Charlie and I were the editors of VMI’s newspaper back in the day, and I still regard the times we spent laboring over that rag as some of the best I’ve ever had. This is an unusual thing to say about your VMI cadetship, but it’s true. Mainly because Charlie and I were heavily invested in the mentality that our newspaper offices should be a “regulations-free” zone.
I think that this picture, of our good friends Chuck and Nate, effectively illustrates our overall seriousness and commitment to professional journalism:
The studious one, Nate, is on his way to Fort Campbell Kentucky. Small world that we live in, Nate was in the same platoon as my cousin in Army Ranger school. Chuck is teaching at an inner-city school, presumably relying on all of his ninja skills to survive.
Note the TV and stereo. Happy men were we, up there in those offices.
****Update: Serious commentary by Charlie below the fold.*******
…or not…
Chuck is out of uniform!
Actually, that’s about as close to proper uniform as we got up there.
My favorite was one of our friends who had modified a VMI cover to bend down on the side, making it resemble a German World War II hat, with a Citadel hat brass instead of the mandatory VMI one.
Kept trying to get him to wear it in formation, but he never did.
ha! That clip was the best bit in that whole movie.
Evil shenanigans!