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Prepare to have your mind blown
By John
The United States Naval Academy. Just one big lie.
It's not a school at all. It's the military, bro. The military.
I'm a little late making the rounds on this gem, but the tone.... like that of a teacher patiently instructing her second grade class.... makes it too damn good to pass up.
Columbia's student newspaper, The Spectator, blows the lid off of the 200 year old conspiracy:
When I looked at the course catalogue, which boasted seminars about leadership and selflessness, they were in fact seminars about weaponry and leading troops into combat. The reality of sending my brother to the Naval Academy began to set in: this was not a school; this was the military. While they boast a first class education, the main goal of this institution was to get my brother “combat ready.” During the first two “induction days,” the head of the Navy openly admitted that their goal was to transform these boys into men who would willingly die defending our country. They said to my parents, “We will manage to do in 18 minutes what you could not do in 18 years—we will discipline your boys and have them calling you Sir and Ma’am.” When they talked of courage and bravery, they showed a video of a Navy marine rounding off an unlimited supply of ammunition. During my brother’s plebe summer (his first summer), he could not talk to us for more than a few minutes once a week for fear that we might unduly influence him.My brother ended up liking Annapolis and he has decided to stay. While it has been difficult for me to accept that I have a brother in the military, I must allow him to pursue whatever path he is drawn toward, and he has admitted to me that he feels called to being there. However, for anyone else out there considering a career in the academy, let it be known: the U.S. Naval Academy is not an elite college; it is first and foremost a branch of the U.S. military and the prestige comes at a big price—it taxes parents, siblings, and participants if they do not understand what they were signing up for.
Hotel Tango: Goldfarb, who writes "And this is only the first installment of a four-part series. Newsroom sources say part two will reveal that the United States Military Academy is, in fact, operated by the United States Army, and this despite the fact that the word 'Army' appears nowhere in the name of the "school."
The bastards.
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Thank god Columbia produces geniuses like this!
Perhaps it's a good thing that ROTC has been largely driven from the Ivy League, could you imagine this guy as an officer?
Come to think of it, he'd probably be fast-tracked. ;)
This is a great example of the extreme disconnect that is prevalent among the civilian population when it comes to the armed services.
Over at www.captainsquartersblog.com different snipits of this were featured yesterday which painted the sister writing this and her mom as... squeamish women. They harassed this guy's officers to process him out. So far, I pity the brother, but at least he got away to do a noble thing. So, lets be careful where we point the blame.
My mistake, could you imagine this girl as an officer?
That she is a poli sci major is even more depressing.
Paul,
"This is a great example of the extreme disconnect that is prevalent among the civilian population when it comes to the armed services."
I don't know as it is that prevalent, certainly out East, in the Ivy League belt. You wouldn't find that reaction (as a general rule) where I live (Michigan) or anywhere in the midwest, or the south, or even the west outside of San Fran or Portland or Seattle.
So I did some research on weaponry only to discover something very shocking. Yes, weaponry means that the military has guns! I'm very shocked and confused now.
They hate cowboys too. . .
It all comes down to this: how can there be such a thing as the military in an age and nation of peace, love, and enlightenment? Clearly a horrible anachronism! But if we try to get rid of them, they'll probably shoot us. So we'll just have to wait for Trooth and Inevitable Historical Corrective Consciousness to delete them for us. Won't everything be just nice, then?
Gee, the background check should have given her family a clue...
Good thing she didn't accidentally enlist, go ROTC, Academy or OTS...that woulda been interesting.
There certainly is a disconnect between those outside the military community - those who serve/have served and their family and close friends - and those 'enlightened' citizens such as the whore who wrote this. I hope this kid comes home on Christmas break (since I did not attend the Boat School, I don't know if they get Christmas break, so don't give me crap for that comment) with a toast-head high and tight, wearing a bright scarlet and gold t-shirt with the phrase 'the more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war' logo emblazened on the front. Then when his mother and sister read it and faint, he laughs and puts in Full Metal Jacket for some PME.
Is it a conspiracy when the US Naval Academy openly explains in all its admissions literature that it is creating combat officers? What did the writer think the American taxpayer was paying for- milk & cookies? Wake up & smell reality.
It shocks me how little the general population knows about the military or the wars that we are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Every once in a while, a story comes along that just has your name written all over it. This one was practically served on a platter to the milbloggers. I keep asking myself, who is this woman? Did she write this for The Onion and send it to the wrong editor by mistake?
Thanks for a good laugh.
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OMG....the next thing you know we'll be fighting.....sshhh....wars!!!!!!!!!