Steve Wilkins said:...or want to for the right reasons.
Like becoming a mustage? I enlisted because deep down inside, I think it will make me a better officer in the long run. No offence to the excellent men and women who went the ROTC/USNA route, but I think an officer who is going to lead sailors should have first walked in the shoes of those being lead. It gives that individual a better perspective of what these sailors are there for, and what values they need to succeed as American sailors. I think a mustang isn't just another officer from which a sailor follows orders, but a mentor and a person who has been there before, and seen it through their own eyes.
I could be wrong. But I still want to be a squid.