That is honestly why I have a problem with a lot of kids that end up at the academies.. I worked at a prep school, and the preparatory students acted like they ran the whole place, and refused to ever listen to the students that were heading to an ROTC school.. Yet I constantly hear about how going to a service academy =/= a better officer, but if you had listened to all of them, they would have told you it made them gods.

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Posted by Wolfpacleader

Member since Jun 2011

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Posted on 9/13/11 at 1:28 pm to BaddestAndvari

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That is honestly why I have a problem with a lot of kids that end up at the academies.. I worked at a prep school, and the preparatory students acted like they ran the whole place, and refused to ever listen to the students that were heading to an ROTC school.. Yet I constantly hear about how going to a service academy =/= a better officer, but if you had listened to all of them, they would have told you it made them gods.

All of them? really? I'm in the military, and I know quite a few quality officers who are both from the Academy and not stuck up about it. There is also plenty of bias from non academy officers against academy grads, it works both ways.
It really has no effect on the quality of the officer.
TLDR: there are douches on both sides, and quality officers on both sides.

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Posted by Slickback

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Posted on 9/13/11 at 2:45 pm to BaddestAndvari

Not all the service academy officers are from prominent upbringings. My brother got in without having any political or military connections. He got in by busting his arse in school and in athletics.

As for the guy that said they won't be infantry leading people into battle,