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Posted on 10/18/15 at 10:46 pm to p_bubel
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Have you seen the full clip?
'Cause I'll go looking for it if you're interested
Post it
Posted on 10/18/15 at 10:50 pm to MrCarton
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The army is the army, rotc is rotc, and service academies are what they are.
Which is essentially training for the army.
You aren't saying anything that isn't obvious, but it's odd that your points are delivered in such a butthurt way.
Law students aren't lawyers; med students aren't doctors; and members of the corps of cadets and the service academies aren't engaged in active duty.
No one disputes this. You're not setting anyone straight. You just come off like a whiny little bitch.
This post was edited on 10/18/15 at 10:52 pm
Posted on 10/18/15 at 10:51 pm to mikrit54
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Do they have to pay for them out of their own pocket?
Yes, but one exception that I'm aware of is my classmate and Commandant of the Corps bought the boots for this fine young man:
ETA: Note the excellent dance moves by his buddy on the right. No free boots for you!
This post was edited on 10/18/15 at 10:57 pm
Posted on 10/18/15 at 10:53 pm to DWag215
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Law students aren't lawyers; med students aren't doctors; and members of the corps of cadets and the service academies aren't engaged in active duty.
Law students enroll in law school with the intent of joining the bar.
Med students enroll with the intent of becoming a medical doctor.
Corp students don't necessarily enroll with the intent of joining the military.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 10:56 pm to cyde
You are the GOAT.
Oh, man...
My face hurts.
Oh, man...
My face hurts.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 10:58 pm to finestfirst79
The boots are made by a small leather shop near campus. One of the first things freshman cadets do is go as a group and pay a small amount upfront. Class of 2005, I paid $5 as a fish for my senior boots.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 10:59 pm to cyde
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Corp students don't necessarily enroll with the intent of joining the military
Therefore, the entire organization "plays" army. It's just a dumb characterization. And that's from an Aggie who's particularly hard on the corps.
The point is that like law school and med school, the corps is designed to train its members for a particular field (military service). Of course its members don't purport to be officers, just like law students and med students don't represent themselves as full members of their respective future professions.
This post was edited on 10/18/15 at 11:01 pm
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:04 pm to DWag215
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Therefore, the entire organization "plays" army.
I never said anything of the sort. I simply pointed out that med school and the corps isn't an apples-to-apples comparison.
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a dumb characterization
Yes, the first thing I quoted was precisely a dumb (mis)characterization.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:06 pm to cyde
Tons of law school graduates never take the bar exam and never intended to, but whatever...
Medical school has one purpose, make doctors.
The Corps is not meant to be a military officer factory. Thats what service academies are for and that's why they are directly funded by the DOD.
But no, please continue to share your very precious and vital opinion.
Medical school has one purpose, make doctors.
The Corps is not meant to be a military officer factory. Thats what service academies are for and that's why they are directly funded by the DOD.
But no, please continue to share your very precious and vital opinion.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:06 pm to DWag215
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Which is essentially training for the army.
Jesus christ. Typical butthurt officer.
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You aren't saying anything that isn't obvious, but it's odd that your points are delivered in such a butthurt way.
My "points" are statement of fact. The butthurt is entirely yours. It seems that TAMU cadets are particularly butthurt by the notion that their college experience can't be credited as being in the army. Sorry, but cheering at football games amd wearing khaki uniforms is playing army. Same as HS ROTC.
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Law students aren't lawyers; med students aren't doctors; and members of the corps of cadets and the service academies aren't engaged in active duty.
Surely you realize that you are ignoring the key differences between a fricking med school student and an ROTC cadet. ROTC is more like pre med than med school, for obvious reasons.
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You just come off like a whiny little bitch.
Butthurt bro. Just let it go.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:08 pm to cyde
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No, but if you have it handy, I'd love to see it.
I still can't find it online and I have no idea where I saw it years ago.
Basically that clip is at the end of the idiocy by both sides.
SMU cheerleaders are on the field doing their thing
Corps guy runs out and they start yelling at each other. He wants 'em off the field.
While engaged with one cheerleader (yelling face to face), a SMU cheerleader got behind the corps guy on all fours right behind him.
corps guy is shoved and rolls over the guy on all fours. He goes head over heels.
He gets up and draws saber and the clip begins. I imagine most would come up swinging after that.
Ah, the old SWC.
This post was edited on 10/18/15 at 11:10 pm
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:09 pm to cyde
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Law students enroll in law school with the intent of joining the bar.
Med students enroll with the intent of becoming a medical doctor.
Corp students don't necessarily enroll with the intent of joining the military.
Intent isn't even the main point. Though it is a good one.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:15 pm to EODag
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The Corps is not meant to be a military officer factory. Thats what service academies are for and that's why they are directly funded by the DOD.
ROTC is playing army. As is attending a service academy. How much one benefits from the experience is entirely moot.
If one wants to be in the army it is quite simple to do so. Once one is in the army he is no longer pretending that he is while yelling at football games.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:19 pm to MrCarton
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Jesus christ. Typical butthurt officer.
Dude. I wasn't even in the corps. I'm the Aggie that makes fun of it.
The only thing more pathetic than a lot of its members is an outraged loser pushing tired rhetoric. Guys like you. I don't understand why you're so concerned with any possible perception that membership in the corps is the same as actual service when anyone with a functional brain comprehends that it's obviously not.
Again, you're not setting any record straight.
This post was edited on 10/18/15 at 11:21 pm
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:20 pm to p_bubel
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EODag
Go away.
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p_bubel
Let's see if I can sum it up.
According to the newspaper article, a corps spokesman was quoted as saying that
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"...according to tradition, the corps tries to keep everyone but players off the field."
What I'm curious about is whether this is an official school policy or something the corps decided was a good idea. If it's an official school policy, isn't that the kind of thing school officials would inform a visiting team of?
So I assume it was a matter of the SMU guys going out there to try to do their little routine for the crowd. Something not uncommon to see in most any college football environment. Your mileage, of course, may vary.
The... what are they called? CTs? The CT rushed out there and, presumably, got in the face of one of the cheerleaders and started screaming and, from what you're telling me, it sounds like he got turtled for his trouble.
Well, this didn't please the CT, so he got up, turned around and started kicking the cheerleader who turtled him, then pulled his saber and got shoved to the ground, at which point some officious-looking prick in a yellow raincoat ran out there and subdued the guy who wasn't brandishing a weapon. (that part always kind of confused me)
tl;dr - If this was a school policy, why didn't SMU know about it?
If this is another A&M tradition, it's a good thing the cheerleader didn't have his hat on in the MSC. He might have actually gotten the frick stabbed.
This post was edited on 10/18/15 at 11:23 pm
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:26 pm to MrCarton
Are you an idiot or are you just pretending?
They are college students. But if they're contract ROTC students then they do things like go on nuclear submarines and fighters jets for their summer tours. That's because the military is paying for their education so that they can be commissioned officers when they graduate. This isn't like some crazy military Cosplay club or something.
They are college students. But if they're contract ROTC students then they do things like go on nuclear submarines and fighters jets for their summer tours. That's because the military is paying for their education so that they can be commissioned officers when they graduate. This isn't like some crazy military Cosplay club or something.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:27 pm to EODag
I thought about trying to explain how it works but....it is the rant.
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:27 pm to cyde
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I simply pointed out that med school and the corps isn't an apples-to-apples comparison.
You pointed out a distinction without a difference for the purpose of this discussion.
The focus is on the reason for which the entities exist, which is to train members for future participation in a chosen field.
Like your butthurt counterpart, you simply missed the point.
This post was edited on 10/18/15 at 11:30 pm
Posted on 10/18/15 at 11:28 pm to MrCarton
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Same as HS ROTC.
Umm... no. (I wasn't in HS ROTC so I may be as full of shite as I think you are.) Military Science classes where we discussed how to beat back the commie hordes. Many weekends taken up with field exercises. Those two are true even for the guys who opted out after 2 years. And 6-weeks of fun in the summer between junior and senior years, in A&M Army cadet's case at Ft. Riley. And then there was the optional stuff like Rudder's Rangers, which prepped you for Ranger school. The main things I learned from Rudder's Rangers was don't get stinkin' drunk the night before an exercise, and no matter how much dramatic effort you put in to biting a chicken's head off, your hometown buddy is going to outdo you by sticking the damn chicken's head in his mouth. Off-topic just a bit but it really made an impression on me.
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