I was working through some of the more technical courses when the system went down for those of us not using a MAC. I could use a break. It may be easy for an engineer or an electrician, but for those us who have a history degree, it is like:
Good point Sam I am. I am using my work computer. I tried to login this morning and was not able too. I'll try my computer at home tonight.I can't log in on my work computer where I have to enter through my DEERs data, but my home computer (Mac) takes me right to the Terms of Usage page, click okay...I'm in.
I also just registered for three math courses Stats, Trigonometry, and Pre-Calc. We'll see how bad this hurts...might hurt a lot.
Good one Randy. I am an engineer and I did some of the NEETS courses. It was painful for me too. I don't know if I would compare it to hair removal, but I had a good laugh at the video.I was working through some of the more technical courses when the system went down for those of us not using a MAC. I could use a break. It may be easy for an engineer or an electrician, but for those us who have a history degree, it is like:
I'm about to transition from Active Reserves to the IRR...and was wondering if doing the classes was "worth my time." ...
Definitely agree:
1) Having an ID can matter.
2) Value of military medicine can be quantified as well, but I chose to exclude it for simplicity of my model
3) The 20 year cliff is a very real thing. But assuming you put the time in to make the cliff, it's good to understand what the value of your time needs to be to reach that milestone. While the 35th point in your 20th year is technically the most valuable point you will ever earn, it's only that way because each point before it in the 20th year allowed for that to happen. Thus, it makes sense to amortize all the points up to that point assuming you make the vesting time.
Good points Randy.Perhaps you may want to think of it as "retirement insurance". No matter what happens to the stock market or the housing market, you (or your spouse and children) will always have this to fall back on, i.e., spreadload your risk. With an O-4 reserve retirement, the main thing is to get 60 points a year (10 points extra to CYA). For an O-5 and O-6, you really want to max your points every year as they can build up.
BTW, NETC is back up.
I recently did the basic math and if I pull 25 years of reserve retirement pay it totals up to about $850k for me. That is money I don't have to save, worry about when the stock market tanks or even if it'll show up every month as long as I'm still kicking.
jagM3, you can only do NETC courses once - pass or fail. The Navy limited the number of NETC courses we can do based on your designator. I use to do courses for all different rates, but now since I am a CEC I can only do general courses and Seabee courses. BTW I was promoted to O-4 while in the IRR. I am above zone for O-5, and I don't I'll make it.I'm currently an O-2E SELRES drilling reservist with 2 years in the reserves and 8 years prior enlisted; i'll realistically be transferring to the IRR in the next 1-2 years which I plan to ride out until I hit 20 years doing every correspondence course known to man...I assume i'll likely be a retired O-3E as getting promoted to O4 in the IRR will be next to impossible. Either way, my 8 years prior enlisted time allows me to hit 20 years as an O-3E and still retire, which is a luxury my non-Mustang fellow reserve officers don't have. My question is this: I want to do correspondence courses to go beyond the 130 point cap while I am still in the SELRES; if I do correspondence courses NOW while i'm still SELRES -- do any courses I do NOW for points while SELRES mean I can never retake them in the future for points once joining the IRR in a few years? I'm concerned about doing ANY additional courses right now in fear that it would mean I could not do them while in the IRR, where I will need maximum flexibility in the courses I take. Thanks fellas.
I'm still not able to get into NETC. The NETC Support got back with me and said it was a DEERS problem that they don't know when it will be resolved. To those new to the IRR, we are at the Navy's mercy when it comes to access, so get your courses done early or it may be down when you need it.I was working through some of the more technical courses when the system went down for those of us not using a MAC. I could use a break. It may be easy for an engineer or an electrician, but for those us who have a history degree, it is like:
I was able to login to NETC this afternoon. a couple different hoops to go through to get it to work. I had to refresh the page after logging in and then had to go through a couple certificate error pages, but after that it works.I was working through some of the more technical courses when the system went down for those of us not using a MAC. I could use a break. It may be easy for an engineer or an electrician, but for those us who have a history degree, it is like:
I'm currently an O-2E SELRES drilling reservist with 2 years in the reserves and 8 years prior enlisted; i'll realistically be transferring to the IRR in the next 1-2 years which I plan to ride out until I hit 20 years doing every correspondence course known to man...I assume i'll likely be a retired O-3E as getting promoted to O4 in the IRR will be next to impossible. Either way, my 8 years prior enlisted time allows me to hit 20 years as an O-3E and still retire, which is a luxury my non-Mustang fellow reserve officers don't have. My question is this: I want to do correspondence courses to go beyond the 130 point cap while I am still in the SELRES; if I do correspondence courses NOW while i'm still SELRES -- do any courses I do NOW for points while SELRES mean I can never retake them in the future for points once joining the IRR in a few years? I'm concerned about doing ANY additional courses right now in fear that it would mean I could not do them while in the IRR, where I will need maximum flexibility in the courses I take. Thanks fellas.
I was able to login to NETC this afternoon. a couple different hoops to go through to get it to work. I had to refresh the page after logging in and then had to go through a couple certificate error pages, but after that it works.