G Ram has once again embarrassed the Corps of Cadets. Monday night he got into a little fight on twitter with the "Sul Ross" and "Rudder" accounts that are run by unknown people. In my opinion he should not have responded to the childish acts and he brought himself down a level.

He is the official killer of "old army"

The Corps of Cadets is now one big Day Care Center

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I don't have any sources, I'll put that disclaimer out there right now.

The Commandant has previously stated that he had nothing to do with Reveille's funeral, and that his position on any issue regarding it had no effect on the ceremony.

These punks are out there calling for him to be 'removed' because they feel that he isn't an Aggie. Somewhere along the line, they also call him a fake General. Also a no-no.

Pretty much, General Ramirez posted that if they wanted to hear the (aforementioned) truth, that they were welcome to come talk to him. But then there was a statement about "not that I care", which the non-regs took to mean "Oh, he doesn't care about us. Waaaahhhhhh!!"

He did nothing wrong. I see no reason why he SHOULD care about a person that isn't even in his organization's opinion about his own opinion that had nothing to do with influencing a ceremony that he had nothing to do with.

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The commandant is an old army killer. He changes things just for the sake of change and its usually for the worst.

Easy Come, Easy Go

You know, the Commandant will speak to you face-to-face any time. No need to hide behind a username.

I got to say hello to him this past Friday. About 25 BQs were in town for the funeral of our class of '77 BQ friend. General R didn't make the funeral, but he came to the wake Thursday night and ate lunch with us after the service, even though he was a couple of classes behind us.

He neglected to inform us of his plan to kill the Corps.

In closing, to quote another TexAgs poster:

Old Army. Going to Hell since 1877.

This whole thing is so stupid. Twitter wars are incredibly childish.

Just to be clear about this entire "incident," there was certainly no "twitter war," as some seem to want to call it. Having been in a REAL war, this was absolutely nothing.

I called a twitter user who calls himself "Sully" a big joke for his constant attacks against me simply because he has no idea exactly what happened with Reveille VIIs memorial service. He - and a couple others on Twitter - still believe that I personally planned the memorial service, when I had absolutely nothing to do with it. Because they believe that I was responsible for it, they have taken to personally attacking me and my military service, as well as my service as Commandant.

No big deal - I've certainly dealt with much worse in a real shooting war - but I responded with a comment that in retrospect, I probably shouldn't have. I have since deleted it, and will not respond to any more of those stupid comments again. Lesson learned - you can't fix stupid.

Canyon Ag - it was great to see you and all the other Class of 77 BQs this past week. I hated that it was for Pops' funeral, but I was glad to have the opportunity to see all of you again. Hope to see you all again soon. BTHO SMU!

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Last week, when I was in town, I had the pleasure of asking a corps fish if he still pissed in the sink to avoid seeing pissheads in the hallway.

He said, "Yes."

Corps is still hard!!!

I also had a chance to talk to General Ramirez. Whatever policies he has, one thing I can say is that he is always willing to talk to you about it.

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Just to be clear about this entire "incident," there was certainly no "twitter war," as some seem to want to call it. Having been in a REAL war, this was absolutely nothing.

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End. Of. Discussion.

I am amazed at the people who come on here to ***** about the Commandant and don't have the gumption to address him face to face.

If it is that much of a concern to you, as an Aggie, you should have the conviction to say something and put your name on it. Not just post random "He's killing the Corps" crap under a TexAg handle that won't ever be used again.

Regardless of the Rev situation(which he has noted he has only given his opinion and was not involved with the planning of the memorial), having worked with the Commandant very closely when I was a Cadet, I have to say General Ramirez is one of the best gentleman I have ever met. While there are some of his policies that Cadets do not agree with, these policies were always discussed and hashed out with the Major Unit Commanders and other members of his staff. He was very willing to listen to the MUC's issues on his policies and was willing to adopt changes if there was an appealing case to be made. If he felt that his original policy was correct he would put the policy out and would want feedback from the MUCs on how it worked, and would adopt as necessary.

Yes, plenty of these policies are penned by the Commandant, but many of the Cadets are not aware that these changes are made with plenty of feedback from the Corps Commanders and Major Unit Commanders, and if the MUC is worth this 3 diamonds, the feedback from the Outfit commanders.

At the end of the day General Ramirez is always open to hearing feedback from current cadets as well as former cadets. While the chain of command is prefered if you have a personal issue with a policy General Ramirez has always noted that he is open to feedback. Having been in plenty of meetings where I, as well as other Major Unit Commanders, would professionally argue against potential policy, the Commandant would NEVER hold it against us.

Current Cadets that have issues, use your chain of command. Cadets are very much in charge, and General Ramirez wants feed back from the "joes" of the Corps. Talk to your outfit commanders, if that doesn't work talk to your Major Unit Commanders. Give professional arguments as to why you disagree. I know when I was a MUC so many times I would hear "this new policy is wrong because its just bull**** and kills old army". Give the reasons, maybe even right them down, and if your command team is worth their diamond(s) they will bring it up.

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VaAg, you say he was willing to listen, did he actually make significant changes based on the MUC's suggestions?

I would say he did. Hard to remember specific examples at the moment, but I know there were times he listened and would make changes.

The original 'Street Fighter' is good people. The Corps of Cadets under his watch will do just fine. He has my complete trust, not that he needs it, but all the guys in my circle of dead elephants think he is doing great.

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I would say he did. Hard to remember specific examples at the moment, but I know there were times he listened and would make changes.

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The same criticism existed with GVA - that he never listened to cadets. In my personal experience, he did listen to cadets, and even made changes to policy based on what sophomores proposed to him, not just the 3+ diamond folks.

GVA was always willing to listen.

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GVA was always willing to listen.

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Maybe too much

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In closing, to quote another TexAgs poster:

Old Army. Going to Hell since 1877.

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Where have I heard that before?

General Diversity, that's all he cares about. Corps is dead.

Wrong, Good nuggets. He cares quite a bit about academics and about developing leaders, both in and outside the military. The Corps appears to be, not at all dead, but absolutely thriving. And he deserves much of the credit for that success!

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And he deserves much of the credit for that success!

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Petro...well said.

Will give PetroAg87 a thumbs up for the very first time. Congrats......

He has focused a lot on academics and leadership. His recruiting efforts have also been immense, he also helped out many outfits by finally helping distribute fish out to all outfits, not just the super huge outfits. (An Idea I had when I was a CT but nobody listened )

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he also helped out many outfits by finally helping distribute fish out to all outfits, not just the super huge outfits.

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Good. Having huge outfits and tiny outfits was always a pet peeve of mine. Really destructive to have such disparity. Assign fish evenly to outfits and let them figure it out.

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good nuggets. Got a proposition for you. Make an appointment to meet with the General and then go sit down and talk with him. Believe it or not, he will make time for you if at all possible. He is probably the most approachable Commandant we have had since Col Parsons. If after that you want to ***** and moan, then by all means, go for it.

G-Ram is literally the least approachable person I have dealt with on any level. He also is extremely short tempered and I have no idea how he has made it this far.

He won't think twice about holding a cadets contract over their head until he gets what he wants.

As for all of you "old"er Ag's who have never dealt with G-Ram as a cadet, you don't have a clue and I'm sorry but just "no".



Edit** If you are on his staff as a CTO obviously you will take his side come hell or high water.



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Do fish still whip out? Do they still wear fish cuts? Can a fish still pull a seniors boots in the middle of the day? Are there still push-ups, running and other calisthenics? Do you still have to wire your hole? Do you sound off on the quad if a zip asks you what outfit you're in?

I know I'm missing a lot, but if these things remain then I'm fine with that. I understand high porting the guidon is gone, but what about rifles? I'm glad that the Corps has grown, it is just what A&M needs.

I think fish do not pull boots during the academic day anymore. It is "hazing"

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Do fish still whip out? Do they still wear fish cuts? Can a fish still pull a seniors boots in the middle of the day? Are there still push-ups, running and other calisthenics? Do you still have to wire your hole? Do you sound off on the quad if a zip asks you what outfit you're in?

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1) Based off the last few times I was on campus, even before Gen Ramirez took over, I noticed that nobody whips out anymore.
2) Fish cuts today are more like sophomore cuts 5 years ago.
3) There's still PT, but I've heard stuff about various restrictions that I don't really know much about.
4 & 5) I don't know.

Someone more on the inside can probably fill you in better than myself.

Yeah I noticed less whipping out, but I don't necessarily put that on the commandant. It was happening before.

Hell it was happening while I was there.

I heard that fish don't pull boots anymore.

Golden Nuggets you have email.


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Do fish still whip out? Do they still wear fish cuts? Can a fish still pull a seniors boots in the middle of the day? Are there still push-ups, running and other calisthenics? Do you still have to wire your hole? Do you sound off on the quad if a zip asks you what outfit you're in?

I know I'm missing a lot, but if these things remain then I'm fine with that. I understand high porting the guidon is gone, but what about rifles? I'm glad that the Corps has grown, it is just what A&M needs.

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