Pezzle
05-16-08, 07:53 PM
I am not entitled to post on any of the Marine forums, so please forgive me if this thread is out of line.
I still want to join a service branch, and I still want to go to college. Pretty much, I have it down to the Army or the USMC, two Military institutions for which I have high amounts of respect.
The kicker is that the Army Reserves/National Guard has a College First program, so that I can continue two years of college uninterrupted by deployment, and I will be going to art school so the first two years are fundamental foundation years to build a large body of work. I would rather not wait and let art school tuition pile higher and higher in the passing years.. the increases are staggering.
My question is, if I may ask, does the USMC/USMC Reserves have any sort of similar delayed enlistment program for recievers of tuition assistance/MCCF?
Is tuition assistance/GI Bill only for Active Duty?
As some of you may have read, I have great interests in the "combat crayola" MOS, and art school training is something I feel would better my artistic skills, as well as help me put together a portfolio to get in to the MOS, if it were even available. Even if it weren't, it's highly important to me.
Now, I know I am probably ruffling feathers here asking about tuition assistance programs... I know being a Marine is first and foremost about being a Marine, and an artist second, and that you really have to love the Corps. However, I feel that the USMC trains its personnel better and tougher than the US Army does now. I'm not saying BCT is a cakewalk in a field of flowers and pixies, but I'd rather go that extra physical mile for combat readiness.
So I do apologize for asking, I did a few searches before posting this but I thought I'd get it off my chest a little. Regardless of which military branch I can join, I'd like to say that this site is still exceptionally motivating in my quest.
Thanks,
Brittany
I still want to join a service branch, and I still want to go to college. Pretty much, I have it down to the Army or the USMC, two Military institutions for which I have high amounts of respect.
The kicker is that the Army Reserves/National Guard has a College First program, so that I can continue two years of college uninterrupted by deployment, and I will be going to art school so the first two years are fundamental foundation years to build a large body of work. I would rather not wait and let art school tuition pile higher and higher in the passing years.. the increases are staggering.
My question is, if I may ask, does the USMC/USMC Reserves have any sort of similar delayed enlistment program for recievers of tuition assistance/MCCF?
Is tuition assistance/GI Bill only for Active Duty?
As some of you may have read, I have great interests in the "combat crayola" MOS, and art school training is something I feel would better my artistic skills, as well as help me put together a portfolio to get in to the MOS, if it were even available. Even if it weren't, it's highly important to me.
Now, I know I am probably ruffling feathers here asking about tuition assistance programs... I know being a Marine is first and foremost about being a Marine, and an artist second, and that you really have to love the Corps. However, I feel that the USMC trains its personnel better and tougher than the US Army does now. I'm not saying BCT is a cakewalk in a field of flowers and pixies, but I'd rather go that extra physical mile for combat readiness.
So I do apologize for asking, I did a few searches before posting this but I thought I'd get it off my chest a little. Regardless of which military branch I can join, I'd like to say that this site is still exceptionally motivating in my quest.
Thanks,
Brittany