Denied Financial Aid Because of 182 Credits.

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I know more people who were discharged (some not honorably) from the military than who stayed in for 4 years. The military is not for everyone.

Similarly the military is not a guaranteed employment program, though it's often treated as such in discussions of how young people should get ahead. Many people interested in serving are disqualified for medical conditions, often conditions that preclude few if any jobs outside the military.

Several people I know were medically discharged for  issues that didn't appear until they were in training or just completed it. One of my friends had asthma as a child, but had not any problems with it in over a decade so they didn't think anything of it until they ended up in the hospital a few weeks into boot camp. Funny thing is he had no problem getting a job outside of the military that impacted his asthma. He went into the military to make his dad proud as he was a vet. That didn't work out at all.