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My DS was part of that other pair. Got the deal done with 15 mintes to spare.

Arguably one of the most significant of the many "what-ifs" regarding the outcome of the war. The thing that always fascinates me is how, despite the inevitability of the Union victory from a military and logistics point of view (no way that the South survives the war of attrition), the...

Very old and yet strangely familiar.......

Congrats to you and your DS Norwich. As we discussed a while back, your DS and mine plowed a lot of the same ground at the same time. Seems like VMI graduation was not that long ago. Still, DS is married with a child on the way and he is overseas with the 101st Curahees (2-506). Very busy...

Still not sure I agree completely but we may be down to semantics at this point. A lot of Seniors at SMC's have had no intention of persuing a comission. Many in my DS's class graduated on time, had completed four years of ROTC but were not on a "commissioning track" by their own chioce...

While the corp of cadets at an SMC has a military structure and hierarchy, it is not "real" military. Military training and military obligations are handled via the ROTC programs just as they are at any other school. A lot of cadets chose SMC's, strange as that may sound, for reasons other...

At the risk of repeating much of what Packer wrote, you need to compare apples and apples. VMI cadets are required to take ROTC all four years whether they intend to commission or not. At Tech, most of the students not opting for a commission are probably gone from the ROTC programs after...

Bryson - congrats to you and your DS...and to all who have received these wonderful opportunities. My DS was much like yours. Many opportunities but he fell in love with VMI after his visit. I would joke about not wasting money on a hat until he was sure. As the weekend wrapped up, he simply...

I agree completely. My DS graduated from VMI in 2012. He had BR's who had no intention of pursuing a commission. They took ROTC courses as required but that was not why they attended VMI. In other words, they did not refuse a commission as much as they took no action to be considered for...

Thanks. From your earlier posts, I suspect that your DS was one class ahead of mine. They may have just missed each other.

I discovered this forum when my DS was in his second class year at VMI. I have been lurking ever since. I have very much appreciated the information, the opinions, and especially the perspectives from those of you who have been there and done that. I even managed to impress my DS once or...