Should Jack Move?

[Alexander Trafford]

Jack would make a horrible officer.

No offense, Jack.

That's what i thought about a number of my friends who did the ROTC program, and right now they are either stationed overseas or are back stateside and i have heard nothing but good things about their leadership.

The program actually did what it was designed to do and MADE them good officers.

I've talked to him too, and, from what i understand, his desire to join the military is more or less an escape from his home life and from college. I know that the military is hard, but it is a different kind of difficult than college. People tell you what to do, you follow strict rules and orders, and your life is scheduled, from what i gather. In university everything falls on your own shoulders, and it is up to you whether or not those things get done. I understand that these same lessons can be learned in the military, but i have met a number of young people who have joined the army, or the navy, or the air force, or the marines and have come home and still lack the responsibility to carry out their own lives. In that respect i believe that university is a more valuable experience than joining the military.

You can make a counter argument if you wish, but i'm not going to bother acknowledging it, no offense.