Should i quit cadets

It is Gloom Period. Don't even think of a rational decision now. You STAY until the end of the year. You stay four months. You stay through Spring, and then May. Then your options are anything you want. Do anything any earlier and you will always wonder " What if? For you will have quit in the middle of the Lesson, No one has that right.

That right, that choice, that decision is yours alone. West Point is only for those who live the life, walk the walk, dream the dream. And sometimes that takes time. Take that time.

Never quit until you've beat the system. Then your life's your own, and no one can ever take it from you. From Craig Mitchell, X-'62 An ex-cadet in the class of , found in academics, currently a parent of a '04 cadet, I want to share with other parents some thoughts on leaving West Point.

These are thoughts about what I missed by not staying and what I endured after leaving. From grade 2 to grade 12, I shared the same classroom with a boyhood friend whose Dad was a grad who survived Bataan to be killed in the mistaken sinking of a Japanese POW ship by U.

His passion for WP and its motto duty, honor, country affected me from an early age and by grade 9 became my goal as well as his. We both gained competitive nominations from our congressman and reported to WP on the appointed day.

During the train ride to WP we shared an oath that WP would have to throw us out because neither of us would ever quit.

I suspect that many others made a similar oath that day and countless new cadets have done so since. I was a good plebe, shy, a little short of 'spoony', never in trouble, never on the area.

Roommates Dan Buttolph and Dave Windom were my very best friends. I don't recall there ever being angry words among us. We cooperated fully against the system and the of course, the TAC. At mid-yearling year I was found in calculus.

I had been is the mid-sections throughout the term and really wasn't expecting to take the turnout exam. Seeing my name on the turnout list was like a direct hit in your foxhole. It is the worst day of my life. Gar chewed on us for what seemed like an hour about our wanting out and purposely doing poorly so as not to quit.

He assured every one of us that while we were 'hot stuff' in the present, we would be very sorry someday for our irresponsible behavior. I wanted to interrupt him to say "Sir, I'm sorry right now!

On my worst day, I could look around at the gray stone and gray uniforms and thank God to be here. I dearly loved West Point. February, began a long dim period of regret. The ride home in the car with my Dad was silent.

I had disappointed him only once before. I had the means to visit WP many times after leaving but it was too painful to even contemplate. A good friend and classmate in an adjacent company who was found at the same time had a different reaction. He couldn't bring himself to leave: living alone in Highland Falls for months after his separation.

The phone number for leave requests is: Due to low volume, we no longer accept printed paper forms for Leave, except under exceptional circumstances. Access the semester parade cards , or term training programs. About Us. Apply now. She has been on every single community service, perfect attendance for 5 years. Also she was part of the cyber patriot team that won 1 in the nation last April She was supposed to be promoted to PO2 last week.

Her CO informed me that she would not be promoted because her attitude and disrespectful. He also mentioned that because she was part of the cyber patriot winning team she thinks is superior than the others. To add more he assured me that she is in competition with another female cadet that was promoted to PO2 the same day my daughter should be promoted He added that during a day that some cadets decided to get together outside of drill and go to the movies, he said that my daughter spent too much time on her phone he was not present at the movies All this conversation happened when I went to pick her up during an important activity with other battalions.

Was a 3 day activity and she came home in tears and devastated. She told me she felt humiliated and embarrassed. She also told me that she was completely ignored no duties were assigned to her, They pull her out of the color guard which she has attended the color guard training in the past and the other female cadet which has no color guard training was added in her place. The comments from the other female cadet were rude and disrespectful to my daughter.

The other female cadet told my daughter that she was happy that they are not at the same level now. I was reading all the rules and regulations for NSCC and I found that the CO were supposed to talk to my daughter first and do counseling, well this never happened. In my opinion I think that CO handle this situation wrong. Why he didn't called both girls? Why he listened and believed one side of the story?

He never give my daughter a chance to defend herself or at least explained what ever happened. We don't even know what happened, my daughter don't even have a clue of why she has been punished.

Can you please give me some advice, before I pulled her out she wants to stay but I don't think it would be a good idea as no other cadets listen to her nobody talks to her anymore because this other girl and her brother who is chief had control over the rest of the cadets.

It's in the regs and your chain of command should be reminded of this. If that doesn't work, your parents should contact your regional director. Also, your involvement with cadets should not interfere with school. School is a priority over Sea Cadets and the program requires you to keep your grades up.

This will give you the time you need to think about your future involvement with the program without being dis-enrolled. As you have noticed, being bogged down with all of your extra activities has burned you out and has resulted in weak performance everywhere else.

Sure, Sea Cadets may "look good" with your Annapolis application - but others have been accepted into the academy without Sea Cadets I strongly suggest you talk with your parents to help you with managing your time with everything you do.

Navy, Retired. Was a 3 day activity and she came home in tears anddevastated. She also told me that she was completelyignored no duties were assigned to her, They pull her out of the color guard which she has attended the color guardtraining in the past and the other female cadet which has no color guard training was added in her place.

The comments from the other femalecadet were rude and disrespectful to my daughter. I was reading all the rules andregulations for NSCC and I found that the CO were supposed to talk to my daughter first and do counseling, well this neverhappened. Can you please give me some advice,before I pulled her out she wants to stay but I don't think it would be a good idea as no other cadets listen to her nobodytalks to her anymore because this othergirl and her brother who is chief hadcontrol over the rest of the cadets.

Joined Mar 14, Messages 6, LTJG, I am sorry to hear about your daughter's situation. As the moderator suggested, you might wish to start a new post rather than to tag onto a "stale" thread that is six years old.

I also suggest you maintain your anonymity by not using your last name. If your daughter does end up in the military she will likely appreciate the confidentiality of her past history. You might reach out to them with your concerns. Last edited: Nov 8, Joined Oct 28, Messages Cgaud said:. AROTC-dad said:.