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to clarify.....there has not been any hazing at west point in quite a few years, i believe they did away with that once and for all back in the mid 90s. Also, the memo about corrective training came down this week, and pushups have not been outlawed indoors. As far as the Comm coming down hard on people, he has made it perfectly clear that we are here to learn to lead soldiers and that screaming at and demeaning soldiers simply will not fly in the army. Yes, many cadets are upset, because "we had to do it, so they should to", yet each class here has avoided hardships that those before them had been through. For example, one might ask the class of 2011 why the class of 2012 had to sleep in the field for a week during beast when 2011 spent that week int he bays at buckner. Or one might ask a member of 2010 why the class of 2012 rucked more miles at beast than they did. The list goes on and on. To scream and yell in a demeaning manner generally doesnt teach the subbordinate nearly as much as calm, stern corrections do, and isnt that the reason we're all here? to learn? And trust me, there is still yelling, corrections are still being made, and there are both squared away and scumbag plebes. This change simply forces people in a leadership postition to do that......lead, and to do so in a way that "trains educates and inspires" their subbordinates as opposed to"scaring" and "inspiring hatred against himself"(remember schofield?). Change is nothing new here, people will get used to these changes just as they have gotten used to every other change, and I think most reasonable people here view this as a positive change.
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