<p>“Unlike West Point, the Naval Academy doesn’t let midshipmen barter for service selections. The needs of the Navy takes precedence over personal preferences.”</p>
<p>I guess since both the Army’s needs and the personal needs of the cadet/officer are met by the ADSO program it could be called a barter system (win-win situation).
The cadet/officer gets the branch of his/her choice (or graduate school option).
The program assists the Army in—
(1) Effectively managing its resources.
(2) Accomplishing its assigned mission.
(3) Maintaining an experienced and well qualified officer force.
(4) Ensuring a reasonable return to the Army following the expenditure of public funds.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.army.mil/usapa/epubs/pdf/r350_100.pdf[/url]”>http://www.army.mil/usapa/epubs/pdf/r350_100.pdf</a></p>