Futurebrain

Hey there! Brilliant timing, Im transitioning from the Army right now actually! My terminal leave has about 25 days left, anyways, my big worry and a source of anxiety right now is health insurance. More specifically: How long am I covered? When I stop being covered by the Army, how long do I have before I have to get my own health insurance under the affordable care act? And why is it so god damned expensive, the cheapest plan I saw waaslike 190 a month for an absolute shit plan.

I was at JBER too, everyone would always say "this unit sucks" or "don't judge the Army by just this one base" but I realized the post and surrounding area weren't terrible, it was the real stupid Army shit that I hated.

Is it the duty station that's the problem though? I had the same experience and I was stationed in Alaska of all god forsaken places to end up. I realized that it was the culture that I didn't like. Wherever you go, the general culture of the army is going to be the same, and you'll be doing the same things, just in a different place, with different details. If you have access to your GI Bill then I would go for it, with a simple part time job you can support yourself with wiggle room, and find a career that you enjoy, instead of tolerating existence in the Army.

Thanks for the reply! I really appreciate the work you do, I think the reason a lot of dudes stay in even though it might not be the most fulfilling career for them is because there is a lot of misinformation and uncertainty circling in the Army about the civilian world.