Originally Posted by
TurboDog
I have always been curious about why people have this train of thought. If it isn't OK to say "The Academy" when speaking of DCA, then why is it OK to say "The Academy" when talking about the Air Force Academy. Is West Point, VMI and others not an Academy? What makes the Air Force so Special to have reserved the right to be called The ONE AND ONLY "Academy?"
Just curious......
He didn't say it wasn't ok for others to call it the academy - he just said that TO HIM it means the AF Academy.
"The Academy" to me means Air Force Academy.
To me - though not a graduate - I think of the United States Naval Academy
Btw - isn't VMI an 'Institute'?
USMCFLYR