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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]About 5 years ago we visited a family friend at West Point. From the second we arrived, it felt like a jail. They searched our car. The kid was a freshman so he had only been there a few months but he was totally desensitized, couldn’t crack a joke, etc. The student was able to come out to eat with us off-campus and he was dressed like a Catholic Priest. And yes I know they don’t call it freshman but they should. [/quote]

This, Annapolis USNA version.  We visited (no car search because at Annapolis visitors have to park off-campus; very tight space); the friend's daughter was basically an automaton. The atmosphere was oppressive - much worse and more tense than any active post I've ever been on, and that's multiple.  I later heard that close to half of the 4th class Mids that this one knew had come home for Christmas break and raised the issue of dropping out with their families. The group has been out for over two years now.  They are all ver confident and very good at following instructions.  Not one has any awareness of non-job life, and not one talks about the Naval Academy overall.  Signs of trauma resulting from institutionalized hazing.  
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This is part of the process. Turning high school aged kids into leaders who understand that they are in a serious business, where their decisions will have serious, sometimes life or death consequences. [/quote]

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