(USNA) I went to Navy unsure of whether the Navy

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Date: Dec 01 2012
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I went to Navy unsure of whether the Navy would be my career or a place to get started. I went to a public high school in a blue collar town and during my plebe year I wasn't sure I was going to survive the barrage of academics, military responsibilities and a very harsh military environment. It wasn't much fun. At some point along the way, around my junior year, I started to realize that I just might graduate. Upon graduation, I spent five years serving aboard two ships and then left the Navy to attend graduate school for an MBA and ultimately to pursue a business career. Twenty five years later, I have an appreciation for what this institution did for me and what it does for our country. My classmates are in many walks of life. Astronauts, hedge fund managers, CEOs, social workers and ministers. Even a former NBA player who now runs and investment fund and overseas an inner city school for disadvantaged youth. If you have a chance to go here and you are willing to skip the usual college experience, and you feel a sense of duty and service, this is the place for you. But don't come here for someone else or because of the school's prestige. I saw many who did this who didn't make it. You really have to want it, but if you do, it is am amazing place that will unlock opportunities that you would never have dreamed of.

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