Hello Ellis: Yes, it did seem that way. I honestly don't know what my friend was told when he was chosen for this program. He was drafted right out of college. He was probably 18-19 years old. He never mentioned that he was being trained to become an officer, just that due to the fact that he scored high on tests and was an engineering student he was given special training. However, from what I've read thus far it does seem that many of these young men expected to be officers. And when the program came to an abrupt end, they ended up as privates. I had no idea that their survival rate was so low. Pete was extremely fortunate. Adrienne