directly applicable to all military academy people...
This explains the totality of this military brotherhood: For within the psyche of each midshipman, forged under the shit-storm that is USNA, is a simple appreciation of the luxuries of life. There is a reason for our conspicuous nature in the public eye; most prominently with our civilian college counterparts: we drink harder, yell louder, fight harder, puke prouder, and offend greater. The basic principle behind our caveman nature is the fact that a man deprived will taste the fruits of the world so much sweeter. No civilian college student will ever taste alcohol as a midshipman tastes alcohol, nor will he enjoy the thrill of free air, nor appreciate the feel of a woman, nor understand what it is to place your own well-being behind that of a friend and brother. Work hard! Play hard! Live it! Love it! Because then you die
-VA Senator Jim Webb
-VA Senator Jim Webb