Since nobody else has mentioned it I gotta wonder if there is a level of embarrassment involved?<\/p>\n
West Point Pillow fight turns nasty.<\/a><\/p>\n WEST POINT, N.Y. \u2014 An annual freshman pillow fight at the U.S. Military Academy turned bloody this year when cadets swung pillowcases packed with hard objects, injuring 30 cadets, according to a newspaper report Saturday.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Two dozen cadets suffered concussions in the Aug. 20 bedding melee, though all have since returned to duty, West Point spokesman Lt. Col. Christopher Kasker told The New York Times<\/a> for a story published Saturday.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n I didn’t know about this annual event myself. It is apparently intended to “to build camaraderie after a grueling summer of training for the rigors of West Poin<\/em>t<\/span>“.<\/p>\n So I won’t dismiss a concussion as trivial, but this IS West point. In the new liberal Army I could see such an event as a celebration for “female” Ranger graduates and the like.<\/p>\n None of the sources readily found offer information about the genesis of this “annual event”.\u00a0 Mind you – I’m not ready to make fun of our military traditions, but a Pillow Fight” to build camaraderie raises questions… fun questions.<\/p>\n I’ve been giggling here on Pine Island just waiting for for Jonn to post about this. I wonder what kind of event his Army offered after becoming Airborne qualified.\u00a0 The mind boggles at the possibilities.<\/p>\n Weigh in if any of you ever used a pillow fight to build camaraderie?????<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"