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The Day the Fighting Cocks Died: How West Point Traded the Warrior Ethos for Political Safety

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By Lt. Col. David T. Cloft, USA ret, USMA ’97 | AFNN There was a time when a group of young men at the United States Military Academy—back when it was still comfortable admitting that war is violent, masculine, and occasionally darkly funny—looked around at themselves and said, “We’ll call ourselves the Fighting Cocks.” And nobody called a lawyer. Nobody convened a sensitivity panel. Nobody demanded a town hall. They laughed, slapped a patch tog…
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starrs.us broke the news in on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
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