Originally Posted by 1Seat 1Engine

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Your active duty retirement is worth a whole lot of money and is guaranteed. If you stay to the 14 year point, it's a pretty tasty carrot.

I don't think the active duty is so bad, I still work with them almost daily. Any career field you go to is going to have it's detractors. You just have to be ready for what they're going to do to you and realize that's what you signed up for, make the most of it.

The decision is personal and no one can really tell you the right thing to do. That's up to you.

Good luck