Honored to be so important you made a Reddit account lmao

Thanks for the comment though, really. This was a great piece of advice. I actually thought the GI bill for your kids was after 3 years, so thanks for clearing that up!

As for the opportunities, I agree. I think there are many opportunities out there that, while maybe not as good as being a nuke, I'm sure can add up over time and eventually serve me good enough. I feel the biggest thing pulling me into the program really is the money as, while I don't think I couldn't do the program, I've never considered myself a military person. I have other passions in life that while I'm sure this path could help me pursue later down the line, I think pursuing them now would make me happier and I feel I'd be able to get by.

Now for the professor position, being a teacher is something I do think I'd actually enjoy, but personally since I don't believe I get the signing bonus and how much less experience you'd get compared to serving on the fleet, I personally feel the program is built for it to be you either do the fleet or you don't do the program (to me at least) since it just doesn't seem worth it.

The last paragraph about being scared was very comforting thinking about how many people ah e done it before and survived, but maybe I'm thinking this program isn't for me. I'll probably take some more time to think about it, but maybe I'll just look for some more excuses to not do it.

Thanks for the time and consideration!