Might want to consider becoming a combat medic or firefighter/para-medic. Great training and excellent employment opportunities if he wants to get out after his commitment. Depending on the state, fire department paramedics have income-time off-retirement advantages that he wouldn’t have to finish college to have a very good income and support a family.
Thanks. I was trying to steer him into medical myself. I’m a nurse, so I think like that. However, I’m not sure that’s his area of interest so much anymore. I’ll show him your comment.
See this slide presentation from of all places, the NYT. It shows Army Medevac team coming to the aid of Marines. After the battle for Iwo Jima, Adm. Nimitz said of the bravery on that island, “Uncommon valor was a common virtue.” These young men carry on that tradition.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/06/13/world/asia/MEDEVAC-slide.html?ref=asia