FYI ... here are the words to our respective Alma Maters:
West Point
Hail, Alma Mater dear,
To us be ever near,
Help us thy motto bear
Through all the years.
Let duty be well performed,
Honor be e'er untarned,
Country be ever armed,
West Point, by thee.
Guide us, thy sons, aright,
Teach us by day, by night,
To keep thine honor bright,
For thee to fight.
When we depart from thee,
Serving on land or sea,
May we still loyal be,
West Point, to thee.
And when our work is done,
Our course on earth is run,
May it be said, 'Well Done;
Be Thou At Peace.'
E'er may that line of gray
Increase from day to day,
Live, serve, and die, we pray,
West Point, for thee.
Okay, whatever. That is just ...forgettable.
Here's Navy's: (My class' version, not the current woke/dei crap version). It happens to be the most utterly coolest alma mater EVUR:
Now college MEN From sea to sea
May sing of colors true.
But who has better right than we
To hoist a symbol hue?
For sailor MEN In battle fair
Since fighting days of old
Have proved the Sailors' right to wear
The NAVY BLUE and GOLD.
Four years together by the Bay
Whеre Severn joins thе tide
Then by the Service called away
We're scattered far and wide
But still when two or three shall meet
And old tales be retold
From low to highest in the Fleet
We'll pledge the Blue and Gold!
I may be a Marine (By the grace of God),
But my blood runs Blue and Gold.
Beat ARMY!!!
