Hand salute for your uncle. (Reply #50)

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Sun Jun 14, 2020, 08:36 AM

sarge43 (28,678 posts)

50. Hand salute for your uncle.

He's in good company. Eisenhower was up front about going to the Point - free college degree.

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63 replies	Author	Time	Post
Meanwhile at West Point [View all]	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Jun 2020	OP
🇺🇸	underpants	Jun 2020	#1
This makes me feel so much better.	iemitsu	Jun 2020	#2
Twitter thread indicates it was photoshopped.	Tipperary	Jun 2020	#3
How can you see that something was photoshopped on a Twitter thread? And...	LAS14	Jun 2020	#5
The image is too flat. Look at how the bottom of lettering is on a perfectly flat line.	Alex4Martinez	Jun 2020	#9
I read the twitter comments that said that. Personally I have no idea.	Tipperary	Jun 2020	#17
Makes no difference, people will believe what they want to believe.	Butterflylady	Jun 2020	#22
Absolutely spot on.	Tipperary	Jun 2020	#24
It looks like a photoshopped image of Spenser Rapone, who graduated from USMA a couple of years ago.	COL Mustard	Jun 2020	#34
It may be photo shopped but it will appear in the 'real world' and available for sale ....	SWBTATTReg	Jun 2020	#14
A graduating cadet would be taking one hell of a chance doing that. - n/t	Jim__	Jun 2020	#15
Yes, too easy to identify. nt	Tipperary	Jun 2020	#18
He would HAVE to know Article 88 of the UCMJ!	Grins	Jun 2020	#28
Of course he did.	sarge43	Jun 2020	#38
Reassuring!! nt	LAS14	Jun 2020	#4
Sorry to say this is photoshopped.	Alex4Martinez	Jun 2020	#6
Exactly. I use Photoshop almost every day...	GReedDiamond	Jun 2020	#8
It might be authentic. Many people say it's real. I think it's real. F@#k the Bunker Boy. nt	AnotherMother4Peace	Jun 2020	#13
You can see the stands in the background. And family members.	Tipperary	Jun 2020	#21
If so, then that fresh lieutenant just set himself up for a possible dismissal for cause	sarge43	Jun 2020	#27
So if you graduate from west point, you're automatically in the army? Aren't there some	BComplex	Jun 2020	#29
Yes in most cases.	sarge43	Jun 2020	#31
So are the graduates immediately members of the military? At graduation? Or do they have to	BComplex	Jun 2020	#32
I believe they take the oath as part of the ceremony	sarge43	Jun 2020	#36
How many times did I personally hear military people talk stink	mahina	Jun 2020	#30
What was their status?	sarge43	Jun 2020	#33
Various. Yes. One in uniform on an airplane interisland with his family	mahina	Jun 2020	#39
Yes, that definitely passes the test.	sarge43	Jun 2020	#40
One of many. His behavior gave me to believe that he expected his comment to be met with agreement.	mahina	Jun 2020	#45
I'd say something like Paint. Dreadful use of Photoshop if that was the SW used.	Pacifist Patriot	Jun 2020	#43
I hope he doesn't get caught. Nt	marlakay	Jun 2020	#7
Mickey is pretty smart. He'll be fine.	TheCowsCameHome	Jun 2020	#37
Ah, well! It's a good sentiment anyway.	keithbvadu2	Jun 2020	#10
heart it. :)	AllaN01Bear	Jun 2020	#11
I hope they were allowed to wear masks	alfredo	Jun 2020	#12
They were and distancing was in place. n/t	sarge43	Jun 2020	#41
Good.	alfredo	Jun 2020	#44
In 1936, my uncle graduated from West Point. It was during the depths of the Depression	CTyankee	Jun 2020	#49
Hand salute for your uncle.	sarge43	Jun 2020	#50
I have this old black and white studio photo of him in his uniform (prolly graduation photo).	CTyankee	Jun 2020	#51
If there is a double row of brass buttons on the jacket, it's his grad photo.	sarge43	Jun 2020	#52
I got the feeling that he hated duty there. He wouldn't have called it a "s*hole" country but	CTyankee	Jun 2020	#53
During WWII and for many years after, an overseas tour was an enlightening moment for Americans.	sarge43	Jun 2020	#58
from the photo he had 4 rows of buttons, 3 per row spaced apart,loop at end.	CTyankee	Jun 2020	#54
Yup. Grad photo.	sarge43	Jun 2020	#55
He had some sort of medal, attached to the 3rd row of buttons.	CTyankee	Jun 2020	#56
Well, the academies students were/are in a quasi military status. Not quite, but close enough.	sarge43	Jun 2020	#59
I wish I could somehow PM you the photo. It is definitely '30s vintage so whatever he was	CTyankee	Jun 2020	#60
He was an officer	sarge43	Jun 2020	#61
I was fond of him because he stood for something decent and I just hated the racism and	CTyankee	Jun 2020	#62
You've described a good man and a good officer.	sarge43	Jun 2020	#63
Kicketty, kick, kick!!	lunatica	Jun 2020	#16
Subversive...I like that!	Maeve	Jun 2020	#19
This is the very best	Butterflylady	Jun 2020	#20
OK - there is our future! Gives me hope for better things to come. nt	42bambi	Jun 2020	#23
Is this the original? Maybe there are others....	blaze	Jun 2020	#25
That's the one. He is no longer in the Army. It's from about 2-3 years ago.	COL Mustard	Jun 2020	#35
From 2108 not authentic	Roy Rolling	Jun 2020	#26
No one cares. They want to believe what they want to believe.	cwydro	Jun 2020	#42
Photo shopped. NT	warmfeet	Jun 2020	#46
Oh please please let this be real.	trof	Jun 2020	#47
Don't care if it's photoshopped...I want one of those shirts	pecosbob	Jun 2020	#48
I very much hope it's true.	BobTheSubgenius	Jun 2020	#57

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