I'm late on this one too, but US Navy. still working on my bachelors hoping to apply for the entering class in 2013 to Harvard, Cornell and as for the rest i'm still making my list. If you can get into Harvard or Cornell, it is a great opportunity with the yellow ribbon program. You could walk away with virtually no debt if you used TA while on active duty. There are others too but i'm still researching.
WOOHOO!!!Back on this site after the "trojan downloader" debacle.
let's wish good luck to the soldiers , they are nearing the end in Afghanistan.Read this ;US, Afghans Sweep Taliban Stronghold QuoteMARJAH, Afghanistan - Thousands of U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers stormed the Taliban stronghold of Marjah by air and ground Saturday, meeting only scattered resistance but facing a daunting thicket of bombs and booby traps that slowed the allied advance through the town.The massive offensive was aimed at establishing Afghan government authority over the biggest southern town under militant control and breaking the Taliban grip over a wide area of their southern heartland.Maj. Gen. Nick Carter, NATO commander of forces in southern Afghanistan, said Afghan and coalition troops, aided by 60 helicopters, made a "successful insertion" into Marjah in southern Helmand province. He said the operation was going "without a hitch."Thousands of British, U.S. and Canadian troops also swept into Taliban areas to the north of Marjah, seeking to clear a wide swath of villages that had been under Taliban control for several years.No coalition casualties had been reported more than 12 hours after the initial airborne assault, but NATO said three U.S. soldiers were killed Saturday in a bombing elsewhere in southern Afghanistan. Read Full Story
MARJAH, Afghanistan - Thousands of U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers stormed the Taliban stronghold of Marjah by air and ground Saturday, meeting only scattered resistance but facing a daunting thicket of bombs and booby traps that slowed the allied advance through the town.The massive offensive was aimed at establishing Afghan government authority over the biggest southern town under militant control and breaking the Taliban grip over a wide area of their southern heartland.Maj. Gen. Nick Carter, NATO commander of forces in southern Afghanistan, said Afghan and coalition troops, aided by 60 helicopters, made a "successful insertion" into Marjah in southern Helmand province. He said the operation was going "without a hitch."Thousands of British, U.S. and Canadian troops also swept into Taliban areas to the north of Marjah, seeking to clear a wide swath of villages that had been under Taliban control for several years.No coalition casualties had been reported more than 12 hours after the initial airborne assault, but NATO said three U.S. soldiers were killed Saturday in a bombing elsewhere in southern Afghanistan. Read Full Story
Not all of us are officers making big bank. I am enlisted and making a lot closer to typical PD pay. With my retirement I should be fairly comfortable.As I have gotten older 2 or 3 years doesn't seem as long as it used to and it means I won't have any regrets about my GPA. I will have everything ready, without the risk that a kid right out of college is going to have to take. Honestly, I think most law students would do well to start preparing that soon.
Quote from: Tanrael on December 21, 2010, 07:24:24 AMNot all of us are officers making big bank. I am enlisted and making a lot closer to typical PD pay. With my retirement I should be fairly comfortable.As I have gotten older 2 or 3 years doesn't seem as long as it used to and it means I won't have any regrets about my GPA. I will have everything ready, without the risk that a kid right out of college is going to have to take. Honestly, I think most law students would do well to start preparing that soon. I'd like to add that not all officers are making big bank. Contrast these positions with their civilian counterparts and you'll soon realize the disparity. You know that military service has never been about the money anyway.I agree that age puts things more into perspective. I will not enter LS until the 2016 cycle at the age of 41. When I consider that I will spend at least three of the next five years deployed, returning from deployment, and training to deploy, that time does not seem all that far off. Besides perspective, you have to keep a long term goal in mind to make it through the difficult times. LSD provides a great forum for keeping these goals in focus.
So Chief, I take it that you plan to collect a pension before enrolling? If so that should help make it so that you don't need to take out any loans to cover expenses not covered by GIBill. Quote from: wjo9522 on December 27, 2010, 11:09:40 PMQuote from: Tanrael on December 21, 2010, 07:24:24 AMNot all of us are officers making big bank. I am enlisted and making a lot closer to typical PD pay. With my retirement I should be fairly comfortable.As I have gotten older 2 or 3 years doesn't seem as long as it used to and it means I won't have any regrets about my GPA. I will have everything ready, without the risk that a kid right out of college is going to have to take. Honestly, I think most law students would do well to start preparing that soon. I'd like to add that not all officers are making big bank. Contrast these positions with their civilian counterparts and you'll soon realize the disparity. You know that military service has never been about the money anyway.I agree that age puts things more into perspective. I will not enter LS until the 2016 cycle at the age of 41. When I consider that I will spend at least three of the next five years deployed, returning from deployment, and training to deploy, that time does not seem all that far off. Besides perspective, you have to keep a long term goal in mind to make it through the difficult times. LSD provides a great forum for keeping these goals in focus.
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