An open letter to a guy who ranks higher then Three Star General in the united States Military

Caleb Campbell, You are a Good Man. I know that from listening to your story. I know it from listening to how you reacted to the bullshit that was thrust down on you today. There is quite a bit to be said for attitude in this life, and you sir, not only have a great attitude, but you also have some seriously high character. You are clearly among the best and the brightest that this country has to offer. I admire you for the way you have dealt with this, and want you to know that the rest of this post is going to be me bitching on your behalf, as I realize you are to good of a person to do it for yourself.
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For those of you who are not familiar with Calebs story, here is a brief summary: Caleb chose to become an officer in the United States Military and was given an opportunity to go to West Point to do so.
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West Point makes Harvard look like a community college in terms of opportunity to get in. Maybe not academically, but seriously, I think you can only get in if a senator or a congressman asks for you on your behalf, and even then, you still have to have some grades and records that are top end stuff. Getting in to West Point is not like signing up for Miami Dade Community College.

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Caleb did that, He became a cadet. He was given that opportunity because someone, probably a senator or a congressman, and also probably a football coach believed in him, and he did not let them down. He was given that opportunity because someone was able to see that the kid he was, would turn into, not only a good and decent man, but also a leader. He full filled that trust.

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Besides doing all the crap every plebe in the academies is supposed to do, he also played football . He did it well. So well, that the National Football league believed he may have a chance to be one of the 1,693 men that get to be in the league each year, and he was drafted. The team that drafted him did not do it for altruistic reasons. They also believed he might add value to their club. At that point the military also believed he could add value in that role and had a policy that said for this type of situation, they would allow him to do so.
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On draft day he was in New York. When they interviewed him, he brought down the publicity for West Point. He brought it down like the thunder that it truly was, and he brought it down with a sledge hammer in the force that it dealt. The National Football league benefited, but so did the academies, all of them. Not just West Point. He explained how he would work in recruitment during the off season as part of his orders. His mere presence implied the huge P.R. benefits he was also bestowing to both of his employers. He did it with a huge amount of humility and his character shined through.
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Today he was supposed to report to the Lions training camp to begin taking advantage of his chance to make an NFL Roster. Today, what he did instead, was drive back from Detroit to West Point, because the Army changed its mind. They were like Oops, never mind, we changed that policy, so now you cannot do this anymore. He had orders and he dutifully complied.
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He did that with humbleness and character as well. Dan Patrick interviewed him on his radio show. Caleb was talking on a cell phone while he conducted it, as he was driving back, and although you could tell he was disappointed. He gave the same line when he was first questioned about the situation. He said he is a lieutenant in the Army, and will do what he is told to do in that regards. Just like he was ecstatic to have been given the opportunity to play football, He was ok with the military changing their mind, and he would do whatever the U.S. Military said he should do. He truly wanted what was there for him, but he took the snatching away of it very manly like, and very admirably.
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He did say it came from way up top, because he personally knew a three star General who fought for him and lost. He said it wasn't West Point. That was the Three Star General that argued on his behalf. Tell me this? If a Three Star General cannot effect the orders of a lieutenant in the very same army that he is a Three Star, then who was it that must have made this decision? a four star guy? a five star guy? The President?
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Its all a bunch of bullshit. He may or may not have made that team, but he would have been way more valuable in that role trying, then the role he is being pushed into now. Know what that role is? He said he will either be a graduate assistant coach at West Point, or at the High School feeding school in New Jersey. He is going back to find out which of those positions he was chosen for. Those are his new orders, and he will do what he has to. I just think its a huge waste for the army, and a huge waste for him. I hope it gets reversed, and I hope that people that make military policy are not close minded idiots.