Comments on: That’s why they call it a ‘military academy’

By: Justthisguy

Justthisguy — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:21:28 +0000

Super, that is just mean. Even if true.

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By: superdestroyer

superdestroyer — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:46:03 +0000

I have seen her picture. She is definitely not in the Marine wife category.

Also, image a future employer goggling her name and being hit with 100′s of blogger commenting about her article.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:54:20 +0000

As a former Naval Academy Grad I found this incredible – especially her mom asking her to call “a naval lieutenant”. Forget the fact the fact that a lieutenant is too junior to really do anything – but I just keep picturing him and his buddies sitting around the Officers Club laughing until closing time.

The ultimate in irony will come when she is swept off her feet by one of his classmates and doesn’t realize until he graduates and they get married that he can, and will, become a marine. (disclosure: my sister, who is not vapid, married a midhsipman)

By: rightwingprof

rightwingprof — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:28:01 +0000

realized that I went to high school with the writer and her brother

I had one of those moments right after the Gang of 88 statement was published, and I realized I had gone to grad school with one of them. She was nuts then, and I guess she still is.

By: Darren

Darren — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:16:38 +0000

I, too, wrote about this, and being a West Point graduate myself, had a visceral reaction to this girl’s article. Did you notice it’s all about *her*?

“I soon became comfortable with the idea of the academy, as if it would be a haven for my brotherâ€™s undergraduate career. And when people would congratulate me on my brotherâ€™s decision, it made me feel reassured.”

“While it has been difficult for me to accept that I have a brother in the military, I must allow him to pursue whatever path he is drawn toward, and he has admitted to me that he feels called to being there.”

Additionally, she writes as if attending a military academy and getting a first-rate education are mutually exclusive. I can assure you that her brother’s education will be more “liberal” and well-rounded than hers obviously has been.

My complete post is at:
http://rightontheleftcoast.blogspot.com/2007/09/clueless-sister-of-midshipmen.html

Joanne, if it’s not cool to post the link here, I trust you’ll let me know or delete the comment!

By: Rod

Rod — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:43:25 +0000

For whatever it’s worth, her brother knew about the oath he’d take well before he got yelled at for a day and had his hair shaved off (I haven’t heard someone invoke a haircut as a traumatic event since the 70s).

He also knew that Plebe summer — what he’s going through now — is physically and mentally stressful. Apparently didn’t tell his Mom & sister.

IOW, atta-Midshipman!

By: Andrew H.

Andrew H. — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:37:05 +0000

I’m from a part of the country where her column is probably being praised, so it is kind of hard to put her into any context. I would say that she and her brother are very different people, so I would not surprised if they completely differed in their opinions on his college choice.

By: Dave J

Dave J — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:36:20 +0000

My lingering optimism and increasingly-unjustified faith in humanity says “this MUST be a parody.” But unfortunately, I know it’s not.