Posted on 11/02/2012 8:47:21 AM PDT by Renfield
From the Military Times: An Air Force Academy tradition of throwing cadet first sergeants into the season's first snowfall ended in a brawl that left 27 cadets in need of medical treatment for everything from concussions, bitemarks, and cuts, according to an internal academy email obtained by the Air Force Times.
“This ritual has devolved to become increasingly violent, with significant numbers of cadets requiring medical care over the past two years," Dean of Faculty Brigadier Gen. Dana Born wrote in an email sent to Academy department heads.
She said the tradition of throwing cadets into the snow "has turned into a brawl between upperclassmen defending the first sergeant and the four degrees trying to capture the first sergeant."
“Obviously, this has gotten out of hand and cannot be repeated,” Born wrote. “There is no way we can condone or defend this.”
The article noted that the new Commandant of Cadets Brig. Gen. Greg Lengyel also found the brawl unacceptable, although -- as Born noted in her email -- he might be amenable to allowing cadets to keep some version of the tradition if they presented him a proposal for how it could be executed with “good order and discipline and proper risk management.”
Check the picture “properties”.
Wouldn’t do any good in this case.
Dr. Strangelove, Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
That's the one.
Ack. I meant the Peter Sellers’ BW photo, not the clip from Blazing Saddles.
Hey... we're just pawns in the game of life.
Naaaa!!
My favorite was “Young Frankenstein”.
“Werewolf?”
“There wolf. There castle.” ... among many others.
” Regrettably, yes. But it is, you know, a sacrifice required for the future of the human race. I hasten to add that since each man will be required to do prodigious... service along these lines, the women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature.”
“Regrettably, yes. But it is, you know, a sacrifice required for the future of the human race. I hasten to add that since each man will be required to do prodigious... service along these lines, the women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature.”
“Regrettably, yes. But it is, you know, a sacrifice required for the future of the human race. I hasten to add that since each man will be required to do prodigious... service along these lines, the women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature.”
“I thought knowing every line in Blazing Saddles was a prerequisite to becoming a Freeper. ;)”
That’s debatable, but knowing every line from Monty Python’s material certainly is. “Well, you have to know these things when you’re a king you know.”
“I thought knowing every line in Blazing Saddles was a prerequisite to becoming a Freeper. ;)”
That’s debatable, but knowing every line from Monty Python’s material certainly is. “Well, you have to know these things when you’re a king you know.”
Clearly the cadets have too much time and energy. they also clearly don’t know how to operate without injury in snowy conditions. I suggest getting the PARARESCUE trainers out there and run the entire school through the arctic wilderness survival training. That would impart the proper skills, and will also take care of any excess time and energy they might have.
Have you ever been in the military? There is a thin line between "rituals" and "hazing."
In the Navy, both the Blue Nose (crossing the Artic Circle) and the Shellback (crossing the Equator) ceremonies are a form of hazing, but they are rich in their tradition. The people who typically get it the worst during these ceremonies, are those who complain, or attempt to fight back.
Of course, it's been years since I was in, and I'm sure the military is more enlightened now, especially with the current Commander-in-Chief. They probably don't even tack on crows anymore.
Still perhaps the funniest movie ever made.
You sir, must do the walk of shame.
On the hill in Northfield, we used to burn a car when we switched from winter to summer uniforms. The seniors would buy a crappy car from someone on campus, go down to the parking lot and push it up to the parade ground. Then it would be set on fire and the seniors would dance around it like idiots throwing their “never to be worn” uniforms onto the car.
I don’t know how long it went on, but for the four years I was there it happened around Easter break every year.
Tossing First Sgts into the snow? What pussies.
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