bluemarlin04
Well-Known Member
Also lets keep in mind there are TONS of people that just dont want to be in the military for a number of reasons after they spend some time in it. Maybe they think the FITREP promotion system is a joke (it is), maybe they aren't trusting of senior leaders (some truth to it), or maybe they just dont want to deploy (valid).
A lot of people commission for different reasons. Pay for graduate school, good salary to start their life, looks stellar on their resume. We shouldn't knock them simply for moving on.
I comissioned cause I needed a job. Simple as that. The officer recruiter sold me on it being a good job to start my life off and the economy was in the gutter at the time and getting a job was difficult. The Navy offered me one so I took it. Had a good civilian opportunity came along I would have took that.
I knew when I commissioned at OCS I was only going to do 4 years and move on. I ended up staying a little longer cause I was offered a good shore duty at year 4 that was non competitive and would offer me a chance to save up some money and "transition".
My friend was an OCS graduate who went to BUDS and became a SEAL. He did two combat deployments with his platoon and realized it wasn't for him and moved on and resigned. He was only in for 4.5 years.
OCS slots for BUDs are EXTREMELY competitive.
That doesn't make him a dirtbag. He simply moved on from something that wasn't for him.
A lot of people commission for different reasons. Pay for graduate school, good salary to start their life, looks stellar on their resume. We shouldn't knock them simply for moving on.
I comissioned cause I needed a job. Simple as that. The officer recruiter sold me on it being a good job to start my life off and the economy was in the gutter at the time and getting a job was difficult. The Navy offered me one so I took it. Had a good civilian opportunity came along I would have took that.
I knew when I commissioned at OCS I was only going to do 4 years and move on. I ended up staying a little longer cause I was offered a good shore duty at year 4 that was non competitive and would offer me a chance to save up some money and "transition".
My friend was an OCS graduate who went to BUDS and became a SEAL. He did two combat deployments with his platoon and realized it wasn't for him and moved on and resigned. He was only in for 4.5 years.
OCS slots for BUDs are EXTREMELY competitive.
That doesn't make him a dirtbag. He simply moved on from something that wasn't for him.