I’ve seen these types of questions pop up more and more often recently, so an article is in order. The people want to know and I am a man of the people.

Why Go Back To High School When I Already Graduated College?

As you should. There is no higher station in life than to be an Officer and a Gentleman and there is no higher calling than to wear the coveted Green Beret. Backbone of the Army. Be, Know, Do. Handling the hard technical work in the trenches. That’s what Officers do.

“I want to go SF and I’m trying to decide between Officer and Enlisted. I heard…”

College in the Army is a little weird as it’s almost universally recognized as good, it helps you get promoted, it’s pretty well-funded, but there is no real plan. What usually happens is that you show up to your duty station, Big Sarge (TM) tells you that you need some college, so you go down to the base Ed Center and sign up for classes. Rinse and repeat for every assignment and what you end up with is a bunch of credits that don’t transfer and you get frustrated and just stop…with your 169 useless JST credits and no degree. Nobody has a plan.