Originally Posted by OLDMAN

Graduating from any of the military academies requires 6 years of service as a commissioned officer, if you don't graduate you have to finish a total of six years from the time you started the academy. I turned down a Presidential appointment to the Naval Academy in my senior year in high school after reading this in the fine print (Viet Nam was the main assignment for new lt's and ensigns), turned down an appointment to OCS when I was in boot camp because it meant a 2 year commitment after completing OCS (see comment above). I was a draftee and only had 2 year total commitment and by the time I got out of boot camp and OTC I had little more than a year to go. I got out of the Corps in 1971.