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re: aTm fans: Is your band comprised of corps of cadets members?
Posted on 10/18/15 at 8:20 pm to Aggie Fishfinder
Posted on 10/18/15 at 8:20 pm to Aggie Fishfinder
bullshite, the actual ROTC component (the guys that actually commission) is a fraction of the corps, the rest are posers.
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Posted on 10/18/15 at 8:23 pm to Lakeboy7
They're posing as nothing but members of the Corps of Cadets.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 8:37 pm to Lakeboy7
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bullshite, the actual ROTC component (the guys that actually commission) is a fraction of the corps, the rest are posers.
Approximately 42 percent of the members of the Cadet Corps receive a commission in the United States Armed Forces upon graduation.
It's a fairly large fraction.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 8:43 pm to Lakeboy7
Lakeboy7 corndog you are the one that's full of shite.
This post was edited on 10/18/15 at 8:45 pm
Posted on 10/18/15 at 9:18 pm to Lakeboy7
quote:42% receive a commission upon graduation, rising above 50% when you are nclude off-campus commissioning.
the actual ROTC component (the guys that actually commission) is a fraction of the corps, the rest are posers.
It Was much higher until the post Cold War military cuts of the past few decades. You cannot commission more officers than the military actually needs.
TAMU commissions more officers than any institution outside the three service academies. Each service academy commissions a bit fewer than 1000 per year. TAMU is about half that figure.
Most cadets start with the intent of taking a commission, but they get "culled" over the course of their time at TAMU. Some leave the Corps when it becomes clear that they will not be offerred a commission, but most remain in the Corps for the camaraderie and the friendships that they have made.
This post was edited on 10/18/15 at 9:42 pm
Posted on 10/18/15 at 9:54 pm to Lakeboy7
I was a nonreg in the Corps (aka a poser) for two years. When we invaded Iraq, I enlisted, did two tours as a USAF explosive ordnance disposal tech. Then I went back and finished my last two years as a civilian.
Many of my friends did the same, some (too many) aren't here. The Corps of Cadets taught me shite about brotherhood, management and getting tougher when life gets tough that you can't learn anywhere. Most of which was directed by the military officers from each unit's service branch.
Also, there's some bizarre traditions to be sure, but they were ours. Most of them go back as far as when A&M was a small all male military college organized primarily by a former Confederate general and Comanche fighter named Sul Ross. We have male Yell Leaders because that's a tradition that goes back to before we even had girls in attendance.
Everyone who goes into combat "plays army" at one point or another beforehand. Im not sure what qualifies you to judge either. You're probably a little pussy who would have been crying for his mommy in your first week in the Corps.
Many of my friends did the same, some (too many) aren't here. The Corps of Cadets taught me shite about brotherhood, management and getting tougher when life gets tough that you can't learn anywhere. Most of which was directed by the military officers from each unit's service branch.
Also, there's some bizarre traditions to be sure, but they were ours. Most of them go back as far as when A&M was a small all male military college organized primarily by a former Confederate general and Comanche fighter named Sul Ross. We have male Yell Leaders because that's a tradition that goes back to before we even had girls in attendance.
Everyone who goes into combat "plays army" at one point or another beforehand. Im not sure what qualifies you to judge either. You're probably a little pussy who would have been crying for his mommy in your first week in the Corps.
Posted on 10/19/15 at 12:20 am to Lakeboy7
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bullshite, the actual ROTC component (the guys that actually commission) is a fraction of the corps, the rest are posers.
Of course it's a fraction of the corps. Every ROTC program has congressionally mandated limits imposed on them as to how many commissions they're allowed to grant except for the service academies.
Even if every single cadet wanted to take a commission, there's a hard cap.
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