For previous or current Academy cadets, regimented academies pros and cons.

**captmarcus** · January 11th, 2012, 02:33 PM

Alright then...THANKS!

**Sweat-n-Grease** · January 11th, 2012, 03:35 PM

Originally Posted by NAUTICART

Nooooooooooooooooooooo !

I just made popcorn.

SO FUNNY .. Thanks for the chuckle, NAUTICART

**TMAcadet1** · January 15th, 2012, 10:23 PM

"Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." George Bush/ C.Captain

or in other words... If you don't have an uncompromising hatred against a maritime academy and a regimented system, then you must have a raging boner for it.

Craziness here. lol.

**c.captain** · January 16th, 2012, 04:06 AM

Originally Posted by TMAcadet1

"Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." George Bush/ C.Captain

Sir...refer to post #34 above.besides this thread is over as far as the forum is concerned

but I tell you what, just to make you feel better I'll let you have the last poke at me with your pointly stick

ow

**PR-9** · January 16th, 2012, 04:47 AM

Originally Posted by TMAcadet1

"Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." George Bush/ C.Captain

or in other words... If you don't have an uncompromising hatred against a maritime academy and a regimented system, then you must have a raging boner for it.

Craziness here. lol.

If you weren't so ignorant you would recognize that c. captain is a very helpful member in gcaptain and maybe just maybe you would be more respectful.

**c.captain** · January 16th, 2012, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by PR-9

If you weren't so ignorant you would recognize that c. captain is a very helpful member in gcaptain and maybe just maybe you would be more respectful.

You're kind sir and I thank you

now as long as I can remember to take my meds I'll be fine...

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**TMAcadet1** · January 16th, 2012, 09:38 PM

PR-9, That may be so, but I must be extremely ignorant then based on what I've seen.

**Pikuptruk** · February 16th, 2012, 12:44 AM

Well, as for me at CMA, I have learned that our corps does little to contributing to our professionalism. I sit in class everyday with a bunch of disrespectful douche bags who giggle and whisper in the back of the classrooms like little girls. You know who you are. The biggest issue our school has in my opinion is our arrogant cadets questioning orders and not doing as they are told. Maybe your corps at your schools have been able to mitigate this? Maybe due to my slightly older age I am more conscious of these idiots behaving like morons. I dunno. What I do know is every time I step on a ship, and am granted the opportunity to spend any time with an old salt, I walk away with more knowledge than any regimented corps could give me. Those guys know more shit, have seen more shit, and are what this industry is. Thank you, seriously, for being patient with us....

**JPetru82** · February 16th, 2012, 12:52 PM

X2 on the disrespectful douche bags. That is one of my biggest pet peeves. If you can't shut the hell up for an hour or so, then don't come to class. I had a physics teacher last semester who is bit hard to understand because of her ethnicity. Add on top of that two punks in the back of class talking, not whispering, about their plans for the weekend. The teacher wasn't doing anything about it, so I had to interrupt her lesson to tell the two to either shut up or leave because people are actually trying to learn. The teacher thanked me after class for doing that.

**commtuna** · February 21st, 2012, 07:21 PM

How does the regimented lifestyle compare to real bootcamp and military practices? Im active duty and looking to go through SUNY's MS program for 3rd mate when I get out. I understand I'll be with kids 8-10yrs younger than me but Im just curious as to how it compares to what I live now.

**ryanwood86** · February 21st, 2012, 07:30 PM

Its a joke. You may or may not have to go through the 2 week indoctrination, I'm not sure how that works for the masters, then you'll become a day student. You'll wear your uniform to class and that's it. I know they were trying to make day students go to formation but I don't know what the outcome was.

**ryanwood86** · February 22nd, 2012, 07:54 AM

Who's the internet tough guy? I went to SUNY so I'm pretty sure I'm qualified to answer this question. Compared to basic for any branch of the military, the indoctrination period is a joke. Guys who served usually get moved to day student and it cuts out a ton of the regiment stuff. If you won't talking to me then I'm sorry for reading your message wrong, but if you were, then I find it hard to believe you're trying to call me an internet tough guy....

**Capt. Phoenix** · February 22nd, 2012, 08:32 AM

Dude, calm down. That post was a spammer that uses quotes from earlier in the thread (and sometimes other threads).

**ryanwood86** · February 22nd, 2012, 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by Capt. Phoenix

Dude, calm down. That post was a spammer that uses quotes from earlier in the thread (and sometimes other threads).

As I said, if it was not for me then I'm sorry i took it that way....

**coolb43** · July 20th, 2012, 01:02 PM

We have 2 academy grads on our boat who don't know how to splice 3 strand. Thats just amazing.

**rshrew** · July 20th, 2012, 01:10 PM

Originally Posted by coolb43

We have 2 academy grads on our boat who don't know how to splice 3 strand. Thats just amazing.

Wow that's sad what academy?

**Jetryder223** · July 20th, 2012, 04:50 PM

You couldn't have just let this thread die could you?

Hey, I've known marlinspike since I was a young teen going to sailing camp. During academy orientation I showed the rates a few tricks they had not seen before.

PlEASE don't paint the current crop of cadets with the broad brush of incompentence.

**TMAcadet2015** · October 10th, 2012, 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by c.captain

ok, let's take a look at their content:

3 photos of maritime training...1 lifeboat and 2 damage control

2 photos of young people taking wet boilersuits off

12 photos of marching

1 photo of a formation

how many are germain to the subject and what is the % of them to the total?

as an extra matter of note...why are there so many different uniiforms being worn in the marching photos. Some are in BDUs, some appear to be in jeans and yellow t-shirts. Hell, everybody seems to be wearing something diferent and that does not look very professional either maritime or military!

Ok I'll chime in on this one just to give some context. I happen to be in a few of those pictures. This was all from one week that we call O-Week. It is the first week we are in TMA before classes even start. I agree with you about TMA having more of a "Naval School Feel". I can explain this as well. When the Cadet leadership is mostly of NROTC you have your first problem. Then when everyone else in corps leadership is former military with little to no Maritime Experience (USAF, US Army) you get your second problem. After O-Week some of the "paramilitary" things go away. We get in formation 3 times a week to watch the hoisting of the colors, we salute former and active military officers and great cadets above us with "Howdy Sir(or their name)", and of course we wear the uniform. Anything else you want to know feel free to ask. I enjoy reading the forums thank you for being such a large part of them c.captian.