@Kurt Core,
Welcome, Kurt! 1st of all, "thank you for your service to our country"! Secondly, I have 2 military daughters, who both making an awesome career for themselves. My oldest daughter is also military, went from blue to green; and is now engaged to a fellow airman. They are stationed @ Clover, New Mexico.
Interesting you should mention "learning what Australia and New Zealand are about"! You are wise beyond your years, my friend. I am impressed, and you should be very proud of yourself. Congrats for being forward thinking. You will undoubtedly, be successful! At any rate, I'm interested to know what your comment means actually. The reason I ask is that I'm now taking a class on how their credit systems work. They're doing things financially, that we could be doing more intelligently in this country, if we were better educated; but the US "powers that be" don't seem to want us to do it the "smart way". (No conspiracy theory, just idle chat). At any rate, interesting...none the less.
Again, welcome to BP! You will find a wealth of education here!