#1 son is jerking my chain !@#$% little weazle

[wtr100]

today we got a college catalog from VMI - can you believe that VMI

why I oughtta ...

('88 Citadel dad here)

[ratcatcher55]

If he wants to be a real fighting man send him here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_A%26M_University_Corps_of_Cadets

[tombogan03884]

VMI used to have a mathematics teacher called "Tom Fool" who also taught artillery.
You probably heard of him by his other, later nickname, Stonewall .
VMI is supposed to be a good school that has turned out more Famous Generals than any other except West Point.

[Timothy]

I had a room mate that graduated from VMI.  He could barely spell his own name....thank goodness his wife was brilliant!

Guy could party though!

 

[tombogan03884]

I had a room mate that graduated from VMI.  He could barely spell his own name....thank goodness his wife was brilliant!

Guy could party though!

 

"Old Tom Fool" sucked at Math too  

[Sponsor]

[fightingquaker13]

Unless he's planning on going career, I'd really suggest ROTC at a regular school (assuming this is a scholarship issue). I mean why subject yourself to all the hazing when you get the same commission, and the Academy guys are going to look down on you anyway? I mean hell, sleep in, wear reular clothes, have a girfriend, drink beer and you're still 2nd Lt. WTR jr. Of course at VMI you do get to yell "Remember the Ten!" at an annoyingly high volume at any inter mural ROTC competion. To which the Response (at least from the mighty Hoya battalion) was "Its a good start!".
FQ13

[Tyler Durden]

I wouldn't even recommend kids go the Service Academy route now.  And I am a USAFA grad.  They are all so watered down and pussified.

Jeesh...

Sad.....

Go to a civilian school that has a good male to female ratio.  Tell your kids to study something worthwhile and not in the humanities, some sort of engineering or hard science.  And network, network, network while they are there.  It's all about who you know or who you are related to in the real world.

[wtr100]

If he wants to be a real fighting man send him here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_A%26M_University_Corps_of_Cadets

them boots is purdy - and ain't Tx full of steers and ...

 

[wtr100]

Unless he's planning on going career, I'd really suggest ROTC at a regular school (assuming this is a scholarship issue). I mean why subject yourself to all the hazing when you get the same commission, and the Academy guys are going to look down on you anyway? I mean hell, sleep in, wear reular clothes, have a girfriend, drink beer and you're still 2nd Lt. WTR jr. Of course at VMI you do get to yell "Remember the Ten!" at an annoyingly high volume at any inter mural ROTC competion. To which the Response (at least from the mighty Hoya battalion) was "Its a good start!".
FQ13

if I could survive Citadel how hard can it be?

[fightingquaker13]

if I could survive Citadel how hard can it be?

Not hard, just unecessary. If you want an academy exprience fine. But you'll get a better general education, a better social life and the same commision doing ROTC at a regular college. If he's set on Virginia, try Va. Tech for instance (the board will throw in a number 7 jersey) .
FQ13
PS, as far as Texas A@M, UT has ROTC too. Our graduates know how to read, write, and avoid molesting the livestock.