Touched by an Uncle.

[Good_Apollo]

Quite a toss up but I don't know how much help anyone here can be. It's your life and I don't think either choice is necessarily the better choice. I think it's just going to come down to what you really want to do without any outside influences.

[Kornman00]

Yeah, I realized as much before posting. Just human to want to discuss important matters...never know what people may say or provide. Useless or not. Could just be a funny remark adding some brighter light to the situtation or helpful insight one's experienced or from someone in the family/friend. 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon after all.

[Cojafoji]

if you don't mind waiting a while to get to america, you could actually book passage on a cargo ship. it's not luxurious, but it's pretty damn cheap, and you could probably get away with stuffing your shit in your bunk with you, and send the rest back via bulk transport.

[Kornman00]

The Army pays for sending me back to my home address. The issue with this was, if I stayed in, I wouldn't have to worry about shipping my own shit to WA if I move there civilian wise, because I would already be stationed there (plus I'd have two years of scoping the area).

When you change duty stations, the Army pays for the transportation of you, your goods, vehicle, pets, and dependents. Assuming those things are on your orders that is. If say, you don't get your wife on your orders before getting there, you either have to wait and do it there, or pay on your own dime.

[Cojafoji]

The Army pays for sending me back to my home address. The issue with this was, if I stayed in, I wouldn't have to worry about shipping my own shit to WA if I move there civilian wise, because I would already be stationed there (plus I'd have two years of scoping the area).

When you change duty stations, the Army pays for the transportation of you, your goods, vehicle, pets, and dependents. Assuming those things are on your orders that is. If say, you don't get your wife on your orders before getting there, you either have to wait and do it there, or pay on your own dime.

Ah. I was uninformed unable to garner these facts from your post. My apologies.

[Atty]

Get out while you still can.

[Amit]

It's an interesting situation indeed. You'd be stationed in Washington, but there's a high chance for deployment to Afghanistan. Hmm, I guess is you stick it through and re-enlist, you will have the said benefits, but there's the possibility of getting wounded or killed too. So...I dunno. Could work the civilian life too.

[=sw=warlord]

So it's a case of either stay in for 2 extra years and get free trnasportation of all your stuff, but risk being shipped out for active duty or leave when your contract ends and pay for the transportation of your stuff yourself, could happen anyways if your stuff wasn't on your orders before you arrive at your new station.

i personaly would get out once your contract ends, you would still be a veteran and get the chance to what you want to do, sooner.
If for what ever reason you didn't make the job you want you could always look into setting up your own business, there are plenty of jobs going about for freelance programmers and other kind of developers.

[Advancebo]

Do you get to keep an M4 if you leave?

[Gwunty]