# Trump forcing cadets back to West Point for graduation **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 26, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-forcing-cadets-back-to-west-point-for-graduation/852610 "2020-04-26T13:52:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-forcing-cadets-back-to-west-point-for-graduation/852610/21 "2020-04-29T11:07:49Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > I talked to my neighbor last night. The one who is graduating has to go back. His other cadet, who just finished her second year, doesn’t know when she’ll be able or ordered to go back. Your neighbor has two kids at West Point? Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-forcing-cadets-back-to-west-point-for-graduation/852610/22 "2020-04-29T11:24:19Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Your neighbor has two kids at West Point? Wow. She’s a West Point grad and a retired colonel. He left the Air Force when their first child was born to stay at home with the kids. They are proud parents and nice neighbors. They moved in to the house next door when she retired two years ago. She was born here, still has family here. Here being Chillicothe, Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-forcing-cadets-back-to-west-point-for-graduation/852610/23 "2020-04-29T11:30:45Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > She’s a West Point grad and a retired colonel. He left the Air Force when their first child was born to stay at home with the kids. They are proud parents and nice neighbors. They moved in to the house next door when she retired two years ago. She was born here, still has family here. Here being Chillicothe, Ohio. I see potential for a CBS television series… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-forcing-cadets-back-to-west-point-for-graduation/852610/24 "2020-05-01T14:17:21Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > He’s missing his rallies. That adoration is his freaking lifeblood. > > I can’t wait to hear what glurge will come spilling from his mouth as he tries to get a cheer from this crowd. > Military is usually conservatives, so it could work for him, who knows? The military is less conservative than most civilians realize – the officer corps less than the enlisted. They’re just people, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-forcing-cadets-back-to-west-point-for-graduation/852610/25 "2020-05-01T16:13:06Z")
Air Force pilots don’t always vote R. Some of them are simply there for 6 years so they can get a nice job with a big airline. Same for Navy pilots. Army chopper pilots can go to work for air ambulance services and similar jobs. Air ambulances became popular because of all the Army vets who were trained to fly choppers in Vietnam. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-forcing-cadets-back-to-west-point-for-graduation/852610/26 "2020-05-01T17:40:58Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > There are other things they can do besides court martial to someone who skips the ceremony? A court martial isn’t enough? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-forcing-cadets-back-to-west-point-for-graduation/852610/27 "2020-05-01T18:11:10Z")
I mean lesser than a court martial, not more than that. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-forcing-cadets-back-to-west-point-for-graduation/852610/28 "2020-05-01T18:22:14Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > I mean lesser than a court martial, not more than that. There is Non-Judicial Punishment, NJP. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-forcing-cadets-back-to-west-point-for-graduation/852610.md?page=1)