[Bender2]

BTW big, if you cannot tell just... what that says in the window--

It... says:

Compliments of the Naval Officer manned Gemini 6 on their rendezvous with Army Commanded Gemini 7 on December 15, 1965 that proclaimed "BEAT ARMY"

Damn... straight!

https://external-preview.redd.it/Yi4GFw7S4Ut9Dht0y6G-GxWqYAuzHVe__JpI9blNTjY.jpg?s=4ca4ee9ed1c11a4f09a63196ca8de11bdd140110

http://www.collectspace.com/review/gemini6_beatarmy01.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Gemini_6_prime_crew.jpg/800px-Gemini_6_prime_crew.jpg

[Rummyfan]

Buzz Aldrin USMA
Frank Borman USMA
Ed White USMA

To name just a few!

[SES1066]

There was/is an innate institutional bias against USMA in the Astronaut ranks as their membership is frequently drawn from test & jet pilots. US Army is the sole service branch not flying fixed-wing combat jets. Some USMA grads can or could elect to transfer to USAF with permission.

In keeping with this NASA theme, we are 13 days from the 50th (Golden) anniversary of Apollo 8, the Christmas Lunar Orbit mission of 21 to 27 December 1968 by Frank Borman, James Lovell & William Anders! While it had one USN service member (Lovell), it had two USNA graduates (Lovell & Anders)! Of course the mission commander was a USMA graduate (Borman). Both Borman and Anders shifted services to USAF after their respective graduations.

[Impy]

Army vs. Navy