scoutpilot
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If scrambling is so essential - WILL THE CLASS OF 2014 SCRAMBLE AFTER COW YEAR?
No, they will not. The companies need the continuity of NCO jobs to officer jobs.
2002 never scrambled. 2009 never scrambled. 2014 won't. There are pluses and minuses to both. Your use of all caps makes me feel as though you're awfully invested in this.
The important thing to take away is that there should be no encouragement of complaining or griping about this, or any indication from us that we feel the Supe/Comm are wrong. It's their nut to crack. They know more about USMA today than any of us. They are making smart decisions based on what they see as being best for the Corps. If cadets think this is such a great atrocity, they will have short and painful careers. Sometimes tours get extended or planes get turned around to Afghanistan. Scrambling is small potatoes. Soldiers and officers follow orders.
As for Yuk privileges, they only came into existence in 2002. Prior to that Yuks had no greater privileges than plebes, hence the "bitter Yuk." We didn't have a rash of quitting. When they told us we were being promoted but not recognized, there wasn't a big rash of quitting. Privileges and things like scrambling ebb and flow.