>> Okay, so I was introduced to [inaudible] college as an active duty in Pearl Harbor.
I had gone in and of course one of the attributes of the school is it's you know,
very open to transfer of credits for the military.
You know, it also means that they understand what the military career is
and they really taking advantage of what you've already done
and given you the appropriate credits.
So it gives you a clear path that is shorter than a traditional route into the studies.
But there's something about having the formal education piece and even now, I mean,
I am using as fast as I can take a class in my postgraduate studies,
I am literally using the information while I'm still in the class.
I'm not even finishing the class, like that's probably more my distracter,
because I start reading theories and see how I can apply it at work.
What's great about that and what the indirect benefit is is that the fact that I'm
in those classes is that your supervisor sees you do things differently.
The value you add to your team and to your company is very apparent,
not because you have the formal education, or you know, formal degree,
it's that because they can see the benefits that they're getting because they went, you know,
because you have that education piece.