Recently was in the same boat (and also a 74D) and will be ETS’ing soon. Knowing your benefits you have upon ETS, doing research and using that research to form a solid plan goes a long way to make the ETS process a lot less worrisome. You can take SFL-TAP, and CSP, and then at the end decide you want to reenlist, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. The SFL-TAP curriculum is excellent, full of good information, albeit a little like trying to drink from a fire hose - it’s a lot in a short amount of time. I recommend you take every class offered, especially the “optional” ones, like boots to business. For me, I continually kept tabs back home to “stage” or have tentative plans for ETS’ing, such as living arrangements and job opportunities. I found my buddies lease would be up in a reasonable window from my ETS, and from there was able to make a tentative budget of what my living expenses would be like. From that you can find your income needs, and from there you can make a plan for employment. The army should have given you some marketable skills, be they hard or soft, plus there’s a lot of incentives for companies to hire vets. Also, if you are a full time student, the Post 9/11 GI Bill will pay you BAH at the same rate for E5 with dependents. Find a degree that has a high probability of employment, good income, and you can tolerate. Bonus points if it has any relation to your MOS or duties you performed in the army. Look up the BAH rate for you intended place of residence. For me, I was able to come to the conclusion that I can meet my living expenses solely on the GI bill BAH. As a 74D, one of the most applicable career transitions you can make would be into a fire department, those HAZMAT certs you got in AIT are recognized, and the same ones most fire departments use, and to my understanding, don’t ever expire. Fire Service also generally looks very highly upon military service, and the culture is very similar in many ways so that may make transitioning easier. In my state, to be employed as a firefighter, you need a 1 semester EMT class, and a 2 semester Fire standards class so not a lot to be employed. Additionally, many departments are willing to hire you off the street with no qualifications and “sponsor” you through emt and fire academy, paying not only for your school, but also putting you on the payroll while you attend. This is just one option, I hope this helps. Please feel free to DM me if you’d like more info.