<p>USNA 69, I think you got it right when you said that we all want our schools to look good. More than anything, I think having a USMA football player in the NFL may have been good for West Point and good for the Army, and I myself am at a bit out of character here, because on one hand I truly believe you only go to the Academy because you want to lead Soldiers, and the other part of me would have liked to see this recent grad make it. Bottom line is that, you’re right, everyone signs up for a commitment to the Army (or Navy, or AF, or whoever), and should be held to that commitment. You go to an Academy to be an officer, to lead America’s sons and daughters, and for no other reason; it’s not for a free education or for the prestige of the school on your resume: prestige and a free education doesn’t mean a whole lot if you are killed in action. I’ve done a lot of thinking and it’s simply too much of a slippery slope if we are to say “you’re good at football, you dont have to do what all your peers are doing;” in time we may be looking at “you’re good with computers, go work at microsoft” instead of bleeding with the rest of your peers. So in short, I’ve done a lot of thinking and have decided that, despite my own personal desires to see Campbell succeed, the precedent that this policy set was unwarranted.
I have not seen any Navy EOD where I’m at, only AF and Army. MND-B falls under 4ID and therefore is almost entirely comprised of Army units, perhaps Navy EOD is more prevalent in Marine held areas? I dont know.</p>