This.
Like I've said...it's amazing we even have service academies and ROTC, since so many high school kids know how it all works on their own.
I couldn't have said it better myself.
Now...I feel the need to have a good hearted, just for fun, Rant..
Why such little love for the Coast Guard.
The CG still has one of the hardest Basic's second only to the Marine Corps. Who do you think drags those drunken Navy boys out of the water when they fall off thier ships when they're in port. You Army and Marine boys think your so good with your rifles..well..try shooting the outboard engine from the open door of a helicopter at 1200 feet at a go fast boat that's speeding at 50 knots over 4 foot seas....at night...try and make that shot once. And the Air Force, well you guys can't complain because your uniforms look just as goofey as ours.
Now please take this with the obvious humor in which I intended.
I agree with Bullet, the military as a whole will be going through some serious changes over the next decade, best done by the boys in the puzzel. No matter how many times I went there I still got lost, I think some of my friends are still trying to find there way out. They did have good hot dogs at Ground Zero, you just had to find it first.
For all you young men and women, this will be an interesting time to be in the military, you will be at the forefront of changes that will shape it's future. Don't be to quick to change the world or think you have it all figured out, just when you do it jumps up and slaps you in the face.
As you can probably tell I'm an old Coastie, I also have an older son in AROTC and a younger son who just received his AROTC scholarhip this year....and I could't be more proud.