Anyone have any educational advice?

First and foremost, leave your GI bill alone while you're serving. You have access to Tuition Assistance which offers you up to $250 per credit hour, up to $4500 a year. Second, I would recommend online schooling if you're responsible enough to work on your own outside of the online requirements. Third, go see the education center on post and see what your options are for the second recommendation as well as other options if you can't handle it.

I got my bachelors done online through ASU, having done all my upper division while an active duty infantry NCO and using tuition assistance. It can be done if you're dedicated enough.

SPC (Join to see) - Use tuition assistance. Go see the folks at the Ed Center and they can assist. My advice would be to not get into massive amounts of student loan debts. Use TA often. https://www.goarmyed.com/public/facility_pages/Fort_Bliss_Education_Center/default.asp

I'd also research Texas A&M and see if they have a satellite branch at Bliss like they do at Fort Hood.

If you are active duty do not use your GI Bill. Use Tuition Assistance. Save your GI Bill for later.

See if your base has CCAF. I recommend you work first for an associates/community college degree. Once you have your associates, your 64 credits are locked in and can't expire.
http://www.airuniversity.af.mil/Barnes/CCAF/

First of all: Time management! Second, you might be able to take classes on the weekends. I invested my Saturdays to take a few classes, UMUC used to offer them on post when I was going for my AA. On that note, do an AA in general studies, that way you have that paper that means more than just a few credits. Leave the GI bill for after the service. As a scout, you will be busy, but if you do your due diligance, you can see the long range schedule and plan classes around it. I was doing five classes at one time as a combat engineer squad leader. Is all about time management.

I would suggest enrolling in an associate's degree at Coastline Community College. They will give you a lot of credit for your military schools, and they were super easy to work with when I attended their school.
Then, when you finished your Associates you can transfer that into a Bachelors.

Are you competent in your multiple choice test taking skills? Then take CLEP for your gen eds.

P.S. STAY AWAY from student loans of ANY kind... “period”!!

Get credit for military classes, find out if you can CLEP any subjects, pick a major that has future value when you complete, keep a 3.0 avg or better, read, read, read...

You camchange svc, when I was at USAF OTS, many others I knew in the program were prior enlisted in other svcs, one guy even had enlisted Navy dolphins, so it can be done, I assure you, if you'd want to chat further, just ask, OK? I can explain !ore, however, as I'd said, I'd need to know more, to help you more effectively, OK?