[Rhodes22-list] The Ben and Ben show...

[Hank]

The Citadel and VMI are both ROTC military schools.  Another one with a
strong military presence is Texas A&M.  Up until the late 60's (I think) all
student were in the Corps of Cadets and graduated as lieutenants in the
Military.  The corp is now a small part of the total population, but has a
disproportionately large influence on how the university is run.

Hank
GiG'Em Aggies!!!

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Lowe, Rob <rlowe at vt.edu> wrote:

> Ben,
> VT had mandatory Corp of Cadets (somewhat similar to ROTC) until the
> late 60's I believe.  Now it's optional, but there is still a group of
> around 700 cadets.  The only two military schools that I can think of
> that are not service branch related are The Citadel and the Virginia
> Military Institute (VMI).  Don't know if those are considered formal
> ROTC. - rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>  [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of ben
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 1:32 PM
> To: 'The Rhodes 22 Email List'
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>
> Yeah, but the point is, I don't mind at all if a university requires
> ROTC.
> It actually wasn't that long ago that my beloved LSU required it for all
> men.  It ceased being mandatory before my day, but that only ended in
> the
> late 70s or 80s, I think.
>
> Just out of curiosity, are there still public universities that require
> ROTC?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Herb Parsons
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 12:22
> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] The Ben and Ben show...
>
> It doesn't surprise me. You DID notice the "required" caveat?
>
> ben wrote:
> > Um, it will probably surprise you that I voluntarily did 2 years of
> ROTC.
> I
> > didn't stick with it and get my commission because I had a public
> sector
> job
> > offer that paid better than the Air Force, and was going to keep me in
> Baton
> > Rouge.  How's that for a perceived Marxist?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> > [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Herb Parsons
> > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 10:40
> > To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
> > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] The Ben and Ben show...
> >
> > Ed,
> >
> > It's one of those things they "just don't get." You can BET that if a
> > university, or a private school, required that ROTC training for all
> of
> > their students, that the left would be up in arms (pun intended). I
> > doubt very seriously you'd hear them say "if students don't like the
> > requirement, they can go elsewhere".
> >
> > Tootle wrote:
> >
> >> You both favor compulsory 'community service', then both of you guys
> would
> >> reinstate the draft?
> >>
> >> Ed K
> >> Attachment:
> >>
> >>
> >
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p20836650/How%2BMichael%2Bcan%2Buse%2BCaptain
> %252
> > 7s%2Blicense.jpg
> >
> >> How+Michael+can+use+Captain%27s+license.jpg
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
> --
> Herb Parsons
>
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