Going from Colonel to BG, is it an under-the-table fashion to only promote those to General that attended the United States Military Academy?
Or, in Naval terms, Captain to RADM, with the location being the United States Naval Academy.
2007-09-02 05:25:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Nonsense! General Colin Powell reached four stars and was an ROTC graduate. General George Marshall reached five stars (one of only a few to do so) and he was from Virginia Military Institute. Mike Borda reached four stars as a Navy Admiral and the position of Chief of Naval Operations and he was ex-enlisted. In the Navy there are flag grade officers who are graduates of ROTC universities, have gone through OCS after graduation from other universities and even (in one case I remember) graduating from the Merchant Marine Academy.
In the case of flag grade officers within the staff corps of the Navy, only a handful ever went to Annapolis.
2007-09-02 06:30:55 · answer #1 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chuck Yeager, is one among many individuals in modren times to raise to the rank of Brigadier General without having graduating from West Point (He was commissioned in the Army Air Force and converted to USAF in 1947), better yet he did not have a college degree..........
2007-09-02 07:16:25 · answer #2 · answered by oscarsix5 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all, but promotion among officers starts with academy graduates having the most points.
2007-09-02 06:32:43 · answer #3 · answered by John C 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It seems like it sadly. Espicially when the best officers from my experience are either OCS or ROTC grads.
2007-09-02 05:30:03 · answer #4 · answered by satcomgrunt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its all politics when promoting at this level!
2007-09-02 06:48:45 · answer #5 · answered by LAVADOG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibility that could be true. I dont know, I actually work for a living.
2007-09-02 05:57:35 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
no
2007-09-02 06:06:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋