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Air Force Academy Removes 'Men' Sign
AP Via Yahoo ^ | March 29, 2003 | Staff

Posted on 03/29/2003 3:40:08 PM PST by EveningStar

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. - Large letters reading "Bring Me Men" that critics say became a symbol of a male-dominated culture at the Air Force Academy have been removed from a stone arch that incoming cadets march beneath.

The letters were taken down Friday under a directive that emerged from an Air Force investigation of a sexual assault scandal at the academy.

Five leaders at the academy have been reassigned as the Air Force responds to complaints that female cadets' reports of sexual assaults haven't been taken seriously and that some of those who complained were punished. At least 56 female cadets reported being sexually assaulted over the past 10 years.

Since 1964, each incoming class of cadets has marched through the stone portal that bore the slogan "Bring Me Men" in 2-foot-high, brushed aluminum letters.

The phrase comes from an 1894 poem by Sam Walter Foss extolling the expansionist spirit of the country. The first two lines of "The Coming American" read: "Bring me men to match my mountains, Bring me men to match my plains."

Advisers had urged removal of the sign in 1999 but academy officials said then that it would stay because it was part of the academy's history and tradition.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: airforce; airforceacademy; feminism; pc; signs; tradition; usafacademy
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1 posted on 03/29/2003 3:40:08 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar
P.C reaches Air Force Academy. Film at 11.
2 posted on 03/29/2003 3:40:49 PM PST by goldstategop
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To: goldstategop
Sign in front of Clinton's house -- BRING ME GIRLS
4 posted on 03/29/2003 3:42:49 PM PST by ScholarWarrior
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To: EveningStar
"The age if chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists and calculators has succeeded."
--Burke
5 posted on 03/29/2003 3:44:32 PM PST by merrin
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To: EveningStar
Now, if the NOW organization could only get rid of the men...
6 posted on 03/29/2003 3:54:18 PM PST by DoughtyOne
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7 posted on 03/29/2003 3:56:41 PM PST by annyokie (provacative yet educational reading alert)
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To: EveningStar
Women don't belong in the armed forces.

Yes, I was in them.
8 posted on 03/29/2003 3:59:34 PM PST by MonroeDNA (An American Black Muslim traitor, acting on his religeous beliefs, tried to take out the top brass)
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To: goldstategop
How did the Clinton crime family miss that one?
9 posted on 03/29/2003 4:00:22 PM PST by kylaka
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To: ScholarWarrior
LOL!
10 posted on 03/29/2003 4:06:31 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: goldstategop
USAFA has been far too PC for too long...and "tradition"? HA! They change command names, job names, uniforms, etc. every other year. Sad friggin' times (and I did 27 years...the knee jerk over-reaction, PC, CYA crap SUCKS!)
11 posted on 03/29/2003 4:12:25 PM PST by NMFXSTC
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To: EveningStar
A question for the complainants: Would any one of you volunteer to replace the lady supply clerk now held as a POW by the Iraq Army?

If not, shut up and get outta' here.

12 posted on 03/29/2003 4:26:12 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah
Don't be ridiculous. This has nothing to do with disrespect of women.
13 posted on 03/29/2003 4:32:23 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: annyokie
Thank you. I like that one.
14 posted on 03/29/2003 4:35:32 PM PST by ScholarWarrior
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To: MonroeDNA
I was in the Air Force too, back when women supported the men, not tried to replace them. If they want equality that bad, maybe we should have a men's Air Force and a women's Air Force. Then the lady Amazons can prove their equality.
15 posted on 03/29/2003 4:38:28 PM PST by holyscroller (Why are Liberal female media types always ugly to boot?)
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To: EveningStar
Soooo...what's it gonna say now....."Bring Me Wusses?"
16 posted on 03/29/2003 4:39:11 PM PST by goodnesswins (Thank the Military for your freedom and security....and thank a Rich person for jobs.)
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To: ScholarWarrior
You're welcome. It is the obligatory pic of Beelzebubba.
17 posted on 03/29/2003 4:41:05 PM PST by annyokie (provacative yet educational reading alert)
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To: merrin
"The age if chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists and calculators has succeeded." --Burke"

very true, but seems that there was no "chivalry" at the AF Academy....

anyone forget that it was the female cadet who was reprimanded for "fraternization" after she complained of sexual assault from an upper classmen?

being "PC" and being a gentleman are two differant things.....

18 posted on 03/29/2003 4:41:23 PM PST by cherry
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To: EveningStar
Advisers had urged removal of the sign in 1999 but academy officials said then that it would stay because it was part of the academy's history and tradition.

"History and tradition" are the prime targets in the culture war. The Democrats and the scumbag liberal PC crowd, whose very goal is the destruction of traditional America and its families, have won another battle.

Congratulations on your surrender, Air Force - - even the French must be laughing.

19 posted on 03/29/2003 4:51:43 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: EveningStar
My brother-in-law graduated the Academy in the mid-seventies. They were the last class that had no women in it. Their rings were supposed to have LCWB engraved on them, but the Air Force nixed that. If you can't figure what LCWB means, freepmail me.
20 posted on 03/29/2003 4:51:43 PM PST by gcruse (If they truly are God's laws, he can enforce them himself.)
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