Saturday, February 11, 2006

Seriously, would you do that??

So I’ve been checking out possibilities of getting a research job through the US Army.
There’s a way to get a scholarship from the Army to get the college degree in whatever you want while also taking certain Army courses and upon graduation you’ll have your degree and be an Officer (Second Lieutenant) in the US Army. Then you need to serve. Pay them back. The Program is called Army ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps).
It’s really a good thing if you want a career in the army. Even research positions.
The question is, if you were me, would you do that? If you’ve got dual citizenship and have already served in the Swiss Army, would you want to go through the same stuff again. Including a much tougher basic training and the possibility of being sent to Iraq or some other place where there’s a real war and a real enemy that you have to kill before he kills you?
And as if that’s not enough, there’s the possibility of working on top secret research projects. The only thing that you have to do before getting there is give up your citizenship of any country other than the US.
A place where you grew up. Spent most of your life. At least half of your family and some of your best friends live there. You speak the language fluently, sometimes even talk to yourself in it. Give that up?

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