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Franco,
I did not attend a service academy, but I am a graduate of The Citadel. You have to want to not only get through it but excel. Most of the "mickey mouse" side of it is strictly for the purpose of tearing you down and challenging you to function through whatever adversity you are faced with. If you decide that is what you want-go for it. BTW, unless things have changed, you have a minimum 8-year obligation with an academy- four years active and four years reserve. The way things are now, you could easily be called up to serve the reserve time.
I started out like you did, intending to go miltary, then government service (CIA or State dept.) One thing you might consider is that coming from the military, your attitudes will probably be so far away from the attitudes of State Department types that you might not want anything to do with them. I started the process of becoming an FSO, did well on the test, etc. But I realized very quickly that I am way too aggressive to be a diplomat and I would not have done well in the Foreign Service.
Also. The path you described originally will obviously require graduate schooling. If you do well at an academy, you may have the option to go on to graduate school at government expense (for an additional committment of time). This might get you your inroad to CIA, DIA, NSA, whatever down the road.
You sound like I did 15 years ago. Good luck with it.
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