[Recon Dad]

My son is contemplating moving on to OCS after about nine years in the Corps. He's a college grad so he could have done this from day one, but went the other route because he likes the action. Officers in the SpecOPs side are not part of the teams and are basically administrative.
If the Marines would allow him to stay where he is and not rotate him out of what he does he'd never leave. So after spending God knows how much to train him to his present level of expertise they will force him to be an officer.
Going to OCS will be a vacation for him compared to what he's done in the last 9 years.

[Rodamala]

I think things would be much better if more enlisted men went the route of your son. The best qualification for someone to lead, is to be someone who can take orders.

It's sad to see that today's corporate culture places braindead college graduates ahead of seasoned veterans with 20 years of experience in the field (whatever the profession may be, it doesn't seem to matter).