
Former West Point cadet says military academy 'glorifies ignorant submission and unethical behavior'
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Three former West Point cadets spoke out on 'Hannity' detailing why they left the service academy.
For MacDonald and her fellow former cadets Nickaylah Sampson and Willow Brown, enrolling at the nation's oldest service academy was a dream come true. Graduating senior Cadets celebrate on the field in Michie Stadium after graduation ceremonies for the class of 2021 at the United States Military Academy (USMA) West Point, in West Point, New York, U.S., May 22, 2021. (REUTERS/Mike Segar) People gather to protest different issues including the board’s handling of a sexual assault that happened in a school bathroom in May, vaccine mandates and critical race theory during a Loudoun County School Board meeting in Ashburn, Virginia, U.S., October 26, 2021. Picture taken October 26, 2021. (REUTERS/Leah Millis) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Army General Mark A. Milley, responds to questions during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on "Ending the U.S. Military Mission in Afghanistan" in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, U.S., September 29, 2021. (Rod Lamkey/Pool via REUTERS)
"I went to the academy hoping to serve my country and bring the fight to the enemy," Brown recalled. "I found myself instead in the classroom learning about how to be more sensitive. And this woke ideology that had taken over West Point really surprised me."
Sampson remembered talk of briefs about "White rage" and "extremism." The former cadet found such discussions "ridiculous," saying "[i]t really had nothing to do with…bettering yourself as an Army officer."