Should military service be a prerequisite for a student loan?

no. Why should only veterans be eligible for a loan at a lower interest rate that is subsidised by the taxpayers of the country, the vast, vast majority of which are not serving in the military or vets? It is in the long term interest of the nation to increase the education level of the population. College graduates as a group make significantly more over their lifetimes than high school graduates ( of course there are notable exceptions, but as a whole, it's a fact). Those who make more will pay more taxes which will more than repay any federal expenditures for the loans. Plus spending that additional income will contribute to a growing economy.

No. The BEOG, Pell Grants, and Student Loans should continue to be for students from lower income families to help them through college. We now have a very good GI bill for our active duty service members and if the current system is not broke why fix it?

Absolutely not. If service was a prerequisite, only a small percentage of potential students would be able to get a loan. This would deny an education to many people who need the loan.

No, what about the kids that can't join? My daughter is 5'2 and 100 lbs. she can't join any branch.

Nope.

Not everything in our society revolves around the military, nor should it.

And some people just aren't suited for the military. But that's no reason to make getting a higher education more difficult for them.

Ready to more than double the Pentagon budget? Take a look at Israel. 5.8% of their GDP. We're at 3.3%. The sheer numbers of kids and what do we do with them? Oh, spend money, train, and lose them. That'd be the largest catch and release program going. The other thing being missed is anytime a social program is laid on the military, we lose lethality and effectiveness. How much? Probably the same range of actual warfighter/technical skill training vs. everything else. The largest expense line is salary. There are a lot of countries out there with mandatory service and low GDP expenditure. How good would you feel about not having much training, crappy barracks, and crappy equipment?

Absolutely not.

However, I am of the opinion that if you serve in the military your student loans should be discharged by a scale of how long you served determining how much (percentage) of your total loans will be discharged.

Can't see any reason for this.

What only the military should receive help to achieve? So many others deserve help and many do get it and become very productive citizens.

NO, of course not, there are plenty of deserving students that deserve and need the educational finance aid. I had the VA help Me and I also worked to help pay, I didn't need or take any student loans. In the case of two of My own Children however needed that assistance , that along with what I helped to pay sure helped both of them. They also worked to help pay some of their own expenses. My third offspring I paid for a course for Him to obtain His contractors license and He is a licensed building contractor with his own business. I'm not scared by someone obtaining a level of education, I'm scared by someone that doesn't learn anything or advance their knowledge base.

What's next? Military service as a prerequisite for a mortgage, food stamps, WIC, health insurance? Give me a break. The things/people which make our country great also include things/people which have nothing to do with military service. Hell, I'd sacrifice a few divisions worth of troops for a couple of million more dedicated teachers, polie officers, EMT's, firemen, nurses, and civil servants.