re: I have zero experience with the Corp of Cadets

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I have zero experience with the Corp of Cadets

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A bunch of worthless figs that play toy soldiers.

As a decorated vet, I can say that. There are zit popping 18 year old dipshits in basic training right now that deserve 10,000,000 times the respect of a want-to-be fake serviceman at A&M.

Hell, cadets at West Point, actual real soon-to-be commissioned officers, are worth about as much as the lint underneath my sack. What does that say about a dumbass college kid playing dress up that is debating between military service and a 9 to 5 at John Deere?

Long story short, they haven't even begun to pay actual, real military dues so don't let their Halloween costumes leave you feeling as though they are special. Pvt Snuffy washing dishes at Ft. Hood is fricking General Patton by comparison.

The 60% or so that never join are pretend, want-to-be military.

The 40% that do join are pretend, want-to-be military.

The above 40% are civilians with ZERO military affiliation until they put on a real uniform. Like I said, West Point cadets are viewed by the REAL military as college turds without a clue.

What does that say about an Aggie prancing around in their Halloween best?

So all those Corps of Cadets members during WWII were pretend soldiers as well,using your logic?

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As a decorated vet, I can say that

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Well woopigaustin, I'm a combat veteran as well. And the fact that 40%-50% of these kids take a military commission, and do more than their fair share in service to our country, guys like

1. Army 1st Lt. Jonathan Rozier, Class of 2001, died 7/19/2003 in Iraq

2. USMC Captain Ernesto M. Blanco, Class of 1998, died 12/28/2003 in Iraq

3. Army 1st Lt. Doyle M. Hufstedler III, Class of 2001, died 3/31/2004 in Iraq

4. Army Captain Sean Patrick Sims, Class of 1994, died 11/13/2004 in Iraq

5. Army Captain Todd Tyler Christmas, Class of 2000, died 11/29/2004, in McLennan County, Texas (see note below)

6. USMC Captain Lyle Gordon, Class of 1997, died 1/26/2005 in Iraq

7. Army Sgt. William Meeuswen, Class of 2003, died 11/23/2005 in Iraq

8. Army Chief Warrant Officer Richard Salter, Class of 1985, died 12/26/2005 in Iraq

9. Army Major Matthew Worrell, Class of 1994, died 5/14/2006 in Iraq

10. Army 1st Lt. Ryan Sanders, Class of 2001, died 6/5/2006 in Iraq

11. Army Captain Blake Russell, Class of 1998, died 7/22/2006 in Iraq

12. Army Sgt 1st Class Merideth Howard, Class of 1976, died 9/8/2006 in Afghanistan

13. USMC Lance Cpl Luke Yepsen, Class of 2008, died 12/14/2006 in Iraq

14. Army Captain Texas National Guard Sean Edward Lyerly, Class of 1998, died 1/20/2007 in Iraq

15. Army Specialist Daniel Gomez, Class of 2008, died 7/18/2007 in Iraq

16. Army Private First Class William Edwards, Class of 2006, died 8/11/2007 in Iraq

17. Army 2nd Lt. Peter Burks 2003 11/14/2007 Iraq

18. Army 1st Lt. Jeremy Ray 2004, Class of 2004, died 12/20/2007 in Iraq

19. Army Specialist Christopher West, Class of 2004, died 2/4/2008 in Iraq

20. USMC 1st Lt. Matthew R Vandegrift 2003 4/21/2008 Iraq

21. Army 1st Lt. Timothy W Cunningham 2004 4/23/2008 Iraq

mean that you can take your "worthless figs playing toy soldiers" comment to yourself.

I knew some of these guys when they were 18 and I knew them as officers before they died. And A&M prepared them well.

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Well woopigaustin, I'm a combat veteran as well. And the fact that 40%-50% of these kids take a military commission, and do more than their fair share in service to our country, guys like

1. Army 1st Lt. Jonathan Rozier, Class of 2001, died 7/19/2003 in Iraq

2. USMC Captain Ernesto M. Blanco, Class of 1998, died 12/28/2003 in Iraq

3. Army 1st Lt. Doyle M. Hufstedler III, Class of 2001, died 3/31/2004 in Iraq

4. Army Captain Sean Patrick Sims, Class of 1994, died 11/13/2004 in Iraq

5. Army Captain Todd Tyler Christmas, Class of 2000, died 11/29/2004, in McLennan County, Texas (see note below)

6. USMC Captain Lyle Gordon, Class of 1997, died 1/26/2005 in Iraq

7. Army Sgt. William Meeuswen, Class of 2003, died 11/23/2005 in Iraq

8. Army Chief Warrant Officer Richard Salter, Class of 1985, died 12/26/2005 in Iraq

9. Army Major Matthew Worrell, Class of 1994, died 5/14/2006 in Iraq

10. Army 1st Lt. Ryan Sanders, Class of 2001, died 6/5/2006 in Iraq

11. Army Captain Blake Russell, Class of 1998, died 7/22/2006 in Iraq

12. Army Sgt 1st Class Merideth Howard, Class of 1976, died 9/8/2006 in Afghanistan

13. USMC Lance Cpl Luke Yepsen, Class of 2008, died 12/14/2006 in Iraq

14. Army Captain Texas National Guard Sean Edward Lyerly, Class of 1998, died 1/20/2007 in Iraq

15. Army Specialist Daniel Gomez, Class of 2008, died 7/18/2007 in Iraq

16. Army Private First Class William Edwards, Class of 2006, died 8/11/2007 in Iraq

17. Army 2nd Lt. Peter Burks 2003 11/14/2007 Iraq

18. Army 1st Lt. Jeremy Ray 2004, Class of 2004, died 12/20/2007 in Iraq

19. Army Specialist Christopher West, Class of 2004, died 2/4/2008 in Iraq

20. USMC 1st Lt. Matthew R Vandegrift 2003 4/21/2008 Iraq

21. Army 1st Lt. Timothy W Cunningham 2004 4/23/2008 Iraq

mean that you can take your "worthless figs playing toy soldiers" comment to yourself.

I knew some of these guys when they were 18 and I knew them as officers before they died. And A&M prepared them well.

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And they sure as frick weren't college kids in the band when they died. They moved on to the military, something 60% don't do.

Your pretend military shite may fly in your neck of the woods but it doesn't in mine. I don't extend military respect to 19 year olds debating the possibility of service.

I respect the above list, but I can post the same sort of list from the U of Arkansas or any other college. Maybe I should salute the Razorback marching band?

Wow.

Woopig take your flaming somwhere else... Seriously you are embarrassing yourself. Think you've been inhaling that Austin oxygen too long. We'll check that scoreboard in October after Jerrybowl III.

Just to be clear.

If you go off and join the military, get back with me. I'll buy you a round and shoot the shite with you for hours.

But don't expect me to give an ounce of respect to a group that has an option to either join or not join. It's pretend military.

I have just as much respect for the fat kid watching from the stands that joins without spending 4 years playing dress up.

All I'm saying, in an a-hole manner, is there is NOTHING special about the Cadets at A&M.

Thanks! Truth!

"The men of Texas A&M can stand up to any men in the world and compare favorably their education and training for leadership --leadership in the pursuits of peace, and if it comes to war, leadership in battle."
--Gen. Omar Bradley

"[A&M] is writing its own military history in the blood of its graduates."
--Gen. Douglas MacArthur

"No more convincing testimony could be given to the manner in which the men of Texas A&M lived up to the ideals and principles inculcated in their days on the campus than the statement that the Congressional Medal of Honor has been awarded to six (seven) former students, that 46 took part in the heroic defense of Bataan and Corregidor and that nearly 700 are on the list of our battle dead."
--Gen. Dwight D. Esienhower

I'll take their opinions over yours.