Word: cadet
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Allowances which all ROTC enrollees receive apply chiefly to ROTC-related expenses. In allowances not related to ROTC requirements, no non-scholarship ROTC cadet receives more than $50 a month during the school year...
...incredibly inhumane ostracism leveled against Cadet Pelosi by fellow West Pointers [June 18] has answered my question of whence originated the inhumane treatment of some Vietnamese. The whole academy class should be tested psychologically to detect dormant sadism that might result in future Viet Nams...
Milwaukee Sir / It is devoutly to be hoped that the self-righteous members of the cadet honor committee will, as officers, maintain the same rigid standards for themselves-an honor system that has some meaning in their military careers. That includes extreme honesty in the efficiency reports they dole out to others whom they command, and precludes deals with medical officers who will determine their "disabilities" at retirement in order to qualify them for tax-free pensions...
...determination to make the Army a career, Pelosi has almost no other silence alumni to look to-except Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Silenced during his first year at the Point-1932 to 1936 -Cadet Davis survived to become a lieutenant general in the Air Force. An encouraging example, but not all together analogous: Davis' only sin was presumably his black skin...
...week-not very convincingly-that it had all been worth it. He also suggested that honor-committee members -he had been one, too-place "themselves above the law, and no one has a right to do that." His view is about to be tested in court. Last April, 21 cadets were accused of cheating on a physics exam. Most resigned immediately, but six of those who opted to fight the charges have filed a lawsuit with the U.S. district court, arguing that the honor system subverts the due process guaranteed under the Fifth Amendment. The cadet honor committee is, they...