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

[radarrider.livejournal.com]

Here's what I know about at least the Air Force Academy back in the late 80's. You could attend for up to two years and then walk away if you want. You would be required to pay back some expenses, but that's pretty much it. Some people did just that because they would get three years of college credit in just two years, then leave and go one more year to a civilian college to obtain their bachelor's degree.

However, if you showed up for the first class of your junior year, you immediately incurred an "active duty obligation." If you then decided to leave the academy, you were required to serve as an enlisted member of the Air Force for a period of time. As you can imagine, this was an extremely rare occurrence.

[argonel.livejournal.com]

That's what my father did actually. 2 years at USAFA, then spent one more year earning a BS in industrial physics. This was around 1970 though.