West Point Grad, Whiner, illiterate

It seems to me that the service academies have lowered their entrance requirements. Last year in the bowl game that featured the Naval Academy the QB (I believe), spoke like he was living in the ghetto instead of about to graduate from one of the best engineering schools in the country.

Now we have an West Point graduate who upon hearing he will have to serve out his contract says:

Campbell said he “didn’t ask for it, but you should never have gave it to me if it wasn’t going to happen

“you should have never gave” … how is this idiot graduating from West Point. Are we that desperate for soldiers that we allow illiterates into the academy?

Even more annoying is the fact that he knew when he went to West Point he would not have a career other than the military after he graduated. Now all of sudden he is a “victim.” Get over yourself.

Oh yeah, life lesson here. Most of the time you don’t get what you want. Beyond that, saying someone promised you something when in fact they did not, is I believe a violation of your oath; the part against lying. Duty assignments change, and sometimes it’s disruptive. That is why they call it “Army life”.

So what is his duty?

Despite his disappointment, Campbell said he is “really excited” for his next assignment — a year as a graduate assistant football coach for the Army, either at the U.S. Military Academy or the service academy’s preparatory school.

Life is so tough. I like how they put “really excited” in quotes, as if they don’t believe it either.

Now before all you start thinking, but they said he could play ! Think again.

“Oh yeah, I cried, because I wanted a shot,” Campbell, a seventh-round draft pick of the Lions, told The Oakland Press of Pontiac for a story published Thursday.

The policy was you have to make the team. Signing a contract after being picked in the 7th round is hardly making the team.

“I was initially shocked, but you know when duty calls,” Campbell said. “I can’t do much about it. I’m being optimistic about everything, taking it with a smile, having a good attitude about it, disappointed that I didn’t get my one shot, but that’s OK because when I went to the academy I initially went to the academy to be an officer.”

For some one who is “taking it with a smile” he sure seems to be getting a lot of press. Maybe that is just the left-wing media’s attempt at hurting our country, which is — as we know — typical.

Here is the policy:

Army’s Alternative Service Option

A handful of West Point graduates had taken this option until it was canceled by the Department of the Army this month:
• Cadets with special talents are eligible to apply for excess leave or early release from their active duty service obligation to “participate in activities with potential recruiting or public affairs benefit” to the Army.
• Army personnel accepted into the program are assigned to the U.S. Army recruiting unit nearest to their professional activity and must participate in recruiting activities.
• Athletes on the excess leave option are not paid by the Army during their participation in pro sports.
• If a player continues in pro sports beyond two years, he has the option to “buy out” the rest of his active service obligation.
• If a player who has not bought out his obligation exhausts his opportunity in pro sports, he must return to complete his service obligation.
• At any time, a player can be called back to active duty.

I for one am not happy about the policy of letting Academy grads out of their contracts because they can ‘play ball’; and I am glad it has been cancelled. In the first place it puts at risk everything we taxpayers paid for; their education, training, leadership of our troops, and a spot at a top institution in our country. Secondly, it gives some who can play a hope that they can get out of their duty. That annoys me the most.

UPDATE:

This is how you should handle this situation: Army’s decision “no big deal” for Dinga .

“Obviously, I knew this could happen, I knew there were some changes that were going on,” said Dinga, selected in the 10th round of last year’s draft by the Los Angeles Angels. “It isn’t disappointing. Now, I’m just going to serve the Army in a different capacity. I’m going to lead troops and I’m excited about that.”

“I’m happy with this,” Dinga said.“I came to West Point to serve my country.”

That is how you handle it.

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