"I have to agree with the school. The young man should know that above you have to be a team player."
Obviously he did not learn anything in boot camp. Obviously some posters don't think rules apply to people they support.
This guy is supposed to be a Marine. Marines follow the rules, not ask for special favors.
It's too bad there isn't some way of recognizing his (imminent) military service with some sort of tassle or other design as part of the hat and/or robe, the way (in college anyway) they do it for graduating with honors or to show the department/college your major was in or etc etc. Maybe some sort of rope or shoulder-piece...
(sorry for the rambling nature of this post)
Wow. You sure know alot about Marines.