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Old 07-07-2014 | 09:14 PM
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He may mean by "doing it right" to go back in time and enlist ONLY when they were doing the "yellow ribbon" program, which paid for pretty much all college and flight training, but only lasted a very short time before congress realized what a dumb idea it was. It was totally non-fundable and unsustainable, with guys racking up $200K+ bills and some even lacking the motivation to finish the degree, although I'd argue that a better way to implement VA benefits would be to allow GI bill vets to go to any PUBLIC school for free, but we'd have to pay like everyone else to go to a private school, seems fair for public service IMO. I also saw a wounded vet from before that program started get some amazing funding, but I'm not sure that's really worth the cost, money isn't everything. Continuing...I really have no idea what he means by "do it right".
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