The points about ROTC and walking on the MSC grass remain. Tceh losers do those things as well.TetonDream said:
Doc remember I'm not a horn. I'm a Tech grad.
The points about ROTC and walking on the MSC grass remain. Tceh losers do those things as well.TetonDream said:
Doc remember I'm not a horn. I'm a Tech grad.
Oh wow. Where to start.Jock 07 said:
As per usual sip is incapable of doing its own research and must rely on daddy's superior knowledge.
OCS, OTS, PLC, SMP
Maybe in the future you'll pause and remember this moment before running your mouth about topics you have no clue about.
Also do the prior enlisted folks' service not pursuing a commission not count in your equation?
This is also true of slots at OCS. "Subject to the needs of the service." So it makes no sense that your clearer path to a commission is to enroll at a senior military college and then NOT get a commission that way.Dark_Knight said:
As usual you have no idea what you are talking about.
The cadets aren't "starting over" nor have they wasted anything, they are simply taking other avenues to get a commission. There are even some non-regs who go these routes too....like going through Marine PLC, which is open to any college student.
Also the Corps isn't a built in path to a commission. You still have to compete for slots within each of the ROTC entities. Some times there are more cadets applying than slots available. These slots are determined yearly, based on the needs of the branches, and distributed amongst the ROTC programs around the nation.
Not all of them, Doc. Just most of them. As in, more than 50%.dermdoc said:
Yep. He called all of them fake soldiers.
Then started crawfishing.
Sigh. Aggie pedanticism at its finest.Jock 07 said:
You continue to open your mouth and remove all doubt of your ignorance. There are plenty of reasons folks would pursue various avenues to a commission. Pay & scholarship opportunities among others. It was well known many of the marines preferred plc so they wouldn't have to deal with all the engineering coursework associated with NROTC. I knew of plenty of folks who commissioned via these other programs. But by all means feel free to continue digging and display your stupidity for all to see.
You still haven't answered why you don't feel prior enlisted service isn't worthy and that they're just pretending when many are combat vets.
GentlemansAgreement said:Nope. That dude looks pretty legit. Do I have to show your entire French Horn section the same respect as this guy?DifferenceMaker Ag said:
Fake soldier?
GentlemansAgreement said:I guess this fine crew of overall-wearing fashionistas has the same relevance to the Aggie band as the picture of the Hellraisers (to which I was responding) has to the Longhorn band.dermdoc said:Are the Aggies you pictured in the Corps? So what relevance do they have to your assertions about fake soldiers? And where did you say only some of the Corps were fake soldiers? You are crawfishing.GentlemansAgreement said:"Derogatorily?" I'm just stating facts, brosephus. Despite their shiny boots and sweet haircuts, most of the Corps of Cadets (and the Aggie Band) will never, ever serve in the military.dermdoc said:GentlemansAgreement said:Which one these heroes is Davy Crockett?Quote:
Can you imagine those dorks defending the Alamo?
Those are not Corps folks or "fake soldiers" as you derogatorily called them.
And there is no face painting
Quit lying.
Quit lying.
About 60% of your band will never serve in the military. 100% of your band dresses up like soldiers. What do you call that?
GentlemansAgreement said:Sigh. Aggie pedanticism at its finest.Jock 07 said:
You continue to open your mouth and remove all doubt of your ignorance. There are plenty of reasons folks would pursue various avenues to a commission. Pay & scholarship opportunities among others. It was well known many of the marines preferred plc so they wouldn't have to deal with all the engineering coursework associated with NROTC. I knew of plenty of folks who commissioned via these other programs. But by all means feel free to continue digging and display your stupidity for all to see.
You still haven't answered why you don't feel prior enlisted service isn't worthy and that they're just pretending when many are combat vets.
According to me (and the article I linked), 45% of the *Corps of Cadets* will eventually serve in the military. The rest won't.
According to you, and your completely anecdotal and unsupported claims, this percentage is, at best, slightly higher.
If a kid doesn't want to fool with NROTC, great. Is this hypothetical non-engineer a member of the CoC at all?
You seem dead set on proving that some fraction of aTm's 60,000+ students do serve, have served, and/or will serve in the military. Congratulations. You have proved a point nobody disputes.
Fact: more than 1/2 the Corps is just playing dress up.
dermdoc said:
So basically he is a "fake" sip?
Oh the irony.
You were Texas.
THE TRUTHdermdoc said:
Run around in the SEC yelling "We're Texas".
Yawn.
You seem pretty smart. So, just go ahead and tell me: what percentage of the Corps of Cadets has served, does serve, and/or will serve in the United States military? Or the military of any other country? In this, or any other universe?Jock 07 said:GentlemansAgreement said:Sigh. Aggie pedanticism at its finest.Jock 07 said:
You continue to open your mouth and remove all doubt of your ignorance. There are plenty of reasons folks would pursue various avenues to a commission. Pay & scholarship opportunities among others. It was well known many of the marines preferred plc so they wouldn't have to deal with all the engineering coursework associated with NROTC. I knew of plenty of folks who commissioned via these other programs. But by all means feel free to continue digging and display your stupidity for all to see.
You still haven't answered why you don't feel prior enlisted service isn't worthy and that they're just pretending when many are combat vets.
According to me (and the article I linked), 45% of the *Corps of Cadets* will eventually serve in the military. The rest won't.
According to you, and your completely anecdotal and unsupported claims, this percentage is, at best, slightly higher.
If a kid doesn't want to fool with NROTC, great. Is this hypothetical non-engineer a member of the CoC at all?
You seem dead set on proving that some fraction of aTm's 60,000+ students do serve, have served, and/or will serve in the military. Congratulations. You have proved a point nobody disputes.
Fact: more than 1/2 the Corps is just playing dress up.
You're an idiot. As I have stated multiple times that number is derived exclusively from the ROTC commissions and doesn't take into account other commissioning sources, nor the prior service folks who have already served in the military who joined the Corps for the experience. Even though apparently their service doesn't count in your eyes. It seems that it is difficult for you to admit that you're wrong. I'd figured with as big a failure you are at life you would have long ago become comfortable with being wrong.
1. I am definitely a creepy b-stard.David_Puddy said:
You're a creepy b-stard that has gone through about 300 usernames in the 2 decades you've been here e-defending a school that you were too stupid to attend. You trying to question ANYONE going into the military is like Rosie O'Donnell telling someone they need to go on a diet.
No. I definitely did not buy stars.Dark_Knight said:
Nobody fking said the Corps of Cadets is the same as military service. Reading comprehension is hard for you tsips.
You still bought stars, you sitzpinkler. Pathetic.
University of Texas class of '01. USMC Veteran. I'll stay on your lawn, thanks.Indianrider said:
Texas A&M Class of 88. USMC Veteran. Now get off my lawn you punk ass BIATCH
You got too much time on your hands.dermdoc said:
Run around in the SEC yelling "We're Texas".
Yawn.
Oh dear. You seem upset. I'll try to address your points in order:Indianrider said:
You are a LIAR and I would be more than happy to drag your DUMBASS off my lawn
GentlemansAgreement said:Um, no. I don't mean that. And neither do you, unless you're posting from 50+ years ago (if you are, good job! Write this down: (1) buy GOOGL and APL, (2) Y2K turns out to be no big deal, and (3) don't let the Dickerson kid keep the Trans Am. You're welcome.)dermdoc said:You mean all those "fake soldiers" who were in the Corps at A&M and then went to fight and die so you idiots could wave dildos around?GentlemansAgreement said:
*I* can't wait until a bunch of fake soldiers . . . Oh. That's already happened?
Never mind!
Look up how many commissioned officers came from the corps.
Then go look at your face painters.
Anybody but a sip would be ashamed.
And which letter are you in that picture? Got to be proud.
If you're posting from 2021 like the rest of us, then you (probably) know that aTm hasn't been a compulsory service institution for over half a century. And we've got ROTC at Texas also. Anybody but an Aggie would be ashamed to pretend that Longhorns have not fought and died in our armed forces.
I did enjoy the fake outrage, though. Maybe other Aggies will try that move in the future.
PS: where did you serve?
I see. You think I made all of this up, and actually faked a shadowbox of ribbons, and a Texas diploma? That's . . . really reasonable, and doesn't make you look crazy. At all.Indianrider said:
Ok. He is supposed to be a SGT that graduated t.u. ? Sure Buddy. Even if that's all true ( it's not ) that means the Marine Corps wouldn't give you a Commission. LOSER