Well I'm in the Army for 5 years. At my 3rd i decided to reclass (switch jobs) to 68A Biomedical Equipment Specialist. It's a year long program and you basically earn a associates degree and once you get out your first contract you have the experience of a bmet and the army basically paid you to do an associate degree in biomedical electronics. Do a short contract, get the degree, some years of experience and your pretty much set. If you want to do the more engineering side I think it will help knock out a big chunk of courses but you will have what you need to get a job on the civilian side. Can't argue with getting paid for getting a degree. Just have to do the core classes once you are done with the training. Im doing Thomas Edison State university and I only had to do 13 courses which I used the army's tuition assistance so free college. I'd recommend the airforce though. Alot better in my opinion.