2007-05-27 20:03:51 · 6 answers · asked by chewydog62000 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
It really depends on your duty station and how hard you work at your schooling.
I really would not expect full time armed forces personnel to have time to earn a degree during a 4-year hitch. Count on completing your degree after separation under the GI Bill.
Doc Hudson
2007-05-27 20:09:14 · answer #1 · answered by Doc Hudson 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you're asking can you join with no previous college credits, serve for four years only,and have a four year college degree at the end of it, the answer is no for any branch of the service.
The military will not, in effect, send you to school, pay for all of it, and only expect you to give them your summer vacation time. There ARE programs which will send people to school for a degree, but you will have to serve a certain number of years after you get that degree too.
Note this applies to a real college degree taken at an accredited university. If you're talking about one of those vocational schools now called "colleges" that will give you vocation-only courses by correspondence you may be able to get quite far in their curriculum. Be aware that the military owns your time and "leisure" to study may be nonexistent for long periods. It is highly unlikely you'll manage a bachelar's even so, in only four years. You simply won't have enough time to devote to it. You CAN get a Bachelar's while in the military, just expect to spend more time at it then you would going to school while not in the military.
2007-06-01 02:04:02 · answer #2 · answered by Windrider 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't have any college classes under your belt when you join it's going to be near impossible to have a bachelors in 4 years while on active duty. I think 6 or 7 years is more realistic.
2007-05-28 03:10:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, it would depend STRONGLY on how many college credits you're bringing in when you enlist !!
You're first 2 months are in Basic, then off to either "the boat" or an A-school. So for literally the first 6 months (1/8th your time) you are TOO busy qualifying just to start your job.
Next, normally you head to a 3 year sea-tour... so your time belongs FIRST to the ship and your job aboard to that ship !!
I came into the Navy in 1985 one-year short of my BS... and then finished my BS in 1992 (during shore tour), but also got my MBA that tour.
NO GUARANTEE !! But seriously, your time belongs to the Navy... especially in that first tour !!
2007-05-28 03:28:52 · answer #4 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is very hard to find time for school while you are active duty. Although not impossible to finish your degree, I would say that it is highly unlikely for you to have it finished by time you are out.
2007-05-28 03:08:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
How much education you complete is your decision. Of course, deployments might make it harder, but it is possible if you work hard to get your degree.
2007-05-28 03:08:00 · answer #6 · answered by PM4 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋