I was living with my grandmother in Maryland in the early '70s. She wanted me to go to U of MD and stay close to home. This was the era when students there would protest, block US 1 and demand that ROTC be thrown off of campus. Of course, classes were constantly being cancelled. I wanted no part of that mess.
Off I went to Sweet Home Alabama, where my granddaddy had grown up. Earned a scholarship in the Navy/Marine Corps ROTC at Auburn and was on my way to a Regular commission in the Corps and a 20-30 year career.
Want to make God laugh? Tell Him your plans.
Health issues that developed kept me from getting that butter bar and my career plans changed from wearing the Eagle, Globe and Anchor to wearing a badge and toting a sidearm.
These protestors need to go live in some of the Muslim countries I worked in as a police advisor. They would run home to Mummy and Daddy so quick it would make your head spin!
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