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05-31-2009, 04:19 PM
Loose Cannon
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Originally Posted by
oliverbox
Now let me say this: The quote you referenced at the bottom of this page is right on: it's single elimination in the career of an Army Officer, and they DRILL THAT INTO THE CADETS of West Point. In the Army, it's kind of like high school. Jocks are still cooler than the smart kids, and the only way to be smart and still be cool is to be a Smart Jock.
That's life in the Army. And even though Special Forces is "Really Cool". It's only like 2% of the Army. SF is sort of like the Lacrosse Team... Lacrosse is a tough sport, and you gotta be really athletic and everyone knows it's cool - but the main sport is Football. The Infantry is like Football in the Army. It's the main attraction. As my father, a career Transportation Officer puts it, "The Infantry IS the Army... everything else is just Infantry Support".
That's life in the Army.
So if the Army is High School, the Combat Branches are the Jocks and the Infantry is the Football Team. Does that make sense?
MP's are like hall monitors... no body likes those suck ups.
Transportation and Ordinance (Logistics) are like the guys in Shop Class and VOTECH. They're not nerds, but they're not Jocks and nobody really knows where they hang out after school or on the weekends. They're probably smoking behind the school.
Intel guys are often like the Art class kids or Band Nerds.
All other staff officers pretty much fall into the category of some kind of nerd. Finance guys are Math nerds. Chemical Corps are science nerds. JAG are the kids who are really into Student Government. And the AG Corps are the Social Studies nerds who really want to be office monitors. And the Army/Marine word for nerd is POG - Person Other than a Grunt.
Now, I know this analogy is a little ridiculous and it's meant to be funny. But think for just a minute: That's how the Cadets as West Point are trained for their entire time in College. That's how they look at it. That's the social structure of their college experience, and it carries over right into their careers in the Army.
So if you're Grid-Iron, and you've been a high achiever your whole life, all your training is going to tell you: Get in the Infantry, Excel in the Infantry, and STAY in the Infantry!
... but in the Marines and the Army, everybody follows the Infantry.
Damn this was Hilarious but so well thought out. How long did it take you to piece it all together? Brilliant analogy!
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