I'm relatively new to the forums and my DD just entered the Prep. She said that it wasn't that bad and when we talked further I found out that her cadre was the one to order her step out of the parade and sit in a van to ensure that she wouldn't aggravate her injury after DD tried to stay with her squadron. So our experience has been a good one. Having said that, I'm not sure about some of the points in this thread.
There seems to be an agreement that any problem should stay in the wing and it's how it's always done. It also seems surprising that people know. However how it's always done has come with allegations of cheating and sexual harassment. How it was always done isn't always for the best.
Gen. Johnson has made transparency a part of USAFA's mission. At every meeting we had with ALO, admission counselors and USAFA representatives, they brought up the problems the academy had faced in the past and stressed that the academy was trying to become more open to public scrutiny. With this push from the top to make things more transparent, it shouldn't be surprising that people know and it should come even as less of a surprise that people want to know how things are handled.
If this were a civilian university, there would be very clear guidelines. There would be ways to address the issues both at an university level and on a judicial level.
If these were enlisted airmen, they too would have clear guidelines on how to address problems. There are rules and procedures, there is JAG, there are ways to solve the problems.
In both of the situations above, the students/enlisted airmen could speak to their parents/spouses/SO/lawyers. Why should the cadets be any different?
Again, DD has only had nice things to say about her cadre and I understand that there are people who will quit for many reasons, like the girl who decided that military life wasn't for her three hours after arriving at the Prep. I'm not questioning any of that. I'm wondering why so many people on the forum seem against a clear set of rules about a) what's allowed during BCT and b) how and when 4cc and other cadets to make formal complaints against cadre who is not behaving properly. I would think that such clarity would only benefit the academy.
There seems to be an agreement that any problem should stay in the wing and it's how it's always done. It also seems surprising that people know. However how it's always done has come with allegations of cheating and sexual harassment. How it was always done isn't always for the best.
Gen. Johnson has made transparency a part of USAFA's mission. At every meeting we had with ALO, admission counselors and USAFA representatives, they brought up the problems the academy had faced in the past and stressed that the academy was trying to become more open to public scrutiny. With this push from the top to make things more transparent, it shouldn't be surprising that people know and it should come even as less of a surprise that people want to know how things are handled.
If this were a civilian university, there would be very clear guidelines. There would be ways to address the issues both at an university level and on a judicial level.
If these were enlisted airmen, they too would have clear guidelines on how to address problems. There are rules and procedures, there is JAG, there are ways to solve the problems.
In both of the situations above, the students/enlisted airmen could speak to their parents/spouses/SO/lawyers. Why should the cadets be any different?
Again, DD has only had nice things to say about her cadre and I understand that there are people who will quit for many reasons, like the girl who decided that military life wasn't for her three hours after arriving at the Prep. I'm not questioning any of that. I'm wondering why so many people on the forum seem against a clear set of rules about a) what's allowed during BCT and b) how and when 4cc and other cadets to make formal complaints against cadre who is not behaving properly. I would think that such clarity would only benefit the academy.