Originally Posted by
tnkrdrvr
This is why blowing off PME sounds great, but is usually long term stupid. Don’t fight the system, you will lose.
This. Not sure of the fancy AF acronyms but if you're Navy/MC/CG, just do the NWC fleet seminar program and get JPME-1 over with. You don't need it for O-4 but war college correspondence courses are a huge help beyond that, and especially for O-6. As far as the master's degree, unless you absolutely hate learning, using either TA or an actual paid billet/tour to get a FREE master's degree is a great thing. No one is making you get it in a specific field; you can get a master's degree in 'liberal studies' (seriously) and it counts when you're in zone. Do you know how lucky we are to have this option, and how many civilian pilots would like to have it? Use your benefits when you're in. It's good for your mil career and it will help you in the long run as a civilian.