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When Donald Trump’s administration decided in April of 2017 to overturn a rule that had allowed athletes from the service academies to defer their military commitment until after their professional sports careers were over, it wasn’t for any of the starchy reasons laid out in a memo from the–Secretary of Defense James Mattis, most of which came down to those athletes having been educated at taxpayer expense. As a matter of principle, Trump doesn’t like to see other people getting things at what he perceives to be a discount, but also the real reason he rescinded the rule was because the rule had been put in place by Barack Obama back in 2016.
When Donald Trump’s administration decided in April of 2017 to overturn a rule that had allowed athletes from the service academies to defer their military commitment until after their professional sports careers were over, it wasn’t for any of the starchy reasons laid out in a memo from the–Secretary of Defense James Mattis, most of which came down to those athletes having been educated at taxpayer expense. As a matter of principle, Trump doesn’t like to see other people getting things at what he perceives to be a discount, but also the real reason he rescinded the rule was because the rule had been put in place by Barack Obama back in 2016.
“It kind of just sucked,” former Air Force linebacker Ryan Watson told USA Today in April. Watson had signed with the Cardinals as an undrafted free agent, but the rule being overturned meant that he would still have to spend his next two years on an air base in Ohio. “You either gave up on your dream, (or) you were put in a situation where it was a lot harder (to reach).”
On Monday, while hosting the Army Black Knights football team at the White House for the presentation of the Commander In Chief Trophy, Trump proudly announced that he’d had a big new idea and would you like to hear it?
“It’s a big deal,” Trump told Army’s team and coach. “I hope it doesn’t become the story but it is a big story because I’m going to look at doing a waiver for service academy athletes who can get into the major leagues, like the NFL, hockey, baseball. We’re going to see if we can do it and they’ll serve their time after they’re finished with professional sports. And that’ll make things, can you imagine this incredible coach with that little asset?” Trump had by that point turned away from the microphone so that he could honk the last few words at Army coach Jeff Monken.
“And so on behalf of the coach, who’s a tremendous guy, we’re going to look at a waiver for the service academies,” he continued. “I think it sounds good, right? I always watched, it used to be five years, then four years, it’s a long time, now it’s two years, but it’s another four years, four or five years, that you have to do things. I think it’s a great idea.”
PHILADELPHIA | Trump handles coin toss at start of Army-Navy football game
PHILADELPHIA | Trump handles coin toss at start of Army-Navy football game
PHILADELPHIA — President Donald Trump mixed politics and sports Saturday, announcing the departure of his chief of staff before settling in for Army-Navy football game.
The commander in chief flew to Philadelphia for the 119th meeting in the storied rivalry between the service academies, and officiated the coin toss at Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.…
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PHILADELPHIA | Trump set for his first Army-Navy football game as president
PHILADELPHIA | Trump set for his first Army-Navy football game as president
PHILADELPHIA — President Donald Trump mixed politics and sports Saturday, announcing the departure of his chief of staff before settling in for Army-Navy football game.
The commander in chief flew to Philadelphia for the 119th meeting in the storied rivalry between the service academies, and was to officiate the coin toss at Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia…
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“The best way to describe this is termites,” Stafford explained. “Right now we got a couple of termites chewing on a board. Every year there’s going to be more…Ultimately if this goes on for an extended period of time there will be a degradation in the living conditions, a degradation in our ability to deliver the education and a degradation in the ability to deliver relevant information and technology to these future college graduates.”
Military Education, Sequestered - Defense One
Navy battles Army
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Every Other Service Academy Has Billets Already
And all I can think is "I just met with the detailer yesterday and haven't even put in my dream sheet yet..."
So impatient. I want to know where I'm going now, not have to wait until March to find out if I'm getting my 1st choice for a billet or my 20th. As long as I get one of the 56 student engineering billets that are available I'll be happy. If I get a billet for Deck Watch Officer I will most likely break down in tears.
The military academies are educating and training the next generation of officers. If academics agree about little else, they seem to agree that this is a constituency that will potentially exercise considerable power. Their education should not be left to those who may mistakenly imagine that training is the same as education. From Socrates to John Dewey to Martha Nussbaum, scholars have made persuasive arguments about the necessity of critical thinking to resist the force of blind tradition and authority. They've effectively asserted, in other words, the importance of education for the cultivation of democracy. Where could it be more important to maintain that tradition of civic education than at military academies? They are influential institutions that civilian academics should not concede so readily to those with whom they disagree. With the professionalization of the military and the suspension of conscription, it is more important than ever that civilian academics become a part of the service-academy infrastructure.
It's Time for a Scholarly Truce With Military Academies - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education