scoutpilot
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Great Post. While everyone is on here saying the bad experiences of it all, I want to chime in. I am a current applicant to NROTC, ROTC, and (after this week), West Point and I have to say that I am leaning towards infantry. Like most of you are saying, there is a want for a combat in most instances with people going infantry. For me, however, it's more of chance to break out the monotony that we have been pre accustomed to all our lives. I am pretty sure that some of you would rather have the monotony then put your life in danger but the way I see it is that the Infantry position is a more a desirable when you put things into perspective. For one, you feel like you are actually doing more with what you learned since you are the boots on the ground talking to the people of the nation you are sent in to help (if that's what we are doing in four years time), and it is generally a more spontaneous existence.
I am an athletic nerd, so I generally get a lot of, and emphasize my work out regimen, but other then that I lead a sedimentary life style full of computer, video games, and school. It's not an exciting existence. It's just boring and instead of getting an IT job, or get in Military Intelligence, like my parents would probably prefer, I will do Infantry because it is the most out going and most, in my eyes, beneficial to the betterment of the Army. It also helps that my Uncle went to West Point and my cousin is a cow, or Junior, so I can also go to them if I need advice.
I'm surprised it took this long for a response like this.
Take my post for whatever value you want. I'm just some old guy BSing on the internet, who likely doesn't have things "in perspective."