Your quitting due to lack of freedom, yet you still plan on ultimately becoming an officer?
title says all.
any thing that i should be deeply concerned about?
title says all.
any thing that i should be deeply concerned about?
I am not big on all of the pointless military stuff that we have to do, marching, meetings in the sar, pointless jobs, sitting cq, etc.
Some people love that lifestyle and I respect them for that. I think ultimately though I could still serve my country well by obtaining a degree from a place where I would like to be at.
This statement you make above concerns me a bit that becoming a commissioned officer is the right choice for you. I hope you are well aware that the "pointless military stuff" you listed above is going to be a part of your active duty life as well. Any job you get will have its share of mundane duties along with the more exciting ones. You will also be serving with some of the same people you are disliking at the Academy after you get commissioned, so leaving there and still going into the military won't solve that problem.
It's perfectly okay to find you don't like these aspects of military service. But if they are a major sticking point for you to endure, you really want to think twice if this line of work is right for you.
I understand your point here but IMHO most parts of cadet life at an Academy/SMC arent really similar to active duty. I've never heard of active duty Air Force units marching to meals in formation every day. Also, active duty officers dont spend their entire careers living in military dorms with every aspect of their lives being controlled. If that experience isnt what someone wants, then I think that's fine. It doesnt meant they arent cut out for life as an active duty officer. The majority of USAF officers come from traditional ROTC and DON'T live that lifestyle.
I am former active duty Navy. I sat watches (at all hours). We had weekly formations of our squadron. We marched and participated in special ceremonies. I inspected many enlisted barracks.
Yes, active duty is less intense on those aspects than your Academy/ROTC training, but those activities are still aspects of the armed forces you will participate in.
... So do all of my peers here at VT. And I assume most academy/SMC cadets do. .
Nope. There's plenty of former academy kids in ROTC here. Last semester, the mid who commanded the NROTC battalion came here from USNA. It doesnt seem like they have any major problems.