I don’t believe this. Did he join the service? Was he an officer? Did he say he was? He only said that he was offered a scholarship which he “turned down.”
Walk into any recruiting center and that is exactly what they will offer a prospective — a free college degree. Some people call it a scholarship. Semantics. Happens all of the time. It is a recruiting tool. OCS if it an officer.
BTW, some of the best engineers and techs I have known got their start in the service.
Anyway, IMO Carson was definitely officer material. His extremely calm demeanor and brain surgeons focus and smarts would have been ideal in the cockpit of a fighter or attack helicopter.
Maybe hindsight is 20/20 or maybe people around him saw something in him. A talent. The talent to become a brain surgeon or an officer in the service.
BTW, I was channel surfing the other night and I actually saw him at work. He was performing brain surgery on a little girl. He had opened her skull... well anyway, it was a bit gruesome for me so I flipped out. The guy is legit.
“Walk into any recruiting center and that is exactly what they will offer a prospective — a free college degree. Some people call it a scholarship. Semantics. Happens all of the time. It is a recruiting tool. OCS if it an officer.”
Well, where I come from if someone claims that they were “offered a full scholarship to West Point”, IT MEANS ONE THING...and it DOES NOT mean that he walked into a recruiting office and had a 5 minute chat. I do think Carson is intelligent enough to know that. Scott Walker...maybe not so, Rick Perry, DEFINITELY not so. But Carson - sorry, he knew just what his words implied.
...but I won’t argue that he was a damn good brain surgeon.