Getting out of the Navy in November

[Yeti]

Free beer?  I'm in.

[T_Section224]

You'll all get the discount if and when it happens. I'll probably put something up in the bar in homage to this site.

now we're all saying a prayer for you to make this happen 

[Rome]

Oh, and take some conservative advice from a radical social democrat:  always live beneath your means, always have cash, always save.  Do not owe anyone for anything except real estate for longer than thirty days.  Not even a car, not even education.

I have my mortgages, (rentals) utilities, Eagles tickets, and basic living expenses.

That's it.

It's amazing how much fun you can have when you don't owe Visa $25,000, along with two car payments, college loans, etc.

[SD_Eagle5]

Oh, and take some conservative advice from a radical social democrat:  always live beneath your means, always have cash, always save.  Do not owe anyone for anything except real estate for longer than thirty days.  Not even a car, not even education.

I have my mortgages, (rentals) utilities, Eagles tickets, and basic living expenses.

That's it.

It's amazing how much fun you can have when you don't owe Visa $25,000, along with two car payments, college loans, etc.

Thanks for the advice, Dio/rome

I have no debt and plenty of money saved up. I am very conservative with my money. I've never been driven by money and would never allow myself to become a slave to it. My current salary is roughly $40,000 a year (with health and dental of course) and that's plenty for me.

[Sgt PSN]

The insurance is going to be the biggest change when you get out.  Health coverage in the civilian world is outrageous.  If you combine your salary along with the $$ value of your benefits (medical, dental, vacation, chow, living quarters, etc), you'll need to make about $75,000 a year to maintain the same quality of life you've grown accustomed to (minus the constant cornhole protection you're used to). 

[SD_Eagle5]

Our living quarters is a tiny rack on a ship. Sure, I get BAH, but I included that into my yearly income. Food...eh...I basically buy stuff from the ship's store underway and rarely eat what's served on the mess decks, not to mention, $250 is automatically deducted from our monthly paycheck whether we eat on the messdecks or not.  The only concern I have is medical. I know the costs are outrageus, but while I'm in school, they have a very cheap plan as long as I'm a full time student (something like $50 a month). Once I finish I'll worry about that when the time comes.

[BigEd76]

That was a quick 5 months 

[SD_Eagle5]

That was a quick 5 months 

No shtein! 

Last days tomorrow! Getting out of the Navy involves so much time and paper work  I'll probably be back in the Philly area around the first week of December. I'm still awaiting word from household goods on when they can move my shtein.
I'll be starting CCP (Philadelphia Community College) as a full-time student in January. I picked Business Administration as my major but now I'm undecided. 
Any suggestions/input from the working class/college grads in the crowd? (I already have 10 classes under my belt such as: Eng Comp. 1, Eng Comp 2, World Geography, Principles of Life Science etc. I also get added credits for my military experience which is definitely an added bonus.

[BigEd76]

Ah, none of that is important yet.  First you need to decide what you're going to do about your screenname.... 

[hbionic]

Congrats SD on your accomplishment. I hope you can look back with pride. Good luck to you the rest of the way.

[Susquehanna Birder]

Yeah, congratulations. Leet us know how you're doing with the move and school.   

[MURP]

SD, just remember.  It's all who you know.  So if you want a job slanging rock, talk to Sir Chugs A Lot.   

[Zanshin]

That was a quick 5 months 

No shtein!

Last days tomorrow! Getting out of the Navy involves so much time and paper work I'll probably be back in the Philly area around the first week of December. I'm still awaiting word from household goods on when they can move my shtein.
I'll be starting CCP (Philadelphia Community College) as a full-time student in January. I picked Business Administration as my major but now I'm undecided.
Any suggestions/input from the working class/college grads in the crowd? (I already have 10 classes under my belt such as: Eng Comp. 1, Eng Comp 2, World Geography, Principles of Life Science etc. I also get added credits for my military experience which is definitely an added bonus.

If you already have a bunch of credits and get extra military credit, why not jump right to a four-year college and get it over with? 

[NGM]

MAKE SURE the credits transfer!  They most likely will if you are going to a CC but if you plan on going to a 4 year school after that, make sure they will transfer there. 

[Butchers Bill]

MAKE SURE the credits transfer!  They most likely will if you are going to a CC but if you plan on going to a 4 year school after that, make sure they will transfer there. 

More importantly, make sure they transfer where they should.  For example, if you take a bunch of business classes make sure they transfer AS business classes and not some BS electives.  I learned my lesson the hard way and had to re-take almost my entire "core".