{"id":12628,"date":"2011-08-22T01:30:37","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T06:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=12628"},"modified":"2011-08-21T23:26:20","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T04:26:20","slug":"annapolis-mids-on-recon-abscond-with-souvenirs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/22\/annapolis-mids-on-recon-abscond-with-souvenirs\/","title":{"rendered":"Annapolis Mids on Recon Abscond with Souvenirs"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the Navy Times<\/em>, Naval Academy midshipmen (cadets) went on a little scavenger hunt aboard the decommissioned USS <\/a>Saratoga<\/a> <\/em>while they were on “summer cruise.”<\/p>\n

On June 13, four Naval Academy midshipmen snuck aboard the decommissioned carrier…<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s when they decided to take things, according to academy spokesman Lt. Cmdr. William Marks. Gauges. A gyrocompass. Display dials.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom what we can tell, they were overzealous about collecting cool things from a former aircraft carrier,\u201d Marks said Monday. The mids took their appropriated souvenirs back to their yard patrol craft, where they were caught by the officer-in-charge of the YP.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The event is described as a “recon,” or “stunt.”\u00a0 The Air Force Academy has similar “spirit missions.”\u00a0 While all the service academies have rules against “stealing,” it is not uncommon — in fact, its sometimes encouraged — to appropriate or abscond with certain items for “motivational” reasons.<\/p>\n

It’s unlikely, for example, that cadets get permission before they “borrow” another unit’s flag or move all of a rival service academy cadet’s furniture out into the courtyard.<\/p>\n

It is sometimes contradictory to have such a permissive attitude in a non-permissive environment, and it occasionally lends itself to “ethical confusion,” as when a cadet “violates” a code in what is otherwise a “good faith” spirit mission or recon.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, most of these incidents are recognized for what they are.<\/p>\n

Marks characterized the raid as a \u201crecon\u201d \u2014 as stunts are often known at the academy \u2014 that went overboard. He emphasized that none of the participants had shown any \u201cmalicious intent,\u201d in a previous interview Aug. 3.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe looked at them,\u201d Marks said of the four mids. \u201cThere were no prior conduct problems. They didn\u2019t have like a big conduct record or anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

They were awarded demerits, Marks said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The service academies are not merely educational institutions; they are officer training environments.\u00a0 If there are mistakes to be made or lessons to be learned, that’s precisely where they should occur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to the Navy Times, Naval Academy midshipmen (cadets) went on a little scavenger hunt aboard the decommissioned USS Saratoga while they were on “summer cruise.” On June 13, four Naval Academy midshipmen snuck aboard the decommissioned carrier… And that\u2019s when they decided to take things, according to academy spokesman Lt. Cmdr. William Marks. Gauges. A gyrocompass. Display dials. \u201cFrom […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[133,2,36,2100,2101,65,473],"class_list":["post-12628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military-academies","tag-annapolis","tag-military","tag-navy","tag-recon","tag-spirit-mission","tag-usafa","tag-usna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}