Re: The Citadel. The concept is citizen-soldier. Some folks would say military training serves you well in civilian life.
No, not all graduates enter one of the services, but if you want to receive a commission upon graduation through one of the ROTC programs, it is usually there for you.
FYI, two graduates have died in the current Gulf war.
My dad was at the Citadel in the language lab in '41 when he heard over the Spanish short-wave radio that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor.
He didn't believe he had heard it right, so he called the instructor who listened and said, yup, he'd heard it right.
Couple months later they backed the train up to the door and took 'em all away. Dad became a Combat Engineer (109th Combat Engineers, 34th Infantry, N. Africa and Italy) and retired some time in the 50s as a major (I think) after reserve duty conflicted with Choir Practice.
THEY didn't have any trouble getting into the Army! << g >>