Living in Virginia: The Ratline

[@twngrl56]

My grandson is a Cadet Cadre in his Sr. year at V.M.I., graduating with his class of 2121. I remember his matriculation and I thought "YIKES!" But I knew he could do it. He speaks very highly of V.M.I. and loves their values and his brothers and sisters there. He graduated from the Marine Officer Training School in Quantico this summer, and is now a Marine. We're all very proud of him.

[@perpetualconfusion5885]

Congratulations! I'm class of 2025

[@TheTrueBanana1]

@@perpetualconfusion5885 22+3

[@perpetualconfusion5885]

@@TheTrueBanana1 i can't add.

[@johnfunkhousr3339]

My brother Willy he joined the Rat since August 23rd 1978 then graduated from V.M.I Class of 1982.

[@howardday6152]

Our Son in law, attended the beginning of the 90s and n Met or daughter, April Page then and now Gilman. They rode to Maine and later sealed the deal 🌹

[@bob8488]

Best alarm clock in the world!!! Hands down!!! An M-60 going off and mortars going off!!! Nothing in this world would make you jump out of your rack faster....not even coffee!

[@kevinphillips150]

Try Drill Instructors.

[@jimbobtim4222]

New Market has been disavowed by the school. Jackson is gone, and anything relating back to New Market is being removed because "racist" or something.

[@tidefanyankee2428]

@emconect That's just it. The bar has been lowered considerably for what actually constitutes "racism", "sexism", "hazing" and "abuse". Look at the "metoo", "believeallwomen" or "blm" movements. No real evidence is required, just one person's accusations and they can be decades old. No intelligent person is actually "for" sexism, racism or bad behavior. It's the people making the judgments and their criteria that should be looked at. It's all about being "woke" and "PC". It's a military environment, not summer camp.

[@wyattp8479]

Kinda is racist. The confederates WERE fighting for their states rights... To own PEOPLE. Imagine a black superintendent CELEBRATING that

[@tidefanyankee2428]

@@wyattp8479 I think the black superintendent is looking at it in the context of when it happened in history. Looking at things outside of their historical context (when it actually happened and what the "norm" was at that time) is a common mistake people make when examining these things.

[@BabyBudders]

@emconectit wasn’t racist or sexist until this woke radical liberal movement came along. None of it is racist or sexist. 😂 Washington post is hyper liberal, their “investigation” is compromised.

[@billybrown4773]

Awesomeness!

[@steveshapiro326]

Wasn't Jackson good in math and science?

[@kevinphillips150]

Rats is a good way of putting it. The school should have gone private but the dollars speaks louder than tradition.

[@chevy4x466]

Why would u go here when u could just get an rotc scholarship somewhere else.

[@mercster]

How long before the crazies ruin this too.

[@bob8488]

Not sure. I was part of the Old Corps. It made USMC OCS a joke. And, we'll leave it there.

[@jimbobtim4222]

Well, I think it's happend

[@fanboy1398]

But why though?

[@simrhsimrh4948]

Should have gone private.

[@AnthonyGarlic-tr9br]

Vmi 🐀 Cadette 99 green 💚🍏 class

[@stuartoneill8938]

Most of the guys doing the shouting would be shot by both sides in combat.

[@codychapple9069]

what an ignorant comment

[@twngrl56]

This is a MILITARY Institute. Not a pansy "don't hurt my feelings" college.

[@stuartoneill4395]

@@twngrl56 Have you been asleep for 3 years?

[@twngrl56]

@@stuartoneill4395 What's THAT suppose to me???

[@stuartoneill8938]

@@twngrl56 In English please.......