Advise

I'm 20 years old, from Egypt, I'm a self-taught Desktop Application Developer, I have 3 years of experience from freelancing. But I have no degree. Now I must serve 3 years mandatory military service or I can go back to continue my education, but the problem is, here in my country I can't just get into college directly, I have to spend 4 years learning unrelated subjects before I can get into college. So I want your advice, if you were in my place, would