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re: Do any SEC grads actually buy/wear college rings?
Posted on 4/13/14 at 12:02 am to Navytiger74
Posted on 4/13/14 at 12:02 am to Navytiger74
I was stationed at USAFA for 5 years. One big difference for the cadets and a 'regular' college, is that the Service Academy is literally their entire life for 4 years. Most don't have cars, go to town a lot...the Academy is their entire world. It's pretty unique.
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Posted on 4/13/14 at 12:06 am to dbt_Geaux_Tigers_196
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I was stationed at USAFA for 5 years. One big difference for the cadets and a 'regular' college, is that the Service Academy is literally their entire life for 4 years. Most don't have cars, go to town a lot...the Academy is their entire world. It's pretty unique.
Oh I have many academy friends whom, not surprisingly, the rest of the officer corps call "ringknockers". They describe their experience at the Academy as a great $275,000 education shoved up your arse one nickel at a time.
Posted on 4/13/14 at 12:08 am to dbt_Geaux_Tigers_196
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I was stationed at USAFA for 5 years.
Bro why didn't you give me a ring when you lived in the Springs mane?
Posted on 4/13/14 at 12:12 am to WestCoastAg
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and? who cares. the corps may represent a small minority of the a&m student base, but its fricking 2000+. to insinuate that a place like a&m or Virginia tech doesn't have a military background or culture just because "most of their graduates do not enter the military" is stupid as frick
Don't act like it's the same as Annapolis or West Point though.
Posted on 4/13/14 at 12:16 am to Navytiger74
Posted on 4/13/14 at 12:16 am to dbt_Geaux_Tigers_196
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I was stationed at USAFA for 5 years. One big difference for the cadets and a 'regular' college, is that the Service Academy is literally their entire life for 4 years. Most don't have cars, go to town a lot...the Academy is their entire world. It's pretty unique.
I had a friend who attended the AF Academy visit me at A&M. He commented several times that it would be damn hard to be a cadet in the Corps at A&M, while other civilian students did their own things. He used to say how much it would suck to live the 24/7 Corps lifestyle at A&M (e.g., uniforms on campus, dorms, CQ, PT, etc.), knowing that the rest of the campus was living the college life.
His quote: "At the Academy, we were isolated in our own world, so that helped. We didn't have to see normal college kids doing typical college shite. That would've been brutal."
Posted on 4/13/14 at 12:17 am to RockyMtnTigerWDE
Oh this was a long time ago. Loved Colorado Springs, great city and beautiful country.
Posted on 4/13/14 at 12:18 am to EKG
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"At the Academy, we were isolated in our own world,
They do live in their own world on some of the most beautiful property in Colorado.
Posted on 4/13/14 at 12:26 am to RockyMtnTigerWDE
I'll plan on purchasing a ring one day. People who aren't poor and enter a learned profession frequently wear them in professional settings.
And I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm an obnoxious fan who is always looking for an opportunity to talk about my alma mater.
And I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm an obnoxious fan who is always looking for an opportunity to talk about my alma mater.
Posted on 4/13/14 at 12:27 am to EKG
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Rocky
They do live in their own world on some of the most beautiful property in Colorado.
Man, if it weren't for family reasons I would gone there to live and retire.
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We didn't have to see normal college kids doing typical college shite. That would've been brutal."
I can believe it. Those were/are some of the best kids in the world. I know it sounds kind of hokey but it really was an honor to be associated with them.
This post was edited on 4/13/14 at 12:29 am
Posted on 4/13/14 at 12:28 am to dbt_Geaux_Tigers_196
I have a nephew attending the USAFA now. I believe it is his third year.
Posted on 4/13/14 at 12:30 am to RockyMtnTigerWDE
Is he going to try and be a fighter pilot or does he know yet?
Posted on 4/13/14 at 12:33 am to dbt_Geaux_Tigers_196
He is all engineering and don't remember what discipline he is focused on. If I had to guess it would be Electrical.
Posted on 4/13/14 at 12:35 am to RockyMtnTigerWDE
He probably has an IQ of 140....wish him well, sincerely.
Posted on 4/13/14 at 12:37 am to dbt_Geaux_Tigers_196
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Is he going to try and be a fighter pilot or does he know yet?
USNA doesn't select until 1st Class (Senior) year. Probably the same for Air Force. Believe me, if he gets selected for pilot, everyone will know about it (ref. joke: How do you know you're talking to a pilot? He'll tell you.)
Posted on 4/13/14 at 12:38 am to dbt_Geaux_Tigers_196
Posted on 4/13/14 at 12:39 am to Navytiger74
That's no lie. Military pilots actually have a pimp way of walking. Little known fact.
Posted on 4/13/14 at 12:41 am to Maximus
Honestly just remembering back to those couple of months I wore my hs ring makes me cringe. A college ring, yeah no. Never.
Posted on 4/13/14 at 1:05 am to Maximus
Rings are a big deal at Military colleges.
Posted on 4/13/14 at 1:21 am to dbt_Geaux_Tigers_196
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That's no lie. Military pilots actually have a pimp way of walking. Little known fact.
It's from a combination of all the slinging we give to chicks, and the bending over we had to do in training and face during every flight.
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