Okay so, here is my situation. There may be a lot of useless information in here but, just bear with me please.
-I live at home with my little brother with Cerebral Palsy, he is confined to wheelchair but very smart and functions well considering his situation. My mother is also highly disabled but has yet to get her disability, so I'm kind of worried about her being able to take care of my brother properly.
-Now on one hand, I want to help anyway I can. We are a underprivileged family, we live in a trailer. (Not trying to share a sob story, just a bit of back story.) So the recruiter uses the, you can help your family better themselves with the bonus; however, I've definitely read that being a Nuke is not something you should become unless you really want to and are interested in Nuclear propulsion.
-One of my reasons for being a Nuke was because it was put in my head that it was an elite job and everyone seemed to be going for it so I figured why not, plus I liked the idea of the bonuses. Also I liked the thought of also having a degree when I got out ( I was also going to take classes and get a Bachelor's in Computer Science, which is what I still want to do.) Now I have come to the conclusion based on what I've been reading that I won't have time for the classes, and the "associates degree" that I was more or less promised, isn't necessarily as "recognized" as I first believed it to be. Also I certainly liked the thought of 100 grand for school after my six year enlistment. Also, I realize that I need to have a life of my own (I've been, pardon the way I word this, but "stuck" under my brother for, well since I was young and my step dad died with cancer. So I kind of looked at this as my way to do that.
I've read that even though the bonuses are nice, this is not a field you want to go into just because you can, is this true??
Now I've been thinking what would be the point, 6 years for a field I don't intend on going into afterwards, which was also a reason I was going into the program as well. So I spoke with my recruiter and she is telling me that I can't switch jobs unless I fail my tests, and even If I do, it will still be a 6 year commitment because I've already signed all the contracts, would anyone be able to validate this? I just spoke with her earlier and she told me to stop reading things online or I would psyche myself out...I think she believes I'm scared I may fail, not that I simply am not interested, especially with all the reasons I wanted to go in evaporating into thin air.
So my main question is, should I go to college and do that, Community College would be the choice because I don't want to take out loans. Or should I go in the military for 6 years and essentially probably waste 6 years of my life for no real reason, is the way I see it. Hell I may as well go to medical school right? More interesting than watching gauges on a carrier. I wanted to go in as well because physics and science, as well as math interest me. Although now that I've been looking into it, it seems I was off on my thoughts of the job and what it would be. It was an opportunity for me though which is what i saw it as. An elite job that was better than just going to college, I think I was seeing the hyped version of the job and someone "broke the glass" , so to speak.