Subdeacon Joe Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 http://pinterest.com/pin/99431104245427113/ "Brigade Energy and Environmental Staff" http://media-cache-ec5.pinterest.com/550x/bc/17/35/bc17356243fefd8405d5fb1f3a093608.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Well, remember, it's just college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Just got the word yesterday that my old roommate's grandson was just accepted to West Point. He is one proud Grandpa, and well he should be. He77, I'm proud too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G #1840 Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Darned good school by any measure. Really competitive admissions. Sense of commitment, duty, service. Of course he is proud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Mushman Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Duty, Honor, Country. "Duty, honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes forlorn." Gen Douglas MacArthur. 1962 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Now if they could just teach the cadets to play football........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 For several years West Point has been doing a lot of interesting work in the areas of energy research and usage. When the Army looked at the real cost of getting a gallon of diesel to a FOB in Afghanistan, they realized that energy usage was not just a "green" issue but an operational issue on many levels. I understand the energy "waves" that are supposed to be represented by the new insignia, but I still can't get past a classmate who called it "The Brigade Bacon Officer" insignia. <pause> Now if they could just teach the cadets to play football........... You ain't the only one waiting for that moment to arrive. It's down right depressing to watch games, much less the Army-Navy matchup. My friend just renewed his season tickets to Michie Stadium for the purpose of "Tailgating, of course. And if a football game breaks out, so much the better." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 For several years West Point has been doing a lot of interesting work in the areas of energy research and usage. When the Army looked at the real cost of getting a gallon of diesel to a FOB in Afghanistan, they realized that energy usage was not just a "green" issue but an operational issue on many levels. I understand the energy "waves" that are supposed to be represented by the new insignia, but I still can't get past a classmate who called it "The Brigade Bacon Officer" insignia. <pause> Now if they could just teach the cadets to play football........... You ain't the only one waiting for that moment to arrive. It's down right depressing to watch games, much less the Army-Navy matchup. My friend just renewed his season tickets to Michie Stadium for the purpose of "Tailgating, of course. And if a football game breaks out, so much the better." All we can do is hope, Charlie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 What I cannot figure out is what has changed, other than that Jim Young was our coach way back when... We didn't have tougher, bigger, faster, or better players back then. Our opponents several notches better than Stony Brook and the likes which the Black Knights compete against now. But the Class of '87 brought home two Commander-in-Chief's Trophies and two bowl victories over Big Ten schools. We tied Tennessee in Neyland Stadium. (General Neyland would have been proud of his Alma Mater!) Two years we were nationally ranked in the Top 25, and not just in rushing yards. I've voiced my frustrations to the AD and anyone else who'll listen. It's a down right embarrassment the way our team is playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. I. Tarpicker, SASS #998 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Go Navy! -- GIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Yep. I suspect that the powers have decided that academics are more important. I guess I have no problem with that, but somehow I think it is leaving a hole in the Esprit de Corp. As far as Navy goes, the suggestion is Annapolis. And stay there until we get this straightened out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Esprit de CORPSE is more like it at football games these days. I was up there last fall for my 25th reunion and it was embarrasing to see the lack of sincere energy within the Corps. Cadets were volunteering for guard duty in the main campus so they wouldn't have to go to the stadium. I agree that warfighting and education have to be top priority over intercollegiate athletics, but Army football is at a stage where it's having an impact on morale and performance within the Corps. Something needs to change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Maybe it is time to send in Sgt. Buxton. He got my Esprit de Corp going right smart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvey Mushman Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Esprit de CORPSE is more like it at football games these days. I was up there last fall for my 25th reunion and it was embarrasing to see the lack of sincere energy within the Corps. Cadets were volunteering for guard duty in the main campus so they wouldn't have to go to the stadium. I agree that warfighting and education have to be top priority over intercollegiate athletics, but Army football is at a stage where it's having an impact on morale and performance within the Corps. Something needs to change. Hey Charlie, By last fall do you mean just 6 months ago, or the year before? I've watched a couple Army games prior to A-N this past year and I've had the sense that things were beginning to turn around for the program, and in my experience the Corps (Brigade,in my case) has to be with them to turn that corner (My Plebe year was a positive turn for us after 4 years of decline - we believed and beat 4 teams in the top ten that year). Army outplayed my Navy team the last half and we need them to be the best on both sides of the rivalry. The greatest rivalry in all of sports for many reasons the majo0rity of sports fans will never grasp. As we always said to each other in telegrams at the beginning of each season: "May we meet on the field this year, undefeated!" Harvey Go Navy, Beat Army! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Harvey, I was there six months ago, September '12, for my 25th reunion. I agree that the Army team started to see a "turnaround" near the end of the season, and this year's Army-Navy was worth watching. But we have a long way to go. I will always cheer for Navy, until you play us. It was about 15 years ago or so that both Army and Navy went into the game with stellar seasons and the game was about more than nostalgia and patriotism. I look forward to getting back to those days, and I do believe it will happen. Charlie Go Army! Beat Navy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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