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27 Cadets Injured in Brawl at U.S. Air Force Academy
CNS News ^ | 11-12-2012 | Susan Jones

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.”


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1 posted on 11/02/2012 8:47:21 AM PDT by Renfield
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To: Renfield

sigh. Can only shake my head at the poor behavior of the USAF cadets.

Some of ‘em grow up and get real after academy life; others stay as locked up as they were when they were at the academy. Ring knockers...some are good, some are terrible.


2 posted on 11/02/2012 8:50:01 AM PDT by sassy steel magnolia (USAF life and Navy wife...God Bless the USA!)
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To: Renfield

All brawls and riots must be conducted with ‘good order and discipline’! You’re in the military! When your commanding officer orders you to riot....


3 posted on 11/02/2012 8:50:57 AM PDT by proxy_user
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To: Renfield

Well, they are being trained to kill people... Probably good training for the real world.


4 posted on 11/02/2012 8:51:02 AM PDT by refermech
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To: Renfield

Bite marks?


5 posted on 11/02/2012 8:54:33 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

From girl cadets, maybe.


6 posted on 11/02/2012 8:55:51 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("Decency requires that they be voted out of office as an act of urgent political hygiene." ~Steyn)
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To: Tax-chick
If true, they need to man up.

;-)

7 posted on 11/02/2012 8:57:01 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Renfield

The article refers to this as a “ritual” and a “tradition”.

Bull-loney.

It is hazing. And it is illegal. I would wonder who will get the sack, but I’m sure this will all be swept under the rug rather nicely.


8 posted on 11/02/2012 8:57:05 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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... a proposal for how it could be executed with “good order and discipline and proper risk management.”
Isn't that how Penetta handled the Benghazi attack?
And don't forget, diversity & tolerance HAVE to be included in the proposal too.
We are feckin' doomed.
9 posted on 11/02/2012 8:58:33 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Tax-chick

Could be the gays...


10 posted on 11/02/2012 8:59:07 AM PDT by refermech
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Could be the gays...

"You brute! You brute! You vicious brute!"

11 posted on 11/02/2012 9:01:04 AM PDT by dfwgator
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There are cadets. There are thugs. These jerks need to decide which they group they want to be in.


12 posted on 11/02/2012 9:01:46 AM PDT by bgill (Evil doers are in every corner of our government. Have we passed the point of no return?)
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Hazing USED TO BE with honorable intentions- with the perp and the victim understanding it was in good fun for building camaraderie

now the idiot young people think it is a right for them to abuse someone else

13 posted on 11/02/2012 9:03:01 AM PDT by Mr. K (What The World would hate more than the USA in charge is the USA NOT in charge")
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To: proxy_user
Gentleman, there's no fighting in the war room!
14 posted on 11/02/2012 9:03:09 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Renfield
Well, at least this is a departure from their naked tickle parties.

GO NAVY


15 posted on 11/02/2012 9:05:01 AM PDT by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Renfield

I don’t recall this so-called “tradition” during my time at the Zoo and am curious when it started. I know of one celebratory tradition that was banned after a lot of injuries but not this one.


16 posted on 11/02/2012 9:07:20 AM PDT by ken in texas (I was taught to respect my elders but it keeps getting harder to find any.)
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...Dean of Faculty Brigadier Gen. Dana Born....

Part of the problem.

17 posted on 11/02/2012 9:08:57 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: dfwgator

That’s funny, but I don’t recognize the movie!


18 posted on 11/02/2012 9:15:17 AM PDT by refermech
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To: ken in texas
I know of one celebratory tradition that was banned ...

Throwing guys in the Air Garden fountains?

19 posted on 11/02/2012 9:17:07 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: refermech
That’s funny, but I don’t recognize the movie!

I thought knowing every line in Blazing Saddles was a prerequisite to becoming a Freeper. ;)

20 posted on 11/02/2012 9:17:30 AM PDT by dfwgator
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