Not really. Until he is actually commissioned he is still a cadet and subject to expulsion for any number of violations of the code of conduct. I can’t remember what the guy I was roomed with said he did, but he reminded me of Joey from friends. Complete dumbass that got by with his athletic ability. Luckily he was only roomed with me for a long weekend, about two weeks after he got his own room he set it on fire and burned everything he had because he had left a bunch of candles burning when he went to the bar. Also lucky that the building was built around WWII in Alaska, so it wasn’t made of wood and the fire had nowhere to spread. People think that just because someone went to a military academy that they are upstanding, intelligent people. They aren’t. Maybe 1:50 is, but the rest are standard college students. They just have a more physically demanding course load.
You are right about the midshipmen code. As for the bottom part. There are some brainiacs in the academy but the sad truth is most are either legacy, or diversity hires. Only a small percentage of prior enlisted or those who fought their way in
I had a few west pointers as officers. Out of the whole I could only three of them were worth a shit. But I also had a horrible opinion about officers anyway, maybe I am too harsh. Maybe not. I do know that the basic standard I held for officers being good/bad was whether or not they realized how dangerous their battle plans were and whether or not it was necessary danger. If they couldn’t even realize that what they proposed was stupidly and unnecessarily dangerous, then they were just idiots. The cadidiots were the worst though. Didn’t matter what academy they were coming from.
Yeah but dude is a senior. He has to do something above and beyond to not get commissioned
Not really. Until he is actually commissioned he is still a cadet and subject to expulsion for any number of violations of the code of conduct. I can’t remember what the guy I was roomed with said he did, but he reminded me of Joey from friends. Complete dumbass that got by with his athletic ability. Luckily he was only roomed with me for a long weekend, about two weeks after he got his own room he set it on fire and burned everything he had because he had left a bunch of candles burning when he went to the bar. Also lucky that the building was built around WWII in Alaska, so it wasn’t made of wood and the fire had nowhere to spread. People think that just because someone went to a military academy that they are upstanding, intelligent people. They aren’t. Maybe 1:50 is, but the rest are standard college students. They just have a more physically demanding course load.
You are right about the midshipmen code. As for the bottom part. There are some brainiacs in the academy but the sad truth is most are either legacy, or diversity hires. Only a small percentage of prior enlisted or those who fought their way in
I had a few west pointers as officers. Out of the whole I could only three of them were worth a shit. But I also had a horrible opinion about officers anyway, maybe I am too harsh. Maybe not. I do know that the basic standard I held for officers being good/bad was whether or not they realized how dangerous their battle plans were and whether or not it was necessary danger. If they couldn’t even realize that what they proposed was stupidly and unnecessarily dangerous, then they were just idiots. The cadidiots were the worst though. Didn’t matter what academy they were coming from.