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Industry cannot replicate this package.
There are very few opportunities where a corporation will give you full pay and benefits, encourage and pay for you to go to a top school of your choice, and tell you to take up to 2 years off in the middle of your career to broaden yourself by earning the Master's Degree of your choice.

What are your chances of going to fully-funded graduate school in the Army without this option?
Currently, you have a 1 in 10 chance to attend fully-funded graduate school upon commissioning through the Army's traditional Advanced Civil Schooling (ACS) opportunities. The Graduate School Option gives you a 100% guarantee. Moreover, with this option you do not have to leave the operations career field to go to graduate school. You can finish company command, take a 2 year sabbatical that counts towards your retirement and still allows you to receive full pay and benefits, and then head back out to the field Army to serve in a branch qualifying major position.

You will earn full Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits while you serve your Graduate School commitment. This should be particularly enticing as you consider this program. If you choose not to exercise your Graduate School option (after you serve your three year Graduate School commitment) and depart the army at the 6, 7 or 8 year mark (depending on your source of commission) you will have full Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits to use for yourself. However, if you choose to exercise the Graduate School Option, the Army will send you to graduate school at no cost; you can then build a future for your family by transferring your GI Bill benefits to your spouse or your children. Particularly given the price inflation on university tuition, this is a great opportunity to invest in your family's future. Bottom Line: Serving a 3 year ADSO for one of these three career incentives concurrently qualifies you for full GI benefits for yourself or full transferability of your GI benefits to your family.