I think he is referring to one the fall of 23, that one is 22

GordonWood said:

---

I think he is referring to one the fall of 23, that one is 22

---

Thanks for the clarification.

No--that was a year prior and definitely constituted hazing

It was a squadron

GordonWood said:

---

It was a squadron

---

And supposedly all-male. Isn't 17 the only all-male squadron?

Wow

I don't know, actually. My son is a BQ in A-Co, but a buddy of his was swept up in the brouhaha.

Edit: not an A-Co buddy, a high school buddy.

Tango.Mike said:

---

Aggie1205 said:

---

Martin Cash said:

---

AggieFNP said:

---

Chip Utterback '75 is the interim and is a retired AF 3 star

---

Skip the interim part and make him commandant.

---

If he is class of 75, wouldn't that make him over 70? Would he want a commitment like this at that age and should A&M be OK knowing that someone might be just a short term non interim option?

---

I'm against having 3-stars as commandant regardless of their age. There is a huge change in who becomes a 3-star (compared to a 1-star) and what their scope is. LTG Van Alstyne, in my opinion, was completely out of touch.

I'd prefer Colonels be considered. VMI, Norwich, and the Citadel all have Colonels pretty regularly.

---

VMI splits the roles of Superintendent and Commandant such that one runs the University and the other runs the Corps.

The Commandant at VMI is usually an O-6 whereas the current Superintendent is an O-8 and the previous one was an O-10.

With the discussion about age, one of GEN Peay's mistakes at VMI was sticking around too long. I think he was 80 years old when he resigned after the Summer of 2020 and the WaPo racism campaign and "Coonman" Northam calling for him to step down.

HollywoodBQ said:

---

Tango.Mike said:

---

Aggie1205 said:

---

Martin Cash said:

---

AggieFNP said:

---

Chip Utterback '75 is the interim and is a retired AF 3 star

---

Skip the interim part and make him commandant.

---

If he is class of 75, wouldn't that make him over 70? Would he want a commitment like this at that age and should A&M be OK knowing that someone might be just a short term non interim option?

---

I'm against having 3-stars as commandant regardless of their age. There is a huge change in who becomes a 3-star (compared to a 1-star) and what their scope is. LTG Van Alstyne, in my opinion, was completely out of touch.

I'd prefer Colonels be considered. VMI, Norwich, and the Citadel all have Colonels pretty regularly.

---

VMI splits the roles of Superintendent and Commandant such that one runs the University and the other runs the Corps.

The Commandant at VMI is usually an O-6 whereas the current Superintendent is an O-8 and the previous one was an O-10.

With the discussion about age, one of GEN Peay's mistakes at VMI was sticking around too long. I think he was 80 years old when he resigned after the Summer of 2020 and the WaPo racism campaign and "Coonman" Northam calling for him to step down.

---

Sure, all those other schools do as well. A&M has a president, a provost, and a VP of student affairs. The corps commandant is not running the university

Was ramirez relieved of his position as others have stated earlier? Or, just wishful thinking.

My source works in the presidents office. He is still saying it with conviction.

He's still listed as VPSA on the university website.

https://studentaffairs.tamu.edu/meet-our-staff/

I may have believed too much. This guy knew about the commandant before it happened and has known quite a few others tidbits with Student Affairs and major university level IT stuff.
Oops.

New Student Affairs podcast released today and he is interviewed so I think he is still around.

D2F1D0 said:

---

I may have believed too much. This guy knew about the commandant before it happened and has known quite a few others tidbits with Student Affairs and major university level IT stuff.
Oops.

---

Well anything interesting going on in SA or IT?

Not since the global Crowdstrike problem.

SA has been calm but many people don't like the VP. Very micromanagery apparently.

They don't like the fact that he doesn't come from academia…

Probably "academic inbreeding ". They mistrust anyone not like them. Not always a good thing. Outside eyes can bring outside ideas and if it isn't how it has always been done, then it must be wrong.

AggieFNP said:

---

Probably "academic inbreeding ". They mistrust anyone not like them. Not always a good thing. Outside eyes can bring outside ideas and if it isn't how it has always been done, then it must be wrong.

---

You just described our university in general