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    Meanwhile back in Ukraine

    I trust you mean that the other occupants were (possibly) innocents. This guy was certainly not. If the "shot down by air defense" claim is true, the ultimate irony will be if they used the same SA-11 battery he used to shoot down Malaysian Flt 17 over Ukraine in 2014.
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    Meanwhile back in Ukraine

    Colonel Douglas Macgregor on the horrors of the war thus far. Skip to minute 1:25 for his summary. Sobering stuff
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    Meanwhile back in Ukraine

    Same politics-baiters ****ting up the forum, a forum which exists merely to help young people navigate the Service Academies. Take it somewhere else.
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    Hot Takes/Unpopular Opinions?

    This is actually a really disturbing share. And sad. So many patriotic, earnest, almost to the point of corny, young men found some purpose in Civil Air Patrol or JROTC… I imagine they’re probably “safe” in their parents basements these days. Good job, parents.
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    Hot Takes/Unpopular Opinions?

    “Complaints by veteran soldiers about younger generations who lack discipline and traditional values are as old as war itself. Grizzled veterans in the Greek phalanx, Roman legions, and Napoleon’s elite corps all believed that the failings of the young would be the ruin of their armies. This is...
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    Catholic Community at USMA

    Father Matt is an inspirational man and his vocation is a gift. Not too many priests out there have the Ranger tab! We miss attending an occasional Mass at MHT now that our son graduated and our Parent Passes expired.
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    Important matters concerning the existence of Humanity - BACON

    Pardon me if this was already posted elsewhere in the 2,400 replies. And Merry Christmas to you all.😃
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    Change for West Point

    The more time goes on, the more I’m glad I grew up when I did. Perhaps this is how each generation feels…
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    Initial PRT failed: What's next

    WestCoast, I would echo the above paragraph in particular out of an abundance of concern for your son. Their young bodies respond remarkably to exercise and nutrition. When my son was at USMA, he would text me every 2 weeks it seemed like with “Dad, I deadlifted 275!” “Dad, I deadlifted 315!”...
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    “Promote ahead of peers”

    Good stuff. Who remembers the Readers Digest “Humor in Uniform” short stories? This thread dug that up from the dustbin of my before-the-internet childhood.
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    Tough day

    News of training deaths are devastating in their own unique way. Our thoughts go out to their loved ones and comrades who, instead of getting to proudly pin that tab on at Victory Pond, now have to process these unspeakable losses. I mourn for them as well.
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    New USMA Supe

    Happy to be corrected, but I thought the USMA Supe position was understood to be the last stop in a distinguished career. And yet- “The outgoing Superintendent Lieutenant Gen. Darryl A. Williams will be promoted to General at the U.S. Military Academy and will assume command of U.S. Army Europe...
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    5 Marines killed in Osprey crash

    Awful for all of the families involved. Stateside training deaths are their own special kind of unspeakable nightmares.
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    Dad Joke thread (everybody welcome)

    I went by the house that I grew up in, and asked if I could go in and look around. They said No, and slammed the door in my face. My parents can be so rude!
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    The Empty Nest

    This is a topic that I am working through right now and don’t know where quite I stand. If I’m honest with myself, I have some regrets very much along the Cat and the Cradle lines. That profession has left me with the ability to retire now if I had to; my wife and I would leave our absurdly...
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