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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sister graduated from the USAFA. The academies have an exchange program between them so she did a semester at West Point (hated it - very dark, depressing, violent) and a semester at USNA (not as depressing but not welcoming toward women). She did experience some gender discrimination at USAF. Guys broke into her room at night to grope her and her roommate at least once. She got her degree and served her five years. She says if she had to do it again she wouldn't but at the same time the military culture is ingrained in her. [/quote]

West Point as "dark, depressing"?!?!?[/quote]

Friends and family members who have attended all three schools.

IMO, the three schools are visually very representative of their services.  West Point is gray stone, sitting high on the Hudson River.  Beautiful, imposing and yes, dark in the winter.  Reminds me of the solidness of an army.  USAFA is in the mountains.  Chapel is visual reminder of contrails of jets aiming skyward.  USNA, for those of you that have been there, appropriately sits on the water.  White buildings, blue-ish roofs emblematic of the sea.

Make no doubt about it, this is the military and they are not only educating these young men and women, they are preparing them to defend the nation.  And, after 10yrs at war, no young person should enter one of these academies thinking that there isn't at least a halfway decent chance of being in a combat zone at some point.  Yes, sneaking a pizza in is a major rule breaker.  A family member got significant demerits and had to "walk tours" when he was caught kissing another (female) midshipman.  There are rules and uniforms and codes of honor that are taken seriously.

They are all beautiful places with amazing educations.  They've also had their share of honor problems over the past decade with incidents of sexual misconduct and cheating.  Things that likely happen at colleges all over this country, but make front page news because these are the military academies and we expect more of these future officers.[/quote]

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