun" comment because as well as know Top Gun is Navy

There is one BS thing about her story. They keep referring to her as a pilot. She isn't. I don't think she has even gone through UPT yet. She is a 2nd LT and at Harvard getting her masters degree . When exactly would she have gone to pilot training? I don't blame her but the media seems to...

It seems that in the quest to make sure the war doesn't spread, the Biden Admin is allowing other players to do whatever they want as long as it remains minor. However, if you do nothing, it invites other players to get involved which winds up spreading the fight to other places. Someone...

Cant say that i read every post, but it seems to me that most of the advice wasn't specific to attending the Naval Academy or even any academy. Its seemed to me that the advice could be used by anyone attending any college or even anyone needing to make a life-changing decision. It is true most...