Boot Camp Advantages

While growing up, parents always tell their children to work hard at everything they do to have a better life. What would be the best way to start the road to have this better life? Some will say to go to college, get a degree, and get a high paying job; and some will say to get a job, work hard and work your way to the top. It’s fine to be settled with one of the two options, but what benefits are included when starting off? In the United States Armed Forces, one can go to college to obtain a degree and at the same time work hard to make it to the top, and the benefits start once they ship out to boot camp. Now some will use the excuse that they don’t want to die, but one has a better chance of getting in a car accident and dying than they …show more content…
If someone were to join, the first stop would be the memorable place called boot camp. In the Air Force, every man and woman would begin training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas for eight weeks. The Navy has one training facility just like the Air Force which is located at The Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Lake Michigan, Illinois. Like the Air Force, the Navy’s boot camp lasts for eight weeks. For the toughest branch of the military, the Marine Corps, they have two boot camps which last 13 weeks. Every man on the west side of the Mississippi River would attend boot camp aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego, California. Every man on the east side of the Mississippi River and every female will attend MCRD in Parris Island, South Carolina. For the US Army, the oldest branch of the Armed Services, they have four locations for boot camp. The first location is Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina and the second is Fort Sill in Lawton, Oklahoma. The last two training locations are a little different from the first two mentioned. “For many military jobs, the Army has a program called OSUT, or one-station unit training, which combines basic training and Army job school all into one course” (Basic Training). Those locations that have this program is Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia and Fort Leonard Wood in Waynesville, Missouri. If the location of the training …show more content…
“While both the Post 9/11 GI Bill and the Montgomery GI Bill help [servicemembers] with education costs, the amount of the payout and how it is paid is vastly different.” (Albert). With the Post 9/11 GI Bill, there are 2 different requirements to be eligible. The first eligibility requirement is a service member, at a minimum, needs to serve at least 30 days of active duty and be discharged medically. The second eligibility requirement is for the service member to serve 90 days of active duty and be honorable discharged from the military. If eligible, the Post 9/11 GI Bill covers 100% of the tuition and fee and the payment is sent to the college or university directly. In addition to that, it also provides a monthly living allowance based on the zip code that the institution is located and allows a person to be able to relocate to the school of choose one time. With the Montgomery GI Bill, “The eligibility requirements… are more complicated and situation-specific than the Post 9/11 GI Bill.” (Albert). The requirement for this GI Bill is must be honorable discharged, must have a high school diploma, had a reduction in pay of $100 a month for the first 12 months, and had served for 3 years. If eligible for the Montgomery GI Bill, a full-time student will receive a certain amount of money a month for up to 36 months. Some people go to college, accrue