we were mascots. (not even funny)
Our job was to "get out of the way". (not even funny)
Our other job was to "take the blame". (true but, not even funny)

Dusty . . . this summer we're going out on the boat. I'm going to drink you under the table, and then push you over board! .

Often times the Detachment Commander is there to "tap the tiller' and maintain the course. . . nudge the throttle a tad . . . and sometimes drop an anchor. (And young man, when that needs to happen you better be able to do it.)

We're like control rods in nuclear reactors.

Oh yeah. NEVER FORGET! The Detachment Commander is responsible for everything that happens or fails to happen on the team.

So I guess none of the universities were offering ROTC. I find it strange that a person who has a lifelong ambition to be an army officer would have graduated without a commission.

Me and all three of my brothers went through ROTC. It seems like the most probable route a person would go through if one had a life long ambition. The two of us who wished for it, served on ODAs. Strange how that worked out for us by simply signing up for ROTC as a freshman. Of course we didn't go dicking off all over Europe studying abroad, we just buckled down and got our degrees and commission.

Yep.

Richard :munchin

He'll figure it out.....

One Step at A Time.
 

If you are not ROTC, you will have to enlist. Concentrate on BCT.

TRUE.
 

You men did it the way people who have a realistic dream also make a realistic plan and follow it to reach their goal.

It's all that officer stuff they teach, "Have a plan to follow a plan, just in the event the first plan doesn't work plan."

LMAO
 

I went in as a PVT E1. BCT, AIT, OCS, ABN, etc. No plan. My dream was not being an officer. It was not the Army. It was a pro baseball player. Then lawyer.

Funny how things have a way of turning out. Ultimately,as long as we don't have any regrets then we're doing well.

I have two regrets.....letting that little girl get away, and selling the 67 GTO. The GTO hurts the most....:boohoo

Little brother, since you retire real soon, a gift.

I've got (2) barracudas, put them together, you could have one real nice car, or how about a 56 pro-street? Better yet, a 38 Dodge!

All need work, but all would make a real nice ride.

All you have to do is,...

well, let's talk.

-------- BT

alright4u - pro ball would have paid better than SF, but SF was much more rewarding, agreed?

In all seriousness, I personally witnessed more than one case in which the decision made by the Team Leader prevented big scratch that HUGE trouble for everybody else on the detachment.

An ODA can't operate without a frontal lobe.

Dusty,

You know I never realized the many SF officers that came in as PVT 2,remarkable.....;)

Big Teddy :munchin

I think our young jedi's basic problem is this:

just throwing it out there, some universities require studying abroad for certain majors.

Correct. I am an International Business major with minors in German and Military Science and my degree required me to study abroad in a German speaking country. I just got back from Austria in December. That being said, I had to cut through a lot of red tape but my program approved me to go (even paid for my plane ticket) and I am commissioning as an 11A this May. It is definitely possible to squeeze a semester abroad in there.