[quote=vietmyke]
Hey, an extra 12 grand a year just starting out is plenty of incentive, its taken me three years to get to E-4, another year in college to get my butter bar and im getting bumped up to the tune of 35k a year.lol, and no, if I ever started getting high and mighty, my mentor would likely kick the shit out of me in front of my entire platoon
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Haha, it wouldn't take you so long to get promoted if you'd join the [I] real [/I]army. I'm a five year E-6 and still spent two years in the reserves before going active, though I'm in a notoriously quick promoting MOS. But still, get as much specialized training as you can before you commission, especially if your current MOS is related to the branch you want to get into as an officer. (I'm sure you've heard this about a billion times before, but I couldn't help it.) 

Oh, and I like the way your mentor thinks. :D