re: Texas A&M Cadets whip West Points Cadets Gold Team

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If you graduate from West Point, you are obligated to serve at least five years of active duty.

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As you are when you sign an ROTC contract. No difference.

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Meanwhile, over in fairy costume land at A&M, only about 45% of the "Corp" goes on to serve. Meaning OVER HALF OF THE CORP ARE IN COSPLAY.

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That’s fair, and I have no problem with pointing that out.

I do object to using that to disparage the ones who do make the commitment.

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Meanwhile, over in fairy costume land at A&M, only about 45% of the "Corp" goes on to serve. Meaning OVER HALF OF THE CORP ARE IN COSPLAY.

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You do realize that every ROTC program is capped by law of the total number of cadets they are allowed to commission, right?

The combined number of ROTC cadets that commission NATIONWIDE can only exceed the senior class at the equivalent academy by a margin of 5-1.

That means that, using the Army as an example, approximately 4,000-5,000 ROTC cadets can commission every year. That's the TOTAL number including every ROTC program in the country.

My year group (YG2000) had 55 Army Lieutenants commission between the December and May graduations that academic year.

Percentage-wise, that comes out to over 1% of the entire nationwide ROTC cadet allocation that year.