Posted on 05/11/2016 9:15:24 AM PDT by jazusamo
The 16 black West Point cadets who caused a stir after posing for a photograph with raised fists won’t be disciplined over the image, the U.S. Military Academy said Tuesday.
An internal investigation launched after the snapshot surfaced online has ended with authorities deciding not to discipline the cadets, but to offer them additional counseling ahead of their graduation on May 21, West Point’s superintendent, Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen Jr., said in a letter to the academy’s student body this week.
“While the inquiry did not find that these cadets violated a policy or regulation, it did determine that they demonstrated a lapse of awareness in how symbols and gestures can be misinterpreted and cause division,” he wrote on Tuesday to the Corps of Cadets. “The impact of this photo, regardless of its intent, is evident. It is unfortunate that this perception brought attention to our Alma Mater for all the wrong reasons.”
West Point confirmed last week that an investigation was launched amid concerns raised by the photograph, which shows 16 female members of the Military Academy’s Class of 2016 posing in uniform on school property with their fists raised in the air.
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These are to leaders in our military?
Just who is going to follow them?
Why would anyone follow them?
How long did bad louies last in Nam?
More bull$hit from our politically correct pussies in so-called leadership roles. No wonder the enemies of this country laugh at us.
All right, that’s funny right there...
They might as well have posed for the pic while standing on the American flag. And yet they won’t be punished.
Unfit to be officers in the U.S. Military. They are a disgrace to the army, their gender, and their race.
Wow. I’m shocked. Not.
I met him in Vegas some years back just after the OJ trial - I was getting on the elevator, he was getting on....big big guy......
Courses? Are you kidding? They will never be proper soldiers. Always with a resentment toward america
This is learned and reinforced in the home. From a young age. Four years at West Point did nothing to root it out
Those aren’t troops, they’re going to be officers who will be fragged for trying to order real troops to shoot white people
“has ended with authorities deciding not to discipline the cadets, but to offer them additional counseling ahead of their graduation “
And to think someone of supreme character like Robert E. Lee once ran this place.
So, the cadets did nothing wrong, but some people might get their panties in a wad over their own interpretation of the event, so...
Anything that can be learned, can be unlearned with the proper training. If they are unwilling to learn, their career ends at Westpoint.
Counseling? Wow! Now that will really make a difference. NOT.
Why would the Army give them something to command?
Of course they won’t.
At the very least.... they should be marching tours every free hour they have between now and graduation...
Profiles in Cowardice at the Superintendent level.
“...it would not be you”
Only if the CO is more interested in their own career than in doing the right thing or their Oath to the Constitution.
Been there.
Ben, I have to disagree with you. While I consider it distasteful, the raised fist of the black power salute is miles away from the Heil Hitler salutes.
Those of us who served in the military know that "additional counseling" can be broadly defined. I suspect these young women's last days at the Point will not be as enjoyable as they expected.
Interested in hearing BFAC's thoughts on this subject.
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