[fng13]

UTAH BOB-

Thanks for your advice and your service. I am sorry though sir I disagree with you that i need to do some "serious soul searching." I know what i want out of my life and how to get it. The original point of this thread was to make sure that 18x would be around when I got done with school, not if I "needed" a masters degree. I think it would be better to me to get my masters in a year and a half right after my BA then wait and try to bog myself down while trying to serve. I think I would have enough on my plate in the army to keep myself busy without trying to earn my masters at the same time. I don't think that an extra year of school will harm me or my ability to serve, and as far as knowing the military life no i do not have the first hand experience but if my "writings" make you think that I am way off base especially about my motivation to join the military/sf then I must ask what was so wrong about it. Also, i am not trying to get my masters to "impress" anyone. I want it because I have the opportunity to finish school in one shot and have it paid for by the army. I might also ask, what experience you have in academia that leads you to believe that it can gain you no maturity and basically has no worth. If your basis is from movies where kids run around and just get drunk and act stupid at every turn I can assure you that that is not how I take my opportunity for schooling, nor do most of the students around me. I think that stereotype of the party 24/7 is the exception not the rule.
While I greatly respect your experience sir, I must disagree with you on this matter.

fng13