Comments on: North To The Future http://www.thewareaglereader.com/2010/01/north-to-the-future/ Auburn's Daily Meta-Memoir Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:21:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marcus http://www.thewareaglereader.com/2010/01/north-to-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-5540 Marcus Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:24:36 +0000 http://www.thewareaglereader.com/?p=8838#comment-5540 Yeah, I can second Huntsvegas. Its not just limited to ROTC either. I'm a Marine Officer (out now, but no such thing as a "former Marine", you know) and I don't believe I EVER met a Marine Officer that was a bammer. I even did a little work with the Officer Recruiting Station in Tuscaloosa when I was a 2ndLt, and out of the dozens of people we put in the Marines, we didn't have a single commitment from a bammer. By contrast, when I went to OCS, there were 3 other AU students in my platoon, and 2 others elsewhere in the company. I knew and served with several AU grads at each place I was stationed. Oh yeah, and the man who was Commandant when I first joined (Gen. Mundy) is an alumnus of our fine university. The only bammer connection I can think of is that Gen. H.M. "Howlin Mad" Smith held a law degree from UA. I don't think that counts though... I don't know what it is about bammer. They just don't have much of a military tradition. Yeah, I can second Huntsvegas. Its not just limited to ROTC either. I’m a Marine Officer (out now, but no such thing as a “former Marine”, you know) and I don’t believe I EVER met a Marine Officer that was a bammer. I even did a little work with the Officer Recruiting Station in Tuscaloosa when I was a 2ndLt, and out of the dozens of people we put in the Marines, we didn’t have a single commitment from a bammer.

By contrast, when I went to OCS, there were 3 other AU students in my platoon, and 2 others elsewhere in the company. I knew and served with several AU grads at each place I was stationed. Oh yeah, and the man who was Commandant when I first joined (Gen. Mundy) is an alumnus of our fine university. The only bammer connection I can think of is that Gen. H.M. “Howlin Mad” Smith held a law degree from UA. I don’t think that counts though…

I don’t know what it is about bammer. They just don’t have much of a military tradition.

]]> By: Huntsvegas http://www.thewareaglereader.com/2010/01/north-to-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-5539 Huntsvegas Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:56:54 +0000 http://www.thewareaglereader.com/?p=8838#comment-5539 From my Army experience.....the bammers don't produce a large number of ROTC grads compared to the other universities across the state that host ROTC departments. In my Army days, I met more officers from Alabama A&M, AUM, and UNA then bammer. In fact I can only recall one from bammer. From my Army experience…..the bammers don’t produce a large number of ROTC grads compared to the other universities across the state that host ROTC departments. In my Army days, I met more officers from Alabama A&M, AUM, and UNA then bammer. In fact I can only recall one from bammer.

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