“He didn’t have a choice, he was sent to a naval academy which demands a commitment to the navy for several years after you graduate...”
Well, sure, he had a choice! I know we’re in violent agreement about this, but humor me: he wasn’t sent to the Naval Academy, he chose to attend, and went through an exhausting and extremely competitive process to be selected to attend, the Naval Academy - he ASKED FOR IT! Bitching about serving later greatly increases the p*ssy factor here. I have great respect for the folks on the front line, but no sympathy for a whiner.
Colonel, USAFR
I was under the general impression that parents sent their kids to military academies to ‘straighten them out’. I suppose I was wrong...