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I just turned 25 last week and am dissapointed with my current short term career outlook. I have been in the car detailing/ reconditioning industry for 9 years and would really like to try something else. I've been living in Dallas for 20 years and feel like there is more to the world than just "Dallas/ Fort Worth. I would like to go new places and meet new people from all over the world. I have my own little business buying and selling cars/ using my experience to my advantage, and this is acutally starting to pay off as I'm making around $35,000 per year. I love cars/ trucks and motorcycles, I've even worked on small planes and boats and have done everything from new car/ used car dealership reconditioning work to show cars/ motorcycles worth well over 6 figures. I just feel like I've done all that I can do in this industry until my credit is strong enough to acquire a loan to start a substantial business. I have an Associates Degree in Auto Body ( a joke ), and have accumulated 90 college credit hours because I'm pursuing a Bachelors Degree in Business Management. I'm paying for community college out of my own pocket and will finish all of the basic coursed within one year. I'm looking for a way to pay for University level education, acquire a new skill in a different industry preferrably aircraft ( hints the Air Force ), get out of Dallas, learn how larger business operates, save a substantial amount of money and build my credit. I have been doing a lot of research and feel like Contracting/ Operations Management/ Financial Management Comptroller/ Maintenance Management Analysis in the Air Force would be the best way to go. I'm in good shape, unmarried, no kids, no real obligations here. My goals are to have this done in four years ( school, new industry, capital/ credit in place ). I want to be set by the time I'm 35, so I'm making an aggressive/ realistic 10 year plan. I aspire to become very successful and am willing to go backward/ start over in order to advance myself. I would like to become a government contractor of some sort possibly in the vehicle/ transportation capacity? If that dosen't work out I can always come back to the auto industry. From the little research that I've done I may be able to start as an E3 rather than an E1 because of my college credits. Any advice from people who are former Air Force members and or military contractors would be greatly appreciated