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.
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.