Read it all the way through before commenting, please.

April 2025

Overall, the report matches its title. It is just the broad strokes. There really is not anything new or anything radical or any surprises from the report.

What really matters is how the administration feels about funding the requests. Maybe that's the real purpose of the report; to create something official and gauge the response to see if the funding is there.

I found it reassuring--particularly in light of the not infrequent "the sky is falling" posts about Corps' management and future prospects here.

I read it yesterday when I got the email. I found no issues with it.

Not a whole lot of new issues in this report from what we've seen in other reports from years past.

I concur that how the Administration supports the Corps going forward - especially financially - will determine just how much of what is recommended in the report will actually be able to be addressed.

I also agree that the Corps is not as "doom and gloom" as some would suggest. There is always room for improvement, and the Corps will hopefully continue to improve going forward with these recommendations, support from the administration, and a new Commandant.

Only time will tell.

74OA said:

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I found it reassuring--particularly in light of the not infrequent "the sky is falling" posts about Corps' management and future prospects here.

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True.

As mentioned in yours and other posts, it is a good thing that this is a very tame report.

I tune out the sky is falling stuff. I look at funding justifications all the time and I guess when you have a hammer.... I took the report primarily as they want funding for a new Trigon, some amenities for the quad, and funding to pay tenured faculty or professors of practice in the from the business community for DNC cadets..

If they want the Trigon rebuilt they need to have more meetings with administration and donors in the Trigon versus the conference room of the Corps Center. Have them in the worst rooms possible. Administration doesn't really go into the Trigon. Renovation or replacement doesn't ever get on any big decision makers radar. This paragraph is a little tongue in cheek, but there is some truth to the fact that not a lot of outsiders (with decision making power) step foot in the Trigon so its completely off their radar.

The one thing I can see causing a little hell (internally on the quad) if implemented would be community kitchens. Someone is going to leave a mess; cook some old fish or set off the fire alarm. An in-between solution that could easily be implemented is a big outdoor kitchen with offset smokers and Santa Maria grills. Have some covered seating with ceiling fans and power outlets. You wouldn't have to worry about modifying a building or plumbing.

As far as getting the type of faculty they want; the solution is funding. Its not controversial, its purely a budget issue.

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What really matters is how the administration feels about funding the requests. Maybe that's the real purpose of the report; to create something official and gauge the response to see if the funding is there.

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Bingo! The Quick Look is scant on details (estimates, who's got responsibility, etc.). I'm looking forward to the future "Master Plan," and I hope they give folks a chance to contribute before it goes final.

The scandal on the Quad you never heard about. A quick look at the President's Corps of Cadets Quick Look Assessment. And after 150 years of the Corps of Cadets and 50 years of gender integration, is there a future for all-male outfits?

Can We Still Save the Corps? Part 3 of 3 The Beagle

74OA said:

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I found it reassuring--particularly in light of the not infrequent "the sky is falling" posts about Corps' management and future prospects here.

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your 'sky is falling' comment indicates a disregard for issues facing current cadets. this is not unusual for the less informed and somewhat removed from the realities. if your source of info is CCA leadership (and their blind support of the last commandant), then you're both misinformed and misled. the reality is the trigon staffers which went along with michalis' transgender bathrooms also continue to advance DEI in leadership selection. they have been doing so despite lawful orders to the contrary.

the same people are driving recruitment of individuals unsuccessful in service academy appointments with no ties to our school. the same cadets are then preferentially selected for leadership. same is true for women over men. the rising leadership overwhelmingly represents women and contract cadets over men and d&c. It's mathematically improbable that all major units, the head drum major, numerous co's and first sergeant's would be women given the proportion of men:women in the corps population at large.

This is what is behind the decline in the corps as you knew it. is the sky falling? depends on what you value. if you want a corps that more closely resembles a service academy then everything is fine.

we need more people asking hard questions and not taking the word of those that supported michalis' agenda yet somehow survived his ouster.

n1mr0d said:

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74OA said:

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I found it reassuring--particularly in light of the not infrequent "the sky is falling" posts about Corps' management and future prospects here.

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your 'sky is falling' comment indicates a disregard for issues facing current cadets. this is not unusual for the less informed and somewhat removed from the realities. if your source of info is CCA leadership (and their blind support of the last commandant), then you're both misinformed and misled. the reality is the trigon staffers which went along with michalis' transgender bathrooms also continue to advance DEI in leadership selection. they have been doing so despite lawful orders to the contrary.

the same people are driving recruitment of individuals unsuccessful in service academy appointments with no ties to our school. the same cadets are then preferentially selected for leadership. same is true for women over men. the rising leadership overwhelmingly represents women and contract cadets over men and d&c. It's mathematically improbable that all major units, the head drum major, numerous co's and first sergeant's would be women given the proportion of men:women in the corps population at large.

This is what is behind the decline in the corps as you knew it. is the sky falling? depends on what you value. if you want a corps that more closely resembles a service academy then everything is fine.

we need more people asking hard questions and not taking the word of those that supported michalis' agenda yet somehow survived his ouster.

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It's comments like yours that I was referring to and I do disregard your obvious last-century agenda for the Corps.

yes, transgender bathrooms are contemporary to be sure! curious…when was then last time you had a direct connection with a current cadet? son or daughter?