[Rhodes22-list] The Ben and Ben show...

[Lowe, Rob]

Ben,
VT had mandatory Corp of Cadets (somewhat similar to ROTC) until the
late 60's I believe.  Now it's optional, but there is still a group of
around 700 cadets.  The only two military schools that I can think of
that are not service branch related are The Citadel and the Virginia
Military Institute (VMI).  Don't know if those are considered formal
ROTC. - rob

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Yeah, but the point is, I don't mind at all if a university requires
ROTC.
It actually wasn't that long ago that my beloved LSU required it for all
men.  It ceased being mandatory before my day, but that only ended in
the
late 70s or 80s, I think.

Just out of curiosity, are there still public universities that require
ROTC?

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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Herb Parsons
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 12:22
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It doesn't surprise me. You DID notice the "required" caveat?

ben wrote:
> Um, it will probably surprise you that I voluntarily did 2 years of
ROTC.
I
> didn't stick with it and get my commission because I had a public
sector
job
> offer that paid better than the Air Force, and was going to keep me in
Baton
> Rouge.  How's that for a perceived Marxist?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Herb Parsons
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 10:40
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>
> Ed,
>
> It's one of those things they "just don't get." You can BET that if a 
> university, or a private school, required that ROTC training for all
of 
> their students, that the left would be up in arms (pun intended). I 
> doubt very seriously you'd hear them say "if students don't like the 
> requirement, they can go elsewhere".
>
> Tootle wrote:
>   
>> You both favor compulsory 'community service', then both of you guys
would
>> reinstate the draft?
>>
>> Ed K
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-- 
Herb Parsons

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