Cadet Corps
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Oct 6, 2026
Heather Delaney ReeseHOST
I'm going to say that with a straight face.
Heather Delaney ReeseHOST
He announced new partnerships with Liberty University, Hillsdale College, Tuskegee University, LSU, and Mississippi State to create a new Corps of Cadets.
Heather Delaney ReeseHOST
Liberty University is not just a school.
Heather Delaney ReeseHOST
It is one of the primary breeding grounds for far-right Christian nationalism in this country, a place that has produced exactly the kind of ideological soldiers Hegseth wants filling the ranks.
Mike SlaterHOST
We need officers of the republic proud of our country, proud of our heritage, proud of our history, proud of those who serve it." Amazing.
Mike SlaterHOST
Hegseth announced the new Corps of Cadets.
Mike SlaterHOST
So we got our military academies.
Mike SlaterHOST
There's a new Space Force Academy the president announced.
Mike SlaterHOST
We need officers of the republic proud of our country, proud of our heritage, proud of our history, proud of those who serve it." Amazing.
Mike SlaterHOST
Hegseth announced the new Corps of Cadets.
Mike SlaterHOST
So we got our military academies.
Mike SlaterHOST
There's a new Space Force Academy the president announced.
Max KruppGUEST
It was run by the kids, right? You had, you had, um, TAC officers.
Max KruppGUEST
I can't remember what that, that stood for, but, like, they were kind of oversight of the Corps of Cadets or whatever, but at the end of the day, the, the inmates were kinda running the prison.
AsherHOST
Yeah, [laughs] sounds like straight up prison rules to me.
Max KruppGUEST
Yeah.
PaulHOST
Actually, I'm gonna talk about the one that bothers me the most because I've been thinking about it all day.
PaulHOST
This is the America's Corps of Cadets.
PaulHOST
Now, Pete Hegseth says that America's academic institutions are essential to ensuring our officer corps is prepared to succeed on the battlefield today and in the future.
PaulHOST
So here's what I want to point out.
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PaulHOST
This changes that.
PaulHOST
It says that, in fact, there are now going to be, uh...
PaulHOST
Right? They talk about the six senior military colleges established in law with corps of cadets.
PaulHOST
Uh, these are, uh, not...
speaker_1HOST
Stick with me.
speaker_1HOST
Defense Secretary also said the Pentagon will partner with five colleges, five more colleges, to broaden the Corps of Cadets.
speaker_1HOST
The military training program called America's Corps of Cadets will include Louisiana State University, LSU, Liberty University, Tuskegee University, Mississippi State University, and Hillsdale College.
speaker_1HOST
Each school will be a distinguished military college and will be expected to maintain exceptionally high standards of cadet discipline, tactical instruction, and military organization.
speaker_1HOST
This office will begin implementation in 30 days and within four months.
Mike SlaterHOST
And he went through six big announcements.
Mike SlaterHOST
And one of them was about a new Corps of Cadets.
Mike SlaterHOST
And that is adding five new colleges to the Senior Military College program called the Corps of Cadets.
Mike SlaterHOST
And one of them is Hillsdale College.
Mike SlaterHOST
So reach out to Hillsdale, see if we can get someone on a Monday to talk about what that means exactly.
Jemar TisbyHOST
I'm just going to say, and he's creating a pipeline.
Jemar TisbyHOST
So another thing that stood out to me was the newly announced America's Corps of Cadets, which according to war.gov is a new war department program established to expand the pipeline of patriotic leaders of character.
Jemar TisbyHOST
Commissioning into the joint force, building upon the existing Corps of Cadets at the nation's six senior military colleges, the initial partners with a new set of premier, the initiative partners with a new set of premier institutions.
Jemar TisbyHOST
Listen to this mix.
Jemar TisbyHOST
Louisiana State University, Liberty University, Tuskegee University, Mississippi State University, and Hillsdale College.
DaveHOST
All right, Andy.
DaveHOST
Next one is Army Corps of Cadets.
DaveHOST
This is a new program established to expand the pipeline of patriotic leaders of character, Andy, commissioning into the joint force.
DaveHOST
So some people will say, well, but Dave and Andy, there's a Corps of Cadets at Virginia Tech.
Joe GettyHOST
And let's see.
Joe GettyHOST
New Corps of Cadets will work with select schools to like beefing up ROTC.
Joe GettyHOST
A bunch of different schools going to have military style training and military history and all sorts of stuff that we ought to have in our society anyway.
Joe GettyHOST
It's Louisiana State, Liberty University, Tuskegee University, Mississippi State and Hillsdale College.
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