West Point superintendent takes responsibility for pillow fight turned bloody, The administrator of the Army's arch West Point Aggressive Academy took abounding albatross for a blood-soaked pillow action a part of cadets endure ages that larboard 30 injured.
The rite-of-passage accident on Aug. 20 that anniversary year marks the end of summer training for freshmen cadets larboard two dozen of them with concussions afterwards some participants acclimated pillows blimp with harder altar such as helmets. The New York Times aboriginal appear the adventure Friday.
Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen, academy superintendent, issued a account Saturday adage that aggressive badge are investigating the affray that larboard 30 first-year cadets — accepted as plebes — with such injuries as a torn nose, confused accept and a aerial breach of a cheekbone. Photos showed cadets with claret alive from mouths or noses.
"I assure you that the alternation of command will yield adapted action if the (police) analysis is completed," Caslen said.
The anniversary pillow action by freshmen is advised to brainwash "esprit de corps" a part of classmates and has been an anniversary accident for generations. It follows summer concrete training and Caslen said this year's apprentice chic had a "tough aboriginal summer."He said the academy has never condoned "any action that after-effects in abuse to a teammate. Although the all-inclusive majority of the chic appears to accept maintained the spirit of the event, it is credible that a few did not."
Caslen said the dozen concussions suffered all were accessory and that academy medical cadre are afterward up in ecology the cadets to ensure that any academician abrasion doesn't appulse their achievement in school. All of the afflicted plebes accept alternate to duty.
This is the additional time back Caslan became the 59th administrator of the academy in July 2013, that he has dealt with atrocious behavior.
He issued a account endure year accepting albatross for declared recruiting violations in which top academy football players were courted with booze at a bowling alleyway affair followed by a bus ride home with strobe lights, loud music and cheerleaders. The NCAA issued a admonishing to West Point apropos the event.
The rite-of-passage accident on Aug. 20 that anniversary year marks the end of summer training for freshmen cadets larboard two dozen of them with concussions afterwards some participants acclimated pillows blimp with harder altar such as helmets. The New York Times aboriginal appear the adventure Friday.
Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen, academy superintendent, issued a account Saturday adage that aggressive badge are investigating the affray that larboard 30 first-year cadets — accepted as plebes — with such injuries as a torn nose, confused accept and a aerial breach of a cheekbone. Photos showed cadets with claret alive from mouths or noses.
"I assure you that the alternation of command will yield adapted action if the (police) analysis is completed," Caslen said.
The anniversary pillow action by freshmen is advised to brainwash "esprit de corps" a part of classmates and has been an anniversary accident for generations. It follows summer concrete training and Caslen said this year's apprentice chic had a "tough aboriginal summer."He said the academy has never condoned "any action that after-effects in abuse to a teammate. Although the all-inclusive majority of the chic appears to accept maintained the spirit of the event, it is credible that a few did not."
Caslen said the dozen concussions suffered all were accessory and that academy medical cadre are afterward up in ecology the cadets to ensure that any academician abrasion doesn't appulse their achievement in school. All of the afflicted plebes accept alternate to duty.
This is the additional time back Caslan became the 59th administrator of the academy in July 2013, that he has dealt with atrocious behavior.
He issued a account endure year accepting albatross for declared recruiting violations in which top academy football players were courted with booze at a bowling alleyway affair followed by a bus ride home with strobe lights, loud music and cheerleaders. The NCAA issued a admonishing to West Point apropos the event.
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