OK, I' home and can type from a real keyboard.
I 100% agree with Fitz, for the reasons he stated.
At least when I was going through ROTC, community involvement was not a requirement. Although, the "Black Berets" (aka Ranger wanna-bees) would march (in full uniform and full Rucksack, as a unit with the guidon and not as a gagglefuck as shown in the pictures) in the Wheaton 10k every year. Other cadets could join them, BUT the cadre was completely indifferent to who did and did not march. It was for your own personal betterment, marching 6.2 miles with a full ruck. I never did it, simply because I would either be working or have drill that weekend.
Earlier this month I went to visit a Cub Scout Pack during their Blue and Gold Dinner. (I was there to beg for money for Friends of Scouting). When I walked in, there were several soldiers in Dress Blues/ASU's holding Flags and drill Rifles. An NCO (SSG) and 4 cadets from Wheaton College. They had been asked by the Cub Scout Pack and volunteered to serve as Color Guard for the dinner. That's an acceptable thing for cadets to do. And according to the SSG it was totally voluntary. The ROTC department got the request and put it out to the Cadets. Once they had four cadets willing to give up their Friday night, they called back and said "Yes". Now, the four cadets may get a line in their "Reportcard" that says "Volunteered to represent the program at a community event", but none of the other cadets that didn't volunteer got down-checked or had "Refused to participate in a community activity." In fact, 3 of the four were freshmen (non-contract) and one a sophomore (Scholarship/contract). The SSG left, once she had "dropped them off".
But getting back to this event.
This has ZERO value, in teaching and training new officers how to lead. However, it does show the "real world" Army in which failing to do stupid *expletive deleted*it or acts one considers immoral can negatively affect your "Reportcard".
And one the officers I admired in Wheaton College, gave us several blank sheets of paper and the Flagpole Test. Being prior service I was only one to get the correct answer. (Although I did lose points for "I'll be at the Officer's Club" addendum.
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But since Vietnam there has been the "Zero Defect" mentality, where the leadership gets blamed for PVT Snuffy's *expletive deleted*ck-ups. Things that used to be and should be handled at the NCO level are now reflected on OER's as leadership failures. Which was one reason I got out. I was tired of being told to do NCO jobs and be in NCO business. And my OER reflected it (Along with constantly being either setup to fail or thrown under the bus by my bigot/idiot of a Company Commander.)
This is just one more example of the social engineering experiment that the military becomes under leftist (CINC) leadership.
This, in my mind, damn near borders on an illegal order.
But for old time's sake, just once more: An Army Ranger, an Airforce Parajumper, and a Recon Marine walk into a bar. Nobody gets upset. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8JB_rLL1uY
stay safe.
I thought this was what you were going to post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIqHhpX-pVs