A Public Service Academy.

Joanne Jacobs has a problem with a public service academy, similar to the military service academies. From the Washington Post

The proposed United States Public Service Academy would offer an all-expenses-paid education to 5,000 undergraduates. Its liberal arts curriculum would emphasize leadership development, analytical thinking and service to others, with requirements for summer service internships and a year of study abroad.

Graduates would be required to work for five years in public service. They could choose from jobs in state, local or federal government, law enforcement, public health, education or nonprofit organizations.

"The idea is, you promote and you try to create an intensive campus culture of service, where everybody is oriented philosophically towards the same goals," said Asch, 33, who lives in Sunflower County.

Joanne' problem:

Maybe I just don't want to see civil service workers with esprit de corps. And I don't think most government, law, health or teaching jobs are comparable to military service.

But I must hearitly disagree.

One of hte fundamental basis of military service is teh setting aside of personal aggrandizement and goals for a group goal. Public service is the same thing. It takes a special person to do this.

Finally, military service often includes the professions listed, as there are doctors, lawyers and even teachers in the military. Not everyone carries a gun or drives a tank.