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re: West Point Cadet Missing, along with his M4 rifle
Posted on 10/21/19 at 9:53 am to yellowfin
Posted on 10/21/19 at 9:53 am to yellowfin
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Too bad they didn’t lose JBE when he was there
Like him or not and say what you want about him but he is a graduate of West Point and that is pretty impressive. I don’t give a shite about him as governor but I respect his education.
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Posted on 10/21/19 at 9:55 am to Martini
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he is a graduate of West Point and that is pretty impressive.
meh, not so much any more
Posted on 10/21/19 at 9:55 am to habanos
Posted on 10/21/19 at 9:56 am to Champagne
My first thought with no name release
Posted on 10/21/19 at 9:59 am to 777Tiger
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meh, not so much any more
Care to elaborate?
Posted on 10/21/19 at 10:01 am to Martini
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but he is a graduate of West Point and that is pretty impressive.
It's about who you know as much as anything today.
Posted on 10/21/19 at 10:07 am to Martini
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Care to elaborate?
I work with a lot, a lot of grads from the service academies, many of them that are liaisons from their service branch to their academy, or are involved in other capacities, general consensus among them is that that all of the forced pc over the last few decades has diluted the standard of education at all of the academies to the point of them being reduced to almost community colleges, many wouldn't let their own kids go there, this is not to say there aren't some very highly qualified people that go there and leave with a great education, just that the standards have lowered to the point to where getting in and out is not based on merit very much anymore
ETA: also, it hasn't been too long since part of the contract was, you couldn't just quit, or if you flunked out, you didn't go home crying like a little bitch to mama, you went to boot camp, pretty good motivator right there
This post was edited on 10/21/19 at 10:27 am
Posted on 10/21/19 at 10:09 am to RogerTheShrubber
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It's about who you know as much as anything today.
Thats part of it, but theres a large number of cadets there that got in as enlisted soldiers (without congressional nomination), not high school seniors.
Posted on 10/21/19 at 10:13 am to 777Tiger
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I work with a lot, a lot of grads from the service academies, many of them that are liaisons from their service branch to their academy, or are involved in other capacities, general consensus among them is that that all of the forced pc over the last few decades have diluted the standard of education at all of the academies to the point of them being reduced to almost community colleges, many wouldn't let their own kids go there, this is not to say there aren't some very highly qualified people that go there and leave with a great education, just that the standards have lowered to the point to where getting in and out is not based on merit very much anymore
Theres a phrase among old grads for this- "the corps has...".
There were a lot of changes in the late 90s that were meant to make West Point more bearable, but some people think it made West Point lose its edge. These (ironically) were called "the changes". Hazing, plebe abuse, among others were outlawed.
Posted on 10/21/19 at 10:14 am to yellowfin
Geees
Better than goofy rispone
Not that that's saying much
Better than goofy rispone
Not that that's saying much
Posted on 10/21/19 at 10:25 am to NYNolaguy1
Back in 97 when I lived in Colorado an Air Force pilot from Tucson in an A-10 with a live bomb load broke formation and flew around for hours before flying into a mountain. I read that it was his first bombing practice run and his Mom was a Jehovahs Witness and he was possibly in the middle of a psychological conflict about it that sent him over the edge. As if we needed another reason to hate Jehovahs Witness crackpots.
Posted on 10/21/19 at 10:49 am to Martini
quote:and at least 20 jumps out of a C130.
Like him or not and say what you want about him but he is a graduate of West Point and that is pretty impressive. I don’t give a shite about him as governor but I respect his education.
Posted on 10/21/19 at 4:34 pm to TigerFanInSouthland
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30 magazine clip, can be fired in half a second.
The standard rate of fire for the M-4 in auto mode is @ 6 rounds per second.
That gives you an average time of emptying a 30 round magazine in @ 5 seconds.
Of course I'm talking real world and not Call of Duty, FTR
Posted on 10/21/19 at 4:39 pm to Lsupimp
quote:Reason #19,233 that you don't see the USAF singing this tune:
I read that it was his first bombing practice run and his Mom was a Jehovahs Witness and he was possibly in the middle of a psychological conflict about it that sent him over the edge.
Posted on 10/21/19 at 4:43 pm to NYNolaguy1
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is not believed to be carrying any ammunition.
Not like he could simply walk in the nearest Academy Sports and buy all the ammo he wants......
Posted on 10/21/19 at 5:38 pm to Martini
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Like him or not and say what you want about him but he is a graduate of West Point and that is pretty impressive.
Who served 8 yrs and got out as a captain. Meaning his OERs couldn’t have been all that.
Posted on 10/21/19 at 5:48 pm to TheFonz
Ill bet you whatever you want, you cant dump a fully loaded magazine in under a second. Jesus Christ. You anti gun tards are dumb.
Posted on 10/21/19 at 5:53 pm to NYNolaguy1
Well, a cadet is a future 2LT. Perhaps they got lost on a land nav course? 
Posted on 10/21/19 at 5:55 pm to Godfather1
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Who served 8 yrs and got out as a captain.
probably counting USMA time, 90 day wonder + 5 is pretty standard?
Posted on 10/21/19 at 6:10 pm to Pechon
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Well, a cadet is a future 2LT. Perhaps they got lost on a land nav course?
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