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Report: 27 Cadets Injured in Brawl at U.S. Air Force Academy

From the Military Times: An Air Force Academy tradition of throwing cadet first sergeants into the season’s first snowfall ended in a brawl that left 27 cadets in need of medical treatment for everything from concussions, bitemarks, and cuts, according to an internal academy email obtained by the Air Force Times.
“This ritual has devolved to become increasingly violent, with significant numbers of cadets requiring medical care over the past two years,” Dean of Faculty Brigadier Gen. Dana Born wrote in an email sent to Academy department heads.
SNIP: Bitemarks? LOL





AvgDude
November 2nd, 2012
I’m sure there would’ve been a lot of hair pulling too, if they had any hair.
As often said by the Army, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard…
“Air Farce… (snort!) (snicker!)”
Do 20 situps and an 8 minute mile and you’re done with basic training PT requirements. LOL!
Ricky
November 2nd, 2012
Bite Marks?
It’s no wonder why the other services come up with funny acronyms for the other military branches..
I think this one really fits quite nicely..
USAF = U Suckers Are Fairies..
Barry
November 2nd, 2012
It’s called “The Zoo” for a reason. Don’t worry though…it was probably more like a Sissy Fight.
serfer62
November 2nd, 2012
Ohhh, air farce hurt my violent combat!
The Boy Scouts are more dangerous then these people
cfm990
November 2nd, 2012
HEY! THIS SHIT AIN’T FUNNY.
Somebody could of broke a nail.
AbigailAdams
November 2nd, 2012
Shut Up! Tell me, now, how many of you’s been through any military training? Don’t lie. It’s a shameful story, for sure, but I’d like to see how the Army, Marines and Navy would deploy their weapons, personnel and supplies without the AF or how confident they’d be without air cover when it’s needed. So just STHU and get your damn shoes off the furniture, mister.
Abigail Adams
(Proud)TSGT, USAF, C141 Load Master and former avionics, inactive
Menderman
November 2nd, 2012
Start rant:
OK, Im in a bad mood, I’ll admit that…Obama is up in the polls…
But DANGIT Cardigan, can you please quit running 3 and 4 day old Drudge stories?
Go look at this websites stats…Drudge is (or was) the number 1 place viewers visit before or after going to iOTW.
OK rant off…
Ask Bfh for an application- Cardigan
Stranded in Sonoma
November 2nd, 2012
Film on YouTube.
Moe tom
November 2nd, 2012
Human bites? any scratch or claw marks?Any fags involved? Oh I forgot DADT is out.
Ricky
November 2nd, 2012
@Abigail ..Your joking right?
I know for a fact the U.S.Navy uses replenishment ships. once a week the carrier I was on (CVN-70) had a visit on our starboard side. food, mail, jet fuel..and we also used a Seahawk for VERTREP, besides the usual CONREP.
And I’m not sure why we’d need the AF for air cover either..we had over 90 aircraft on board.
2 fighter squadrons
2 attack squadrons
1 all-weather attack squadron
1 early warning squadron
1 tactical electronic warfare squadron
1 anti-submarine squadron
1 helicopter anti-submarine squadron
and a detachment of air reconnaissance and light photographic reconnaissance aircraft.
We flew in our own mail as well.
I was a CPO on U.S.S Carl Vinson (CVN-70).
Now, I’m not sure about any cargo lifts by the A.F. it’s possible..but?
Seriously..with no tail hook, how are they going to land on our deck??
venturaguy
November 2nd, 2012
it is misygonistic to fight without biting or scratching – the AF is all about womens rights
Barry
November 2nd, 2012
@Abigail – I was stationed at The Zoo in the Training Wing. Please, please, please don’t say that you think USAFA is anything like the real AF.
Be assured, the people on this site are patriots who are smart enough to know the difference between some sniffling punk cadet and a Load Master on a 141.
Love ya!
MSgt retired.
AbigailAdams
November 2nd, 2012
@Ricky
I didn’t say that other services don’t have those capabilities. I genuflect in your general direction. Trashing any branch of our military disgusts me. I thought only anti war progtards did that.
AbigailAdams
November 2nd, 2012
Hey, Sarge — yeah, cadets are green beans, but I’d still rather have one for a son-in-law than a Columbia grad.
Bad Brad
November 2nd, 2012
AbigailAdams, “C141 Load Master and former avionics”
So when you served were were they still calling Traveling Wave Guide Amplifying Tubes TWATS, or had the already shortened it up to TWT’s? I always crack up at that story. Thanks for your service.
jayne
November 3rd, 2012
All joking aside, this is troubling. Young men in our culture are wierding out and seriously bad, depraved, definitely not honorable behavior has been showing up all over the place and getting worse. Just an anecdotal; I knew a guy who went into the Marines and had a pretty horrific experience…let’s just say not all is at it seems in the corps.
Bad Brad
November 3rd, 2012
If you eliminated “Bitemarks” from this report, the reaction would be Hell ya, Boys being Boys”. I doubt the bite mark bull shit. Let em fight, we did.
Rick
November 3rd, 2012
“… he might be amenable to allowing cadets to keep some version of the tradition if they presented him a proposal for how it could be executed with ‘good order and discipline and proper risk management.’”
Fuck a bunch of “good order and discipline and proper risk management.” Are they training these people to be warriors or insurance salesmen?
Ricky, remember when the CPO initiations were REAL??
AbigailAdams
November 3rd, 2012
@Barry — I wrote my response to you at the half of a high school football game (we lost again, but not a shut out this time), so my response was brief.
Thanks for your service!
I was with the 62nd MAW out of McChord. I loved the AF and all the great associations made during those years. We just had a second reunion this spring; hard to realize that so many of us now in our 50s and 60s were just kids when we were together. And a lot of us would be on the fat boy roster, too. But no matter which military branch you’re from, you never forget those true blue and affectionate relationships forged as a team with a mission. My favorite TDYs were Operation Reforger. I think we’ve had a conversation about that here at IOTW before.
OpenTheDoor
November 3rd, 2012
Bite marks!!! Was Andy Sullivan there?
OpenTheDoor
November 3rd, 2012
Thrown in the snow???
Go through a Shell Back initiation and get back to me.
Sissies.
A Casual Observer
November 3rd, 2012
The only interservice rivalrie that I have experienced were at sports events, and, even then, as the players saw it, the rivalries were between teams, not between branches of the military.
Attempts to portray rivalries here were childish.
The thumbs up for Abby should tell you where most of us stand.
Even in jest, criticisms of our military are in bad taste, inappropriate and way, WAY out of line.
OpenTheDoor
November 3rd, 2012
Out of line???
Negro please!
Says somebody who bites in a fight.
Was that you in Hong Kong? We just thought the Brits were fags.
A Casual Observer
November 3rd, 2012
Fag Brits, huh, little fella?
Like you would have the balls to say that to a Royal Marine.
OpenTheDoor
November 3rd, 2012
“Like you would have the balls to say that to a Royal Marine.”
Says the Royal Pain in the Arse.
Buck up little boy, you are making a fool of yourself.
Royal Marine, SEALs eat those fish for lunch.
Go stand guarde at the palace, pussycat.
A Casual Observer
November 3rd, 2012
Well, well, if it isn’t Nutjob with a new name.
OpenTheDoor
November 3rd, 2012
For every Royal Marine there are ten Irishmen willing and wanting to kick his red coat arse.
OpenTheDoor
November 3rd, 2012
New name? My name is Door and I earned it.
Try and get through the Door, little man.
Why don’t you try and make something out of your Queen.
You inbred, chinless, bad tooth gay boy.
Vikings are the only reason the Brits can still lick their own arse.
A Casual Observer
November 3rd, 2012
I didn’t say that I am a Royal Marine. What I said, little fella, is that you wouldn’t have the balls to insult one to his face.
OpenTheDoor
November 3rd, 2012
Insult one, my god man, my balls are big as que balls, just ask Joe “The Idiot” Biden.
Vikings are still the only reason Brits can lick their own arse.
To his face, really, we would drink a pint to kicking your arse, gay boy.
A Casual Observer
November 3rd, 2012
Whoa, snappy come-back, little fella. Snappy. LOL
I feel so, so, so, well, so emasculated.
Our 3-year-old has snappier come-backs than you do.
OpenTheDoor
November 3rd, 2012
Three year old? So, you look to the wall for fun?
Sun?
OpenTheDoor
November 3rd, 2012
How about you keeping your thoughts about our traditions quiet and we won’t call you an idiot for you wanting to fuck your chinless, bucktoothed, ugly Queen. EH?
A Casual Observer
November 3rd, 2012
You aren’t even rational. Run along, junior. This site’s for adults.
OpenTheDoor
November 3rd, 2012
I got your “Journey right here Brit boy”. Bunch of butt boys. Accept it You guys are a bunch of hot bunk buddies.
steve x
November 3rd, 2012
Are they training these people to be warriors or insurance salesmen?
with carter clintoon and ohole have done, i ain’t surprised… even if romney gets cic i hope he makes sure they check for the carpet bouncing strawberrys on the foreheads of all illegal aliens who ‘just want to serve’ for too years and get citizenship
NO more hasans, husseins, akbars,,.
OpenTheDoor
November 3rd, 2012
Casual, really “adults” funny, most think you are a fun, gay guy, who loves his fugly queen. Do you have a chin? How about your teeth, do they hang straight or low?
KarenInNewHaven
November 3rd, 2012
Obviously the rantings and ravings of a lunatic. Sad.
OpenTheDoor
November 3rd, 2012
What is sad is the Weeble Wobbles but it won’t fall down. Teeth, chin, backbone, what are those?