Okay....now I'm a little frustrated...
Just spent the whole day TDE'd from school working with the NROTC liason officer guy? Rep? Whatever his title is. Pretty much they're willing to give me a free ride 4 year scholarship with NROTC (Marine Corps of course) which means in 4 years I'd have brass on my shoulder instead of chevrons (Not saying its better or worse, just saying in general)
Now, its always been my dream, my ultimate life-long dream to be a commissioned officer. And this would make it alot easier than doing 4 years, then college, then get a commission and start off as a Mustang 2nd Lt at age 26.
However, there's one thing stopping me. My commitment through DEP. When I told him about this he pretty much acted as if its no big deal, he said "We can work around that, don't worry about it." Now I'm certain that he can, that it would be real easy for him to get me out of DEP and into NROTC next year (I'm a senior)
But that's not what worries me, I feel like I've got a commitment to my poolee friends. I mean, all 5 of us are shipping the same day as UH. My recruiter too, I mean, my future is more important than making sure she makes mission, but I still have that thing in the back of my mind you know? Its not so much the fact I'd feel like I lied to her, but that I'd be ditching her for something "better", or maybe that she'd think I think "I'm too good to go enlisted". Something like that.
Me personally, if I went through with this I don't feel as if I'm renouncing my commitment to the Corps at all, because....well I'm still going to join it...so that's not an issue to me.
But I'm friends with all these guys, we enlisted together, and while I know they'd understand and be happy for me, I mean, they all call me General because of my ASVAB score, class rank, and they say my name sounds like a General's name, I don't know how that would really make them feel knowing that they'd be finished with their first enlistment when I get my commission....they'd be heros and I'd be a college graduate.....
I know some of you guys like to immediately go into insult-mode, that's not what I'm looking for. I'm most definitely joining the Corps either way, so I'm not getting out. This just has to do with being in DEP and getting accepted to an NROTC program with a 4 year scholarship. How would you feel about that?
Let me ask you Marines....what would you do? If you were in DEP and someone pretty much just said "Sign here if you want to be an officer" but it meant getting out of DEP?