Naval official rejects Mid's appeal

peskemom
Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:36:04 +0000

For those who feel this is ‘unfair’…I can only say these standards are what being in the military is all about! What the press wants us to feel is how ‘unfair’ the ‘system’ is to this poor ‘midshipman’ who is being mistreated by those big bad military folk.

I am a parent who wants any and all military personnel who will one day be called upon to do something in a WAR on TERROR to be physically capable of this task.

To graduate from a Service Academy is more than academics. You have to achieve both scholastically and physically. You could be a 4.0 Firstie and be unable to receive a Commission due to physical standards. You could run a 3 minute mile and be carrying a 1.5 GPA and not be able to receive a Commission. That’s the way the system is set up and that’s what all Service Academy young people know way ahead of time.

If this were Rome, Sparta, Greece, China or Japan of history…would be having this discussion??