Texas A&M updates a cadet tradition

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Reporting from College Station, Texas—
They can be seen marching into the stadium at the start of Texas A&M home football games, knee-high riding boots gleaming, swords tucked at their waists.

They form two lines to channel the rushing football players onto the field. But the Corps of Cadets is more than a color guard, a uniformed patch in the Aggie crowd known as "The Twelfth Man."

The Corps is a way of life for about 2,200 students and 40,000 alumni, including many Texas luminaries, such as U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, actor Rip Torn, astronaut Michael Fossum and Gov. Rick Perry.

The system, which refined generations of self-described good ol' boys into military and political leaders, is now turning out a very different kind of cadet....

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Pretty decent article, and I do like the way BG Ramirez is showing the world what we have always known: the Corps is about merit, not how much money you have or who's your daddy.

Joe Barton was a non-reg........

Joe Barton once wore only his Congressional Ring and left his Aggie Ring back in Ennis.

I had lunch with Joe Barton in Kabul in the summer of 2010. He was wearing his ring.

Great find. Thanks for sharing CanyonAg
Great Article.
Great support for A&M.

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