http://www.ruthforcommandant.com/

sign petition here ^^

We have enough Generals on campus. This guy will help preserve the traditions in our beloved Corps.
Colonel Stephen G. Ruth is a member of the Angleton High School Class of 1988 and the Texas A&M Class of 1992, where he served as Student Body President. Col Ruth is a former Assistant Professor of Leadership at West Point, former Commandant of the West Point Prep School, and a Harvard Kennedy School Fellow. He currently serves as the Director of Task Force SORD (Strategic Officer Recruiting Detachment) in College Station to provide Army ROTC Scholarships talented youth from diverse backgrounds

He knows and loves the Corps of Cadets for what it is. A leadership laboratory.
He won't try to change it into the US Military Academy. He will fix what needs fixing without ruining the experience for the D&C cadets.

He has experience. He was commandant of the US Military Academy Prep School. He has multiple tours of duty in Iraq, Afghanistan, Macedonia and Bosnia.

maverick2076 said:

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Hmmm…despite what that page claims, he was most definitely not the first African American cadet in the Corps.

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What they meant is that he was the first African American Student body president that was a Cadet.

They clarified it on the website...

They should probably clarify that, then.

I support this message!

I bet you are fun at parties…

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Tango.Mike said:

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I texted COL Ruth yesterday to ask if that petition was real and if he knew about it. He said yes to both, that some of his former underclassmen put it together.

The Corps doesn't need a retired GO. It needs someone with boundless energy and charisma like SRT (Steve Ruth from Texas, as he is known across the Army).

And for the concern above about a petition: The Corps largely IS a fraternity. The ROTC departments execute the military training, the commandant's office runs the student organization. And if we're honest, the university chain of command has not always done a bang-up job of selecting new commandants. A 3-star from the Pentagon who hadn't been with troops in 30 years? Some 1-stars who had never been in TRADOC or USMA (or the AF / Navy equivalents)? Good gracious. And the petition isn't hiring SRT anyway, it's just asking the school's bureaucrats to look at excellent candidates already local instead of making the same mistakes over and over

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Couldn't agree more. COL Ruth is the right person at the right time for the Corps.

The one person on this thread who has complained about the nomination letter has been a defender of the Trigon on several threads and more than likely is a person that likes to complain about everything and has been brain washed by the DEI culture that has taken over the top ranks of our military.


Col Ruth will bring his boundless energy and charisma and hand leadership back to the Cadets.

I'm not talking about the last commandant. I was the one who came here raising the alarm when I first heard of the changes being proposed by him. What I'm talking about is medaling from outside that leads to conflicts in unity of leadership. In the military it's referred to as unity of command. You can't serve two masters. It's happened several times throughout the last few years on campus and it always has lead to trouble. I would point directly to Katherine Banks as an example, there are others.

How does a President and VP for Student Affairs sit down with a new Commandant and have a legitimate discussion of plans for the Corps if they both know that the Commandant was hired because of pressure from an outside group?

Again, I will say this is not how highly performing organizations operate.

I've heard great things about COL Ruth, but the new guy will absolutely have a star.

If they want Ruth and need him to be a GO they can get him into the Texas NG and then promote him into one of their GO slots and make his duties being the Commandant.

CT'97 said:

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If they want Ruth and need him to be a GO they can get him into the Texas NG and then promote him into one of their GO slots and make his duties being the Commandant.

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I've always wondered if this was possible. In many states the governor can appoint people to the TAG office, and A&M is the "official military college of Texas"

LOL. When has the Trigon been a high performing organization? What isn't working is the way that we've been selecting Commandants. . . . It has been a steady march downhill since Tom Darling.

The University academic culture / leadership is not great at selecting Executives. As someone who started and runs a business, it is hard to hire executive leadership with the right combination of judgement, leadership, and charisma.

There isn't one business person on the selection committee for this search. There isn't one person who has routinely hired and fired executives on the committee.

I think that's a problem . . .not a grassroots effort to nominate an outstanding individual.

Tango.Mike said:

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CT'97 said:

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If they want Ruth and need him to be a GO they can get him into the Texas NG and then promote him into one of their GO slots and make his duties being the Commandant.

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I've always wondered if this was possible. In many states the governor can appoint people to the TAG office, and A&M is the "official military college of Texas"

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It wouldn't be as easy as that, the officers of the National Guard carry a full commission so promoting to GO would take all the regular hoops to jump through. But Texas sits in it's own category at National Guard Bureau because of how big it's footprint is in the force structure and get's to do a lot of what it wants, outside the rules. One of those things is carrying more GO's and E9's than the force structure allots.

You're making a lot of assumptions and I'm very sure that most if not all are incorrect. I know the assumptions surrounding the hiring of the commandant are in fact false. But keep making up accusations to support your narrative if they make you feel better.

The Commandant isn't hired in a vacuum by a group of academics in an ivory tower. The fact that you think that's how it works tells me you know nothing of the process.

the decision will be made by Mark Welsh and 3 of the Regents

CT'97 said:

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You're making a lot of assumptions and I'm very sure that most if not all are incorrect. I know the assumptions surrounding the hiring of the commandant are in fact false. But keep making up accusations to support your narrative if they make you feel better.

The Commandant isn't hired in a vacuum by a group of academics in an ivory tower. The fact that you think that's how it works tells me you know nothing of the process.

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Again LMAO. Instead of spewing this nonsense, why don't you tell me what assumption is wrong? Who is on the selection committee that has run a business?

Ensign Mayo said:

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the decision will be made by Mark Welsh and 3 of the Regents

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That is great news. Much better than the committee that selected Michaelis. That committee was full of academics or university administrators with only 1 person who had graduated from Texas A&M and was int eh Corps of Cadets. There was a total lack of private sector business experience.

MG Tim Green - Former Cadet
Chris Reed - Long time A&M administrator. Admissions. No Corps experience
Kevin Hurley - Long time A&M administrator. Athletics. No Corps experience
Leroy Dorsey - College of Liberal Arts Associate Dean for DEI. No Corps experience.
Tom Reber - Long time A&M administrator. Student Affairs. No Corps experience
Marcos Mendez - Long time A&M administrator. Athletics. No Corps experience
John Hurtado - Academic. Aerospace engineering prof. No Corps experience.
Andrew Bainbridge - Deputy Corps Commander
Angie Hill Price - Long time A&M academic. Faculty Senate. No Corps experience.
Fred McClure - Long time A&M administrator. Former Student Body President. No Corps experience.
Ann Kenimer - Long time A&M academic. Ag. No Corps experience
Meredith Simpson - Office of the Commandant. No Corps experience
Natalie Parks - Student Body President. No Corps experience.