[jtrain609]

YOU will put your military experience up against a college degree, but will an HR department? We're not discussing what YOU think is more valuable, we're talking about the people evaluating you think is more valuable. I'm not going to try to play down military experience at all, mostly because I don't know a ton about it and if you were a pilot in the military you most likely have MUCH better training than me, but what's the HR department think?

I think Firebird just nailed it, and this is what I was trying to get at with my initial post: you're setting yourself apart by having both of these boxes checked, and by doing so you're making yourself more competitive. Having both military experience AND a college degree is a one, two punch that most people can't hold a candle to.

I know I can't, and I'll have to work with other aspects of my resume to make myself more marketable in relation to those guys.