This probably isn't the right place to ask this question, but I've come to think of the sub as a good place for advice if this nature.
I'm currently enlisted in the military, and just hit my 8 year mark. Because I lacked foresight, I haven't pursued my bachelor's degree as hard as I should have. I'm rectifying that now, majoring in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Embry-Riddle. It'll take me a few years, but I'll have the degree before my enlistment ends and I have to make a decision; reenlist, attempt to commission, or leave.
At that point I'll be at twelve years, more than halfway to the military retirement. My dilemma is that I don't enjoy the military as I once did. I feel like I'm walking on a path filled with briars and thorns, or like a thousand tiny bugs are gnawing away at me. On the other hand, I have a wife and two kids. I'll be coming out of the military with a lot of experience, but not in the field that my degree is in. I can attempt to commission and be a Logistics officer, but there's no guarantee and if be looking at eight years that I'm not using my degree, and I'm afraid of the person I'll be on the other end, bitter, jaded, remorseful.
I'm looking at two paths. One that is guaranteed painful, but with a clear light at the end, or one that is completely dark and unknown.
I know I have to make the decision on my own, but I'd really love to hear some advice and different perspectives. I don't really have anyone I feel I can turn to. Help me please.
Submitted December 30, 2018 at 05:20AM by CrowningKnight http://bit.ly/2EYXqXn
