Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 500 The General and the Grave Digging

Chapter 500 The General and the Grave Digging

On the Yale campus over the weekend.
In the Grove cemetery, a group of figures dressed in camouflage and perfectly integrated with the surrounding green leaves are carrying a shovel and digging something.
"I said, do you have to make the meeting place such a hell?! You are not afraid of digging someone's grave, or you can just shovel someone's leg and break it. When it's over, someone will knock us with a broken leg in the middle of the night. door?!"

A gust of cool spring breeze blew, and Carter plunged the shovel in his hand into the soil at his feet, and raised his hand to call for everyone to gather.At the same time, they took out a pack of cigarettes from their pockets and scattered one each.
The few flickering fireworks, placed in the gloomy cemetery, may look a little scary from a distance, but when a group of people gather together, this is the source of security!
"Knocking on the door in the middle of the night? What is this saying? A new horror movie setting?"

"never heard of that."

"It's enough to return a bouquet of flowers. I believe that the benevolent dead will forgive our recklessness."

In Europe and the United States where ancestor worship is not very popular, people can't understand the meaning of Carter's words at all.There is no resistance at all to digging a basement in the cemetery as a venue for club activities, but I think it is very cool
It's like holding a conspiracy to plot the world, although most of the time, this venue may only be used for parties
It's really a graveyard jumping disco!
"So you still insist on making the venue here?!"

Holding his forehead in pain, Carter really didn't know what to say for a while.Europeans and Americans, they all look very old, in the words of a certain pockmark: "What the hell is this old age?!"

But in fact, Carter found that these European and American students were sometimes very contradictory.For example, from the process of applying for university, or from the fact that they can work part-time in society very early.

It stands to reason that they should mature earlier than many students in China.But the fact is.
Secondary school in Europe and the United States, many times, occurs at the university level.like now
"Of course! It's so cool here! If we all become generals in the future, hey, what do you think of the Cemetery General Army?!"

"It's not that good, Grove's Joint Chiefs of Staff sounds better than yours!"

"Sounds like Grove, this is a Soviet name, be careful"

"Carter, if you think it's not good, we can change it. However, there is no ground space for us to use in the school now. Either I go to the periphery of the campus to build it myself, or dig it myself. Dig it yourself, the cost is the lowest!"

Among a group of joking quasi-military officers, a black man who appeared to be more mature seriously expressed his thoughts.After finishing speaking, don't forget to point to the companions around you.
"And, they think it's cool!"

Seeing the action of the black classmate, the rest of the faces were a little disgusted, but considering Carter's existence, no one dared to stab him for the time being.
That's right, these people are the first members of the Carter Society!
ROTC students, in this year and month, are not very popular.Affected by the anti-war trend, the number of applicants was pitifully small, not to mention seeing the envious and respectful eyes of other students when going out, not to be spat at, calling executioners and war criminals are good!

Except for people like Rick who have a family tradition of joining the army, and a few people who really have a strong military plot, the rest of the students are basically one kind of people: excellent, but not so outstanding, and the family's financial situation Relatively poor!
What does it mean?

First of all, it is excellent. People who are not excellent will not be able to apply for an offer from Yale University, right?Not being so good means that they cannot get a full scholarship to Yale, and their families cannot afford their tuition.As a last resort, you can only choose the ROTC project and complete your studies through the ROTC scholarship.

Such a group of people may not be in line with Carter's original setting, the principle that club members should "choose the best from the best".But as the saying goes, everything has two sides!
In the years when the anti-war wave has not abated, the enrollment of ROTC students has not been optimistic.This is a big environment, not only Yale, but MIT next door, Harvard, etc. are not much better.ROTC is the largest source of officers for the U.S. Armed Forces.
The detailed introduction of American military academies is actually very complicated. To put it simply: Unlike most Chinese military officers who come from serious military academies, there are actually very few relatively serious military academies in the United States.In terms of admission methods and objects, it is similar to the serious military academy in China, which is the kind of pure military college that directly recruits students for high school students. Only West Point Military Academy, Annapolis Naval Academy and Colorado’s Spring There are only a few of the Lince Air Force Academy.

Basically, there is only one military branch, and even the fourth-class Ma Run does not even have its own basic officer school.The junior officers are all trained by Annapolis. That's a miserable word.
Obviously, there are just a few orthodox military academies that can't meet the needs of the United States for military officers.Thus, the ROTC project came into being
Many people will compare the ROTC program with China's national defense students, but in fact there is a big gap between the two.First of all, the ROTC project includes three major categories of institutions: Military College, Military Junior College, Civilian College
Like the Yale University ROTC project, it obviously belongs to Civilian College (CC), that is, military officers trained by civilian universities.There is also a military academy, but it is not purely government-run like West Point, and has a more complicated nature, such as the Virginia Military Academy. Although its name says it is a military academy, it is ROTC
An ROTC member, not an actual officer cadet.
There is also a military academy, which has a lower academic system but has additional requirements.For example, after completing their studies in this school, they still need to go to the civilian university to complete certain specified courses in order to obtain the qualifications for military officers, etc.
To sum up, officers from ROTC are almost everywhere in the US military.In terms of career advancement, there is nothing that they are a hindrance to graduating from unorthodox military schools.In today's environment, a large number of ROTC programs are facing difficulties in recruiting students, so can we understand that.
In a certain period of time in the future, will there be a generational gap in the supply of officers in the US military?

Of course, maybe not as serious as dating.But, suppose, twenty years later, or a little longer, thirty years later
If this group of people remained in the army, they would basically face a career threshold from colonel to brigadier general.In the past, for the position of a brigadier general, dozens or even hundreds of colonels who met the promotion requirements were competing.And what about them?

It is easy to invest in such a group of people.After all, the family is struggling and needs money. So tempting!
Secondly, the risk of investing in these people is ridiculously low!Because this is a historical trend created by the times, the reduction of their competitors is not their own plan at all.
Looking around at the group of quasi-military officers around him, Carter was quite satisfied.These people are all interested in long-term development in the army.It is certainly unrealistic for everyone to be promoted to general.But there are more than [-] people, including Air Force ROTC cadets from Yale and Army cadets from Camp Nathan Hale.
There is still a possibility of one or two generals appearing!
By then these people
Looking forward to a better future, Carter also regained his motivation.For the sake of the general, digging graves is immoral
As long as you don't dig your own ancestral grave, you're done digging special brews! !
"Hurtado. That's it! Keep digging! Hansen, go find Rick and see if the wood we ordered has been delivered. I don't want to be buried in it."

(End of this chapter)

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