Muddled priorities

[unixronin]

OK, so you want to become an officer in the Army.  You make it into West Point, you graduate ... and then you go to play pro football for the Detroit Lions?

Uh, no.  This is wrong, IMHO.  You volunteered, you got your way paid through West Point, you committed to serve; now it's time to serve.  You want to play pro football, you can do that after you get out.

Comments

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

1) Become a spokesperson for the service, and serve time as a reservist (which is what I think David Robinson actually did)... in essence, you've just become a recruiter.

Good point.

2) Any academy service graduate is allowed to not serve, as long as they pay the academy back for their tuition/expenses/etc.

Yeah, that'd work too. But one way or another, you need to either honor that commitment or pay back what you received for it.