Not a “screw” at all. The academies understand that this path is not for everyone and provide ample opportunity for cadets/mids to make the right personal decision without repercussion. Learning that our son had two years to freely walk away was what made his decision to join the military easier for us to take. By the time he took that oath, we knew that he fully understood what he was signing up for, that his was an informed adult decision, and that he was voluntarily all in. Conversely, those who choose to separate are making an equally well-informed and respectable decision, win-win on all sides.
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