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You said so many great things, I have to comment:

Calculus is necessary for many of the sciences — Physics especially.

Calculus was developed by Newton in order for him to finish his calculations of the laws of motion. The math at the time was insufficient. So yes, they are intertwined completely.

Understanding Physics helps an engineer understand their discipline.

when I took engineering classes, I was told engineering was the practical application of physics. If you consider each branch of engineering (excluding chemical and metallurical), it comes from a field of physics.

Computer Science is mostly related to software programming and writing code and computer architectures so Calc may not be needed. Although matrix and vector math (2nd or 3rd semester Calc) is used in programming.

I got my first job on a naval base doing avionics programming. Their philosophy was that it was better to hire engineers and teach them to code (at that time, computer science was in its infancy, I only took a small handful of computer classes), instead of taking a computer scientist and teaching them the engineering needed. We had a couple of physicists and computer scientists about to consult with, but the base was 95% engineers.

I got my first job on a naval base doing avionics programming. Their philosophy was that it was better to hire engineers and teach them to code (at that time, computer science was in its infancy, I only took a small handful of computer classes), instead of taking a computer scientist and teaching them the engineering needed. We had a couple of physicists and computer scientists about to consult with, but the base was 95% engineers.

Yep. I once worked at a telecommunications equipment company whose early software products were made by engineers who learned programming. When they switched to the opposite philosophy (hiring comp sci grads with no experience in telecommunications) it was a disaster. It took entire departments to do what used to be done by individual engineers.

I like your story. I have something to add...

A large majority of engineering students are or were in the armed services. My son's lab partners in two different classes were in the service — one was a Navy Seal (served in Iraq), and the other was in the Air Force. Both are ambitious and very hard working — a very good example for my son.

In my experience, people who have served make very good engineers. :)