Thursday, October 12, 2017

Open Letter to (West Point) Grads from LTC (ret) Heffington

Via Knuckledraggin' My Life Away

 Attending cadets salute from the upper deck of Michie Stadium during graduation ceremonies at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, May 25, 2013. REUTERS/Mike Segar

(This was written by LTC (USA, ret.) Robert M. Heffington, as an open letter to graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point. It has only been edited for format, and may differ in that respect from the original. My apologies to Lt. Colonel Heffington if this has been misrepresented in any way)

Dear Sir/Ma’am,

Before you read any further, please understand that the following paragraphs come from a place of intense devotion and loyalty to West Point. My experience as a cadet had a profound impact upon who I am and upon the course of my life, and I remain forever grateful that I have the opportunity to be a part of the Long Gray Line. I firmly believe West Point is a national treasure and that it can and should remain a vitally important source of well trained, disciplined, highly educated Army officers and civilian leaders. However, during my time on the West Point faculty (2006–2009 and again from 2013–2017), I personally witnessed a series of fundamental changes at West Point that have eroded it to the point where I question whether the institution should even remain open.

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4 comments:

  1. Written by an obviously frustrated retired officer. The new generation has been coddled for their entire lifetime. Instead of pushing them to new heights West Point has chosen to lower the standards. Methinks it's time for a shake up.

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  2. From now on whenever I hear some one say, "We'll always have the military, Washington can do what it wants, but one day the military will be there to stop them and save us." I'll forward this article to them. I for one am under no illusions, the corps of cadet graduates/future officer corps will have no problem firing on civilians. Is it me, or does McMaster strike you as a guy who cannot wait to take the choke chain off the war machine and turn 'em loose on people like us?

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    1. does McMaster strike you as a guy who cannot wait to take the choke chain off the war machine and turn 'em loose on people like us?

      I don''t trust him one bit. In fact he reminds me of Sherman. Kelly seems decent, though.

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