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This should irk some people...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/16/AR2009041603483.html
My personal favorite:
This "reporter" has basically no facts to back up his opinions, and makes generalized statements that flat-out aren't true...
If you click "comments" underneath, read the guy from USMA staff that posted... it's quite interesting.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/16/AR2009041603483.html
After covering the U.S. military for nearly two decades, I've concluded that graduates of the service academies don't stand out compared to other officers. Yet producing them is more than twice as expensive as taking in graduates of civilian schools ($300,000 per West Point product vs. $130,000 for ROTC student). On top of the economic advantage, I've been told by some commanders that they prefer officers who come out of ROTC programs, because they tend to be better educated and less cynical about the military.
My personal favorite:
This is no knock on the academies' graduates. They are crackerjack smart and dedicated to national service. They remind me of the best of the Ivy League, but too often they're getting community-college educations.
This "reporter" has basically no facts to back up his opinions, and makes generalized statements that flat-out aren't true...
If you click "comments" underneath, read the guy from USMA staff that posted... it's quite interesting.