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They screwed this up.
I think some are missing the the bigger point here, the Army didn't change it's stance; DOD changed it's policy. The Army had no choice in saying "Sorry Dude. Pack up and ship out."
DOD > Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard
No offense to anyone intended, but I am a bit surprised that so many would be willing to make a special case for a soldier because of football, but do not feel the same about a soldier with children that is kept in service because of stop-loss orders. Priorities, 'eh?
HOW??? They made a person live up to their obligations that the person agreed to PRIOR to attending West Point???
Dude should have chosen a different school if his intent was to NOT serve in the military... He's the dumbass if he thought anything different.
But let's start setting precedents for people to apply to our military academies - getting a wonderful, free education - only to bail before they live up to their end of the bargain... BRILLIANT!
Ya know... On second thought.
Let this guy out of his duty. He must be a scrub anyway being a 7th round pick. Let him fail miserably.
Caleb Campbell admitted that he shed a few tears Wednesday when he learned he would be joining his fellow West Point graduates in either Afghanistan or Iraq instead of taking the field.
"When I got drafted, I told people that I was going to have the best of both worlds," Campbell told ESPN. "I was going to be in the United States Army and I was going to have a chance to play professional football. Now I have the best of one world, and I'm very positive about that. It's all going to work out. ... I'm in great shape, and I'm going to stay in great shape. I'm going to fulfill my duty to the United States Army and do what I've got to do. One day, hopefully, I'll get another opportunity to play in the NFL."
For the record, Campbell knew what his obligations were and he had no reported issues. Coach Rod Marinelli said in a press conference that Caleb knew what he had to do once the decision was made and he did it.
I just wanted to add that in order to make sure nobody get's the wrong idea. Caleb understands his obligations to the Army.
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1591502/20080724/id_0.jhtml
You just had to put the Coast Guard in a smaller font didn't you? No skin off my teeth bro, we both know USAF is where it's at. *sets stage for intra branch rivalry smack talk*
Meh... The USAF are the Army's little 'fly boys'!!
For the record, Campbell knew what his obligations were and he had no reported issues. Coach Rod Marinelli said in a press conference that Caleb knew what he had to do once the decision was made and he did it.
I just wanted to add that in order to make sure nobody get's the wrong idea. Caleb understands his obligations to the Army.
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1591502/20080724/id_0.jhtml
Don't be too upset with us, don't forget we are the ones who bring the A/C on those long, hot deployments, y'all just suffer seperation anxiety when we are not there.
What long, hot deployments? I spent the whole time in northern Germany... Sometimes it was too cold for your boys to even fire up the A-10's...
*and yes, we did miss y'all when y'all weren't around*
My late brother was in the Army, he used to rave about the A-10's providing air support for them, flying at tree top levels, those were fun stories he used to tell me when I was about 8 or 9. Then when I grew up and went in the Air Force he talked smack to me.....LOL
I loved the Air Force. They had great mess halls, good-looking chics in the nearby barracks, and everytime I needed to go jump out of a plane, they provided the plane.
Oh wait .... I was attached to 3rd SFG, so I only jumped 6 or 7 USAF craft. Scratch that last part
The part about the mess halls and chics is true, though!
I think some are missing the the bigger point here, the Army didn't change it's stance; DOD changed it's policy. The Army had no choice in saying "Sorry Dude. Pack up and ship out."
DOD > Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard
Coast Guard use to be under DOT - now I believe it is Dept of Homeland Security.
yes, i would. The army isn't infallible, isn't god, and isn't immune from being called out on its stupidity. Screw the army . They screwed this up.
My point is that there really wasn't an opportunity to miss... he wasn't eligible to skip out on his active duty commitment - plain and simple. The Army should have known better, but they aren't infallible. They wanted to use him as a billboard, but couldn't get it passed the black and white. DoD shot it down. The DoD overrides service related decisions all the time - this one just got a little more publicity...