VMI, Famed Military Academy, Giving Cadets Coloring Books for Stress

Washington Free Beacon ^ | December 6, 2016 | Elizabeth Harrington

[kevcol]

A prestigious private military school is providing coloring books for cadets to deal with stress.

The Virginia Military Institute, the first state-sponsored military college in the country founded in 1839, offers a “stress busters” program to provide students with yoga classes to “unwind and relax.”
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“This is an opportunity for cadets to unwind and relax before studying for finals. This event often includes stress reduction activities such as yoga, therapy dogs, coloring book stations, card/game stations, and grab-and-go snacks to take with you on your way to study!”

[pepsi_junkie]

When exactly were you at Knox? I was there from Apr - June....
Got there in mid October

Well there's your problem, they rolled out the coloring books in December of 1969. As Maxwell Smart would say, Missed them by that much!

[NorthMountain]

Capt. Cera Wadsworth
Maj. Kristin Hoff

Hmmmm ...

[Ancesthntr]

“Doubt Patton would be spinning in his grave, he was a West Point Graduate. “

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Patton attended VMI in 1903 and 1904, and then went on to West Point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Patton

[RFEngineer]

Same here. Thought it would have been better to shut the place down then. Clearly that would have been better than letting it turn into....this.

[Bull Snipe]

Thanks.

[Hot Tabasco]

When I got out of the Army in 72, I moved to Detroit to live with my dad. One night a buddy and I went into a bar in Hamtramck and darn if I didn’t run into two guys I went thru basic with.....

[Wu]

Fort Knox 1969 here!

[Wu]

March -April 1969.....A-11-4

[Wu]

Looks like we were all 4th Brigade.

[Hot Tabasco]

Did you by any chance purchase the "year book" for the company you went thru basic with?

I did and it's pretty cool looking at the photos ......

[Chode]

but girls won't change the culture, yeah, right...

[SaraJohnson]

This has to be a joke.

[wardaddy]

Patton attended VMI 1903-1904 then transferred to West Point

But you knew that but neglected to say it

[Bull Snipe]

Thanks, actually had forgotten that Patton spent time at VMI.

[Cementjungle]

Yea, my buddy, a Read Admiral who ran GTMO for a year under GWB, finally quit the Navy a couple years ago because of all this crap... sickening for sure. All the good people have been jumping ship.

[Wu]

Yes I did. Somehow I lost it about 30 years ago. Would love to find a replacement.