The United States Service Academies Pros And Cons

Today , Service Academies remain some of the most selective universities in America due to the quality of the education they provide. Cadets are given the

I was awarded a 2-year ROTC Scholarship at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, KY in 2014. I served as the Battalion Executive Officer (2016), Treasurer of the Cadet Budget Council (2015), and Senior Military Student Advisor at the Cadet Leadership Course in Ft. Knox, KY (2015). I earned my commission on December 9th, 2016 with a degree in Business Economics from the Gordon Ford College of Business. I am a graduate of the WKU Dynamic Leadership Institute a four-phase critical thinking, leadership for outstanding students. Additionally, I held a full-time position with Spalding, an entity of Berkshire and Hathaway, as the Product Management Analyst Intern for basketball equipment and supply for the

My first visit to the Naval Academy was on family trip while in grammar school. On this and subsequent visits, the young men and women who chose to devote their lives to country and service greatly impressed me. As a high school student, I had the good fortune to experience Academy life via my acceptance to the competitive Summer STEM program, my invitation to Candidate Visit Weekend, and my participation in the Elite Throws Sports Camp. Through these first-hand experiences, I grew in awareness and commitment to an Academy education as an opportunity to enable me to serve my country. Moreover, I am honored to be a member of a gold star family, via my uncle Senior Master Sergeant Peter Bondi, recently deceased on active duty, and to have had a grandfather who served in the National Guard. Eulogies delivered for my Uncle Peter reflected a life of service and were a source of inspiration that fueled my resolve to serve.

On the 7th of October 2014, I interviewed Mr. Johnson, the owner of Island House Restaurant & Marina in Wachapreague, Virginia, who served 13 years in the United States Special Warfare Teams, also known as the United States Navy Seals. Graduating from High-School Mr. Johnson attended North Dakota State University where he planned to study Pharmacy. But by his second semester, he decided to no longer study Pharmacy, due to financial reasons and accumulating student debt, and join the United States Navy in his fall semester of his sophomore year. He later achieved a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Education.

I had originally thought higher education and military service were mutually exclusive until I learned about the top level education provided at the various officer academies. I highly value knowledge and intellect and have always strived to distinguish myself from others in the areas of mathematics and science. I believe that the Naval Academy will provide me a an excellent learning environment with other cadets that also value education, hard work, and moral integrity. The academy also gives me an opportunity to become a commissioned Naval Officer. Becoming a Naval Officer and serving the country in the U.S. Navy will help me become a more knowledgeable and stronger individual, allow me protect this country while honoring all the men and women who have served in this nation's military since 1775, and making sure this country’s veteran’s sacrifices were not in

I remember once hearing: “To reach the impossible you just have to try a little harder”. Sometimes I feel like I don’t try my hardest, therefore I don’t get the results I want. I’m in high school right now as a junior, meaning that the decisions I make from now on are crucial and will affect my future. A big step to accomplish what I want to do when I grow up, is planning for what I will do after I graduate from high school and how I’m going to surpass the obstacles that will be presented to me. Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC), home of the blue beards, is reputed for being a “Military-Friendly College”. (DMACC) It will provide me with the opportunity to reach my dream of becoming a teacher and transferring my knowledge to the next

I had the unique privilege of growing up on United States Air Force bases where leadership and service are the pillars of our community. The schools on base, the names of our streets, and even the cannon holes on the sides of buildings instill a unique identity that drives a desire to lead and serve. Growing up in that type of selfless community shaped me into the student and leader that I am today. I believe that it is my responsibility, during and after law school, to continue to live, learn, and lead by the core values of the United States Air Force: integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do.

The William F. Bryan Endowed Law Scholarship was established to assist students who have excelled in their academic studies. As an undergraduate student at the University of Texas at San Antonio, I was recognized on the President's List or Honor Roll five out of my seven semesters. I then had the honor of graduating Magna Cum Laude with a double major in Economics and Management with an International Concentration. Because of my hard work, I will enter the 2016-2017 class with a GPA and LSAT score in the 75th percentile. The William F. Bryan Endowed Law Scholarship will greatly assist me in my continued quest of achieving academic excellence at St. Mary’s University School of

Prior to this assignment student veterans were a portion of the student population that I had no prior experience or knowledge of interacting with outside the scope of my history of higher education course reviewing the components of the GI Bill. The assignment allowed me to get an in depth historical analysis of the GI Bill and how it effected student equity in higher education from its establishment. I have come to understand the services students veterans possess but as well as some of the limitations they face being advocates for themselves in order to receive their benefits. In revolving around the topic of student equity, my team’s research found a wealth of knowledge from higher education scholars who see the need of the GI Bill in further providing student equity to student veterans. Scholars saw the important qualities that the GI Bill possess and advocated for further services in assisting student veterans and their families in not only understanding their medical benefits but also create a supportive community on campus. The overall goal of researching the GI Bill and by doing so includes student veterans is that the bill provides equitable support to returning students that have served, support for dependents of those who serve(d), and the growing student population student veterans are becoming through the new GI Bill.

A young lady has been accepted into her dream school, Stanford. The only problem is that neither she nor her parents can pay for her way into the university. A recruiter senses her willingness to remove herself from her comfort zone and talks to her about joining the military, ultimately she does. Upon joining, she is promised 20 thousand dollars in student loan repayment, which she never received and never made the money that she thought she would. Not only did she not receive her benefits, she was taken advantage of by her higher-ups, who were male (Allison III). This is just one tragic example of a student trying to make their way into the world. Allison is not alone in her hunt to determine what life after high school will be like. Many

Having graduated from USAO in August of 1975, I am fully aware of the academic standards, as well as the high level of importance placed upon each student and their pursuit of their educational goals. For the past two years I have been employed by the GEAR UP Grant administered by Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton. During this time I have had the privilege of visiting with students of south eastern Oklahoma, and have been present on several occasions when these same students have had the opportunity to visit with recruiters from USAO. Needless to say that, after witnessing these encounters, I am thrilled the passion OCLA/USAO brought to education of the individual is still as vivid today as it was in 1975.

I have aspired to attend a service academy since I entered high school in 2012. My interest in attending a service academy is derived from my goal to serve as an officer in the military. While many other universities offer quality educations, the service academies teach beyond the typical academic subjects. The academies instil values of duty, country, and honor in each individual that graduates from the academies. Furthermore, he academies are challenging programs with a commitment to serving the nation upon graduation and I am sure I am up to the challenge. Another reason that I want to attend a service academy is, throughout my life as a military child, countless service members have inspired me to join the military with their selflessness

There has been a great deal of military scholarship written on the greatest battles of the world and has influenced these armed forces fighting in these grand battles. Two of these scholarships are discussed by Victor Davis Hanson, a military historian specializing on classical warfare and a current professor at California State University, and John A Lynn, a military historian specializing in early modern Europe and is a current professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Both books discuss cultural linkage in terms of successful armies and how the victor’s culture resulted in victory, but thesis is problematic because he creates a staunch dichotomy of western battle virtues versus every other armed force in the world. An

In 2014, SGM Walker took over as Chapter President. During his tenure, SGM Walker developed and implemented a chapter scholarship program benefiting military dependent high school graduates planning on attending college. The inauguration of this program produced two $500 scholarship awards presented at the students’ graduation ceremony. In addition, SGM Walker led another successful Europe AG Ball mirroring the results from the previous year’s AG