Excellant Posts, as usual. I've been making the SWC pitch in my small circle too but with I suspect limited success. I hope those students in your class follow through, Steve. The general public needs to open its eyes to the immense complexity and sophistication of the US military. This forum is an absolutely outstanding vehicle to accomplish that - there are some extremely sharp pencils in this bin and civilians need to see it and get past the absurd stereotypes they have of the military.