Chances at the Academy?

AdanBrac
Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:36:42 +0000

Bill, I am not a Sergeant. I am a Sergeant 1st class, which is an E-7 if you didn’t know. I’m also the 8th highest ranked cadet in the battalion, which is pretty smokin. Want to know why I’m not an officer? I’m not an officer because I was in the hospital due to a broken leg on the day of last semester’s promotion ceremony. They don’t promote you if you aren’t there, regardless of the reason. That’s why. If I HAD been there, I was going to get CSM. That’s an E-11.

And, well, I don’t have any problems that would keep me out of the military. Being gay is not a problem, as you have yourself said Bill.

And I’m not in bad shape, I meet the fitness requirements in every way except the run. In 1 minute I can do 49 push ups or 45 sit ups. That might not be the best, but it’s still pretty good. Now I realize I have to improve on my run… But it isn’t because I lack motivation. It’s because for 3 years I’ve been on medication which has made it unsafe for me to run. I got off the meds a couple months ago and have steadily improved my mile. I started off at more than 13 minutes for a mile, and am now down to 10:30. I don’t think that’s too bad in 4 months. I’ve been getting alot better.

I’m also going to apply to Norwich as a backup for the military career. Academically I can definitely get in because according to collegeboard.com their average SATs are like 100 points below mine in each section.

Plus I just opened up a letter nominating me to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum for Defense, Intelligence, and Diplomacy this fall in Washington, DC. Got to count for something right?

I think that with a tougher schedule my senior year as long as I get good grades then I’ll be a contender at the Academy as long as I get in shape. And I don’t really see the need to get in shape anyway… I’ll need it for the Academy, but not for my actual career. I’m going to be on the bridge of a cutter managing navigational charts, that doesn’t require Rambo-esque strength. Does it?