Becca M

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Military Paid Off My $60k Student Loan Debt #outwithstudentdebt

I graduated high school in 1998, then went to a community college, a state university, and grad school over the next decade, racking up $60k in student debt, plus another $10k in credit card debt. Long story short, I did something drastic to pay it off in three years: I enlisted in the military.

I realize I took out the loans and was responsible to pay them, which is why I did what I did. But the very fact that young people in their teens and 20s are being encouraged to take on this kind of...

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Enlisted in the army to pay off student loans - update!

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Sooo ... I wanted to do a video update on life in the army. I posted a video a while back about how I joined to pay off my student loans, and this is just a quick follow up on where I'm at now.

I also want to take this time to say something I forgot to mention in the video: If you have a degree, DO NOT ENLIST!!! Go officer, no matter what any recruiter tells you. I am speaking from experience on this one.