<prompt> Human: Hello everyone!My apologies in advance as this turned out to be quite the mouthful - also, I hope this touches on personal finance enough to belong in this subreddit. I am looking to get an outsiders opinion as my fiance and I have been inside our own little echo chamber with all of this. So long story short: together 5 years, lived together for 4, still madly in love. Life is good. Bought a house 2 years ago and we currently live in our rural hometown. Getting married in August. He is 31, prior Navy - did 6.5 years active. No college experience. Currently works in the prison system coming up on 4 years as it is one of the only employers around here that doesnt pay minimum wage and has state benefits. He is not happy with this job, but keeps it because it pays the bills. He makes enough to cover his share of the bills and to contribute to his 401k. He also has nothing left to throw at savingsdebt reduction. I am 30, have gone through Army Basic Training initial separation due to them breaching contract on my job me being young and not looking at the big picture me not reenlisting. No college experience. Currently working at the local hospital as a physicians receptionist making very meager money. I make enough to pay my share of the bills and enough to feed us. I have nothing left over for an emergency fund, savings, debt reduction, etc. We feel that, with our age, we need to make a drastic change. Although we do want children, we are not financially stable whatsoever. He wants a career change as do I. I want to go active in the Navy as a Cryptologic Technician. I would go through Navy basic training, then to A school. About 6 months of training I believe. Im not disciplined enough to make it through a college degree. I have tried, and I have failed. I know firsthand that I thrive in a military setting. This rating job would set me up for gainful employment after Im out of the military and provide me with civilian certifications as well as security clearances. He would use his Montgomery G.I. Bill to go to Lineman School, which is around 3 months, and he would be employable shortly thereafter. He also may join the Navy Reserves after Im stationed to complete the rest of the 20 years needed to draw retirement. My biggest worriescons list: Essentially starting over at 30 years old. Taking this route means we wont have children as I will be enlisted for at least 6 years with this particular rating. From a personal finance standpoint, thats not a bad thing. From a personal standpoint, Im neutral leaning towards maybe having one. Not a deal breaker. He has contributed quite a bit in his 4 years with the state to his 401k. I dont want to lose any of it. Renting out our house.The benefits I see from this plan: Fast track to a career without having to go to college without incurring student debt. He gets to change his career to a less stressfuldangerous field in a short amount of time at no cost to us while they pay for our housing when he is in school. We would no longer live paycheck to paycheck and live in an impoverished area. We can pay off our debts, including our house that we would like to come back to when we retire.I know a lot of this is absolutely personal decision and isnt really in the realm of Personal Finance... but Im wondering if our proposed career change is silly considering our age. Thank you in advance! TLDR: A couple of 30 year olds on the brink of making life changing decisions to break the cycle of paycheck to paycheck living and we dont know if we are being unrealistic.  <response>: Have him look at converting his MGIB to the Post 911. He could potentially go to school full time and make more money due to the BAH. Right now I get 1100mo to go to school. If I had 100 of the GI bill itd be more like 2100mo. 