Extensive article. The author has long criticized affirmative action policies at the Naval Academy.
Is she the ghost of Benedict Arnold?
How about abolishing Harvard and confiscating all their funds?
The “leaders” they produce would more rightfully be called unconvicted felons.
Well can’t they at least wait until they beat Navy?
I’m not getting the point this author is making. Sounds like screed to me.
“they don’t teach morals, they don’t make better officers, and they cost you a bundle”
is west point a public school?
If each state had something along the lines of VMI, The Citadel, Texas A&M or Norwich, we wouldn’t really need them.
The West Point money would be better spent on Muslims who hate us and illegal aliens who have hopped our border.
“People fawn over you in your spiffy uniform in airports, and thank you “for your service.””
That is exceedingly demeaning to all service members who by the wear of the uniform show they are willing to die for American ideals.
He doesn't seem to have any problems taking their money for the last 28 years.
Lets’ abolish Salon.
I did not read the article but I suspect that whatever issues the Acadamies have are a result of liberal civilian policies forced upon them.
Every Reserve Officer I ever met has all the same criticisms.
And almost every AFIT officer I ever met was smarter on average then the Academy grads I knew.
And every NCO who ever did the night school thing followed by OTS will claim experience over class ring any day.
Flame away, folks! Just a few observations...
Go away,Bruce.
The country would be better served by abolishing Harvard and Yale.
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I'd say he's seriously burned out.
USNA '90 and I was lucky enough to never have this idiot.
Lets abolish Salon.
Clearly I am biased up front...
However, I recently also had the privilege of sitting on the nomination recommendations board for a local representative.
I can assure you that by and large the qualified applicants to the service academies are among the cream of the crop of our youth. It was actually startling in this day and age there see so many who are heavily involved in church, missions, and family programs. Truly a minority within the minority of actual achievers. They are also willing, at ages 18 and 19, to commit the next 10 years of their life, all day every day, to the service of their country.
I also served as an OCS instructor for a tour. There, we also produced some fine officers.
What we need, in my completely biased opinion, is a crecommitment to the rigor that once upon a time provided a vetting to ensure that academy grads were the best prepared junior officers. The problem is not the students admitted, but the watering down of the process. In many ways academics has over-ridden the warrior ethos. The two must must be mutually supporting, and mutually emphasized.