WEBVTT 00:06.040 --> 00:08.470 this is my second deployment . I think 00:08.470 --> 00:10.530 it was a great opportunity . And 00:10.540 --> 00:12.484 compared to my last deployment , I 00:12.840 --> 00:14.673 Vaguely , it was a while ago , I 00:14.673 --> 00:16.840 vaguely remember having some resources 00:16.840 --> 00:19.062 like this set up at , um , maybe our 30 00:19.062 --> 00:21.830 day or a 60 day reintegration . Um , 00:21.830 --> 00:24.052 demo , I know everybody's mind was just 00:24.052 --> 00:26.690 kind of already out the door . So I , I 00:26.690 --> 00:29.480 don't really remember focusing a lot on 00:29.490 --> 00:31.550 employment and education benefits . 00:31.560 --> 00:35.470 Um , but it's 00:35.470 --> 00:37.692 nice to get a head start and we have so 00:37.692 --> 00:39.526 many , we have so much access to 00:39.526 --> 00:42.670 internet and we can research and find 00:42.670 --> 00:44.781 out what school you want to go to and 00:44.781 --> 00:47.340 what job positions are are . And it's , 00:47.350 --> 00:49.540 it's kind of on the last point we're 00:49.540 --> 00:52.390 kind of , I felt like I was just 00:52.400 --> 00:54.850 finding it all out firsthand after I 00:54.850 --> 00:56.794 had already gotten home and didn't 00:56.794 --> 00:59.017 really research anything very much , it 00:59.017 --> 01:01.128 really gets your wheels turning , you 01:01.128 --> 01:03.239 started thinking about the future and 01:03.239 --> 01:05.128 you know , you start realizing to 01:05.128 --> 01:07.350 yourself , I'm gonna be home soon and I 01:07.350 --> 01:09.461 have to um , I started thinking about 01:09.461 --> 01:11.780 this , It was kind of chaotic . When I 01:11.790 --> 01:13.940 got home from my last deployment , I 01:13.940 --> 01:15.996 didn't really make up my mind that I 01:15.996 --> 01:18.107 wanted to go to college for the first 01:18.107 --> 01:19.940 time until a week before classes 01:19.940 --> 01:21.940 started . So I was in a big rush to 01:21.940 --> 01:23.662 pick out the classes that were 01:23.662 --> 01:25.607 available , luckily I didn't never 01:25.607 --> 01:27.662 taken any college classes so I could 01:27.662 --> 01:27.600 really take any of them , you know , 01:27.610 --> 01:31.600 any of the general ones . Um , but 01:31.610 --> 01:33.730 I didn't mentally prepare long enough 01:33.730 --> 01:35.730 for what was going to be like to go 01:35.730 --> 01:39.030 from doing convoys to in the classroom . 01:39.040 --> 01:41.207 I think this appointment is gonna be a 01:41.207 --> 01:43.373 little more of an easy transition from 01:43.440 --> 01:46.200 more clerical office setting to the 01:46.200 --> 01:48.570 classroom and there's more stationary 01:48.570 --> 01:51.310 on this deployment and had more of a 01:51.310 --> 01:53.310 routine . And so I think that'll be 01:53.310 --> 01:55.421 easier transition as well compared to 01:55.421 --> 01:57.643 my last deployment . We were going over 01:57.643 --> 02:01.110 my degree plan , um , how much longer I 02:01.110 --> 02:03.300 think I've left , how I can have a 02:03.300 --> 02:05.356 couple options with my G I Bill if I 02:05.356 --> 02:07.467 want to continue using the chapter 30 02:07.467 --> 02:09.689 or beneficial to switch over to chapter 02:09.689 --> 02:12.970 33 kind of stirred up some questions 02:12.980 --> 02:15.147 that I hadn't thought about . So now I 02:15.147 --> 02:17.760 have something to think about how 02:17.940 --> 02:19.829 there's so many benefits benefits 02:19.829 --> 02:21.607 available to veterans as far as 02:21.607 --> 02:24.650 education that it's kind of hard to 02:24.650 --> 02:26.872 keep them all straight . So it was nice 02:26.872 --> 02:28.761 to get an overview and see what's 02:28.761 --> 02:30.706 actually available and what's best 02:30.706 --> 02:33.260 benefit myself as far as educational 02:33.260 --> 02:35.380 benefits . Okay , when I get home , I 02:35.390 --> 02:37.450 am definitely going back to school , 02:37.460 --> 02:39.516 I'm gonna be attending metro State . 02:39.516 --> 02:41.738 I've been taking online classes through 02:41.738 --> 02:43.682 Metro State since I've been here , 02:43.682 --> 02:46.380 completed 13 credits and when I get 02:46.380 --> 02:49.360 home and get back in the classroom 02:49.620 --> 02:52.950 and I'm probably gonna find a part time 02:52.950 --> 02:55.061 job . I don't have one lined up right 02:55.061 --> 02:57.228 now . Let's go to school full time and 02:57.228 --> 03:00.020 work part time . I think that it 03:00.020 --> 03:02.810 provided me with a lot of web resources 03:02.820 --> 03:05.710 that I was unfamiliar with before this 03:05.720 --> 03:08.770 training event . Today , I there was a 03:08.770 --> 03:10.770 lot of organizations ever mentioned 03:10.770 --> 03:13.048 that I was unfamiliar with . All right . 03:13.340 --> 03:15.620 I have a copy of my resume and they 03:15.620 --> 03:17.731 were able to look it over and give me 03:17.731 --> 03:19.900 tips on how to improve it so that 03:19.900 --> 03:23.600 employers will better see what , but I 03:23.600 --> 03:25.810 can contribute to their organization 03:25.820 --> 03:29.480 company , any situation . Some people 03:29.480 --> 03:31.702 may have all their school done and they 03:31.702 --> 03:33.869 just need to find a job . So there was 03:33.869 --> 03:35.924 somebody there for them to talk to . 03:35.924 --> 03:37.980 There's somebody who's never gone to 03:37.980 --> 03:40.091 school can get the basic knowledge of 03:40.091 --> 03:42.560 the benefits and overview . So there 03:42.560 --> 03:44.616 was somebody here that could provide 03:44.616 --> 03:46.838 information for any soldier , no matter 03:46.838 --> 03:49.060 what situation . Because you can always 03:49.060 --> 03:51.227 improve your resume , can always write 03:51.227 --> 03:52.060 a cover letter .