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Air Force Academy relaxes social-distancing rules after cadet suicides
By Yaron SteinbuchApril 2, 2020 | 8:26am

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The Cadet Chapel towers over the U.S. Air Force Academy campus

The US Air Force Academy has eased coronavirus social-distancing restrictions after it reported back-to-back suicide deaths of two cadets, according to a report.

Some people complained that the rules made the Colorado Springs academy prison-like for the nearly 1,000 seniors who remain on the campus while others complete the year online, according to The Gazette, which obtained emails from the school.

“After last night and today, thank you for all the conversations and direct engagement with me and (Air Force) senior leaders,” Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, the school’s superintendent, said in an email announcing the policy changes Monday night.

“I asked them to come out and talk to you and I am grateful that despite the travel restrictions, they wanted to talk to you.”

Cadets will be allowed to leave the campus for drive-thru food, get a casual Friday during which they can wear civilian clothing and may congregate in small groups while following with state guidelines.

Also rescinded are long “tours” of marching practice for cadets who don’t stay six feet away from their classmates.

“No one is being punished for social distancing violations. Be smart!” Silveria said in an email.

Alcohol, while still forbidden in dorms and vehicles, will be allowed elsewhere on the 18,500-acre campus – and the academy staff was encouraged to bring their dogs to work.

“Dogs are mission-essential and allowed any time,” the general said.

The policy changes came after the senior class remained on campus, spread out across emptied dorms, and ordered to stay separated from one another while taking online classes and eating take-out meals.

The cadets who committed suicide on March 26 and 27 were set to graduate this spring.

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When you set about to wussify a military academy, you get wusses.


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Just wait until they find out how stressful combat is.


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Originally Posted by Pugs
Just wait until they find out how stressful combat is.

"Combat? I signed up to become a Diversity Officer."


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One way to weed out the bad apples.






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Aligns well with Trump's prediction that burdensome rules to slow the virus would result in suicides.

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Originally Posted by simonkenton7



The cadets who committed suicide on March 26 and 27 were set to graduate this spring.



Having a hard time wrapping my head around this part.

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Originally Posted by Pugs
Just wait until they find out how stressful combat is.

Not that I have any clue, but exactly what I was thinking. Unfortunate to say but probably for the best.


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Class of 2020 just failed their solitary confinement final. So much for their security clearance, they will have to work transport duty.


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Originally Posted by RockyRaab
When you set about to wussify a military academy, you get wusses.




That’s so sad & so true.


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Will these be counted as covid deaths?

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As a society we are not developing young people who are tough and resilient.

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This should be satire. The fact it isnt, is nothing but shameful.

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How does a spineless wuss like that survive four years of cadet training? That speaks volumes about the "leadership" the place has. I really don't think I'd want a ring-knocker protecting my six in a dogfight, right, Rocky? Does anybody remember the WW II-era Heisman trophy winner, Tom Harmon? He bailed out of a B-17 and left his crew to die in the crash under suspicious circumstances. He went on to fly fighter planes, mostly because nobody would fly with him in a bomber again. Dad was also a B-17 pilot, and he never had a good thing to say about Harmon when he was a sportscaster after the war.
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I have been retired from the AF longer than I served ('69 to '92) and have not flown since 1976 so I cannot make pronouncements about how things are now. And I was ROTC, not Academy. Except to say that when I was in and active, it was NOTHING like that.


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Of all the Armed Services the Air Force has by far the largest number of liberal Democrats.

So this is not a big surprise to me.

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Originally Posted by RockyRaab
When you set about to wussify a military academy, you get wusses.
Well, at the USAFA, looks like the mortality rate from this situation is very low compared to the 2% average for those contracting the actual virus. As someone said here, might as well weed out the worst wusses now.


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Who knows what demons they were fighting. You or I sure don't.

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