Quoted: You also have many fewer doors that open themselves to you in your life. The Academies offer a brotherhood that links you forever in both military service and private enterprise.
Kind of like being in the "right" fraternity at a top University.
With my few years, I'm only 30, has come some wisdom I wish I possessed at 17.
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General Richard Myers, you know, the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was an Air Force ROTC grad. General T. Michael Moseley, the soon-to-be AF Chief of Staff, wasn't an Academy grad either, he was a Cadet at Texas A&M. With that said, you don't have to be an academy grad to get doors to open up. I do admit, yes it helps, but if you truely want to achieve any kind of power, you'll make it happen regardless. Natural leaders find a way to rise to the top.
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Sheltered life... do you actually know anything about the military academies.
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Hmm, you know, I didn't attend any of them. However, my roommate of the past year is a USAFA grad, and I've been training with some zoomies and a USNA grad for the past year. I've heard many stories and heard about their daily experiences. Compared to going to a "normal" college for 4 years, a service academy is a much different lifestyle.
I was able to pick my class schedule, pick the clothes I want to wear, etc. Hell, I could party my ass off or whatnot, whenever I wanted to. I don't think that happens in the academies. They choose all that shit for you. It was also nice having my own car and my cell phone, and not needing permission to leave campus, from day one. I definately had more freedom than an academy grad.
This guy asked for people's opinions, and I gave him mine. I would choose ROTC over any academy, any day of the week.