<p>USNA is definitely up there on my list. I did Summer Seminar there and was very impressed by the quality of the midshipmen. My squad leader is Yoda with a crew cut!</p>
<p>We’ve been communicating recently by email. Here’s his latest pearl of wisdom: “As much fun as a civilian campus sounds, if you have a deep-seeded desire to serve, be an officer in the military, or do something greater than yourself, you will never be satisfied at any civilian college. people at these campuses will not understand you desire to be in the military or devote yourself to service because most of them are riding ontheir parent’s paychecks, they are searching for the “meaning of life”, and looking out for a great party. As much as my friends here would like to leave the Academy sometimes, they realize that they wouldn’t really be satisfied.” </p>
<p>It really hit home for me.</p>