<prompt> Human: PF,I find myself separating from the Military soon, unfortunately it will not be a retirement, though. For the first time in my life Ill actually have to job search, submit a resume, interview, all that jazz.Current finances are as such:Debt- 0. I dont owe a penny to anyone.CheckingSavings account - 30K.Retirement TSP - 124K.Equity - Zilch. Ill have an older truck that I will bring with me back to America, but aside from that I own no landcarspropertiesetc...Responsibilities - Just me and my dog. No spousechildren to account for.Whats the best way to make the money I have last? I intend to take advantage of my College Stipend for veterans, which should provide me around 1300 a month. Id like to get a full time job immediately, but its been a bit challenging trying to get hired when I dont have a 100 accurate timeline on when Ill be returning back to America. Rough estimates are August, but nothing concrete yet.Any advice, especially from anyone who has transitioned from Active Duty military to civilian life, would be greatly appreciated.I live in Asia, so replies to this may be late due to time zone differences. Thank you.Assistant: Go move in with familyfriends when you get out. Apply to college. Rtfm on gibill. Finish school. Get job. Dont tell anyone you got 30k. Dont borrow from your tsp. Want a better answer you might want to add what your goals are. If you want to live in a truck down by the river with your dog youre doing great! If living with family isnt an option you need to start looking at schools now and applying. Getting cost of living estimates and so on.. tap class is useless. Human: I start TAPS in a few weeks. Is it really useless?No real desire to live with familyfriends, Ive been away for 14yr and dont really have home anymore. Goals, well, not be a homeless vet statistic would be nice.  <response>: TAP is decent. Just like any military program, you get out of it what you want. Listen to the HR person when they visit, they have so much insight usually. They helped me polish my resume for both a military contract job as well as civilian jobs using my degree instead of just military exp.Recently separated myself but had a job already lined up. If youre looking to go to school, just do online to make it easier to work full time. However, if your expenses are low no debt, etc a part time job while getting the post 911 monthly bah should suffice. Honestly, youre doing well financially than probably 90 of veterans separating these days before retirement. Most that I know didnt have more than a couple grand in the bank from their last military checks and it was scary AF for them. 