Sevice Members with college degrees?

<div>They don't pay officers differently based on Bachelors, Masters, etc.</div><div><br></div><div>Soldiers receive Tuition Assistance to go to college - they are already getting paid to attend college.</div><div><br></div><div>Additionally, they receive promotion points for college education which gets them promoted faster which equals getting paid for attending college.</div><div><br></div><div>Seems like there are plenty of incentives and good reasons (better communication skills, better management/leadership skills, etc) to attend college.</div><div><br></div>

I agree that having a degree makes you no better a leader or a Soldier than someone who does not have a degree.   But, let's not kid ourselves in terms of opening doors for promotion.  It's been a while since I needed to look at points, but when I was going through points-based promotions my Bachelors earned me the same number of promotion points as any other Soldier with 60 random credit hours.  I subsequently went on and completed my Masters while in service.  Did that advanced degree earn me a promotion, no.  Did it earn me a pay raise, no.  I needed to be promoted before another pay raise and my particular MOS provides very few sequence numbers and eventual pins.  I didn't pursue my Masters for the Army, I stuck with it through PCS moves and deployment for myself, but I am not convinced the Army truly values continued education. 

I agree with CSM Maynard. &nbsp;The college education was for me. &nbsp;I didn't do it for more pay, I did it to better myself and stand out among my peer group. &nbsp;It doesn't change the work I do as an enlisted member, therefore there's no reason I should be paid more for doing the same work.&nbsp;