The Provost made some very interesting points. I remember him stating that "War is hell" several times. The most important thing I got out of his lecture, however, is a realization about myself and my home town. The Provost said that people looked down on him, and others like him, as just worthless enlisted guys who were either dumb or just unambitious. I am from Lawton, Oklahoma. It is the home of a very large army base, Ft. Sill. All my life I have heard people talk about the difference between GIs and officers. GIs are the gross guys who show up in the bus at the mall and hit on 16-year-old girls. Officers, on the other hand, are educated and to be respected. People in the community talked to them and thanked them for their service. I was at a bar back home over Easter Break and I met a few guys who were in officer training school at Ft. Sill for 6 weeks. They kept talking about how they did not want to come with my friends and I to a different bear because all the "joes" would be there. They were talking about the GIs. I just laughed and agreed. Now, however, I feel really bad for having that opinion for so long. Any person in the military deserves respect, whether they just enlisted or went to college first. The Provost could once have been termed a "joe" by those officers at one time, but he ended up making a huge success out of his life. I am glad the Provost came to speak because it really made me reevaluate a view I have held for a long time.