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Post by HC13 on May 4, 2017 5:49:27 GMT -5
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Post by bison137 on May 4, 2017 11:12:58 GMT -5
That is a very good decision. It is also one that is favored by many Army and Navy grads.
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Post by rgs318 on May 4, 2017 11:16:00 GMT -5
I guess "4 and done" is the service academies way of getting good athletes to play there without that nasty requirement of two years of active duty.
This seems to me to be a military equivalent of "one and done"
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Post by bison137 on May 4, 2017 11:46:15 GMT -5
I guess "4 and done" is the service academies way of getting good athletes to play there without that nasty requirement of two years of active duty. This seems to me to be a military equivalent of "one and done" Even with the new policy, athletes will get a major break. They will be able to get out after two years of active duty, while the normal requirement is five years of active duty. |
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Post by hc6774 on May 4, 2017 15:20:45 GMT -5
The article refers to Roger Staubach's situation... in his day [my day] he had a 4 year activity commitment; I posted this before...after a tour in Vietnam as a supply officer he completed his 4 yrs at Pensacola Naval Air Station; the base had a football team, the Goshawks, that played a college schedule in addition to other service teams... Lt Staubach qb'ed the '67 & '68 teams... the '68 team had 2 HC players who were in the preflight phase of their flight training.
An athlete considering the 2 year active requirement would avoid assignments that extend the 5 year active requirement e.g. flight training, SEAL training
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Post by Tom on May 5, 2017 7:57:50 GMT -5
I seem to recall David Robinson only doing a two year stint. Although, he was considered a special situation. He grew something like 4 or 5 inches while in college and should have been drummed out for exceeding a maximum height requirement. They let him stay because it was good publicity to have him on the team
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Post by hc6774 on May 5, 2017 9:52:48 GMT -5
One of my classmates was a 6'7 bball player was in NROTC; due to cockpit sizes it was thought that he would not be accepted for flight training, but he was and got his wings.
I believe Staubach was color blind and therefore was a special admission to Annapolis; if so he was only eligible for a 'restricted' line officer commission e.g. supply corps
It appears that Jim Mattis did not get his education & Marine Corps commission via UNSA or NROTC. He is not sympathetic to those who did at significant expense to the taxpayers
For the Navy the first 2 years are sea duty i.e. aboard a ship;
after that you are eligible to come ashore for 2 or 3 yrs for more training/education or training assignments e.g. staff at USNA or NROTC school, while on active duty i.e. receive full pay & allowances; or other programs that allow you to pursue education e.g. law/med school, while in a reserve status but with additional active duty obligations to be served later.
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