I dont know when these were taken. But I went to lyman ward from 99-2001...this is playfull compared to what realy goes on. Everything from beatings to sexual abuse. one kid was sodimised with a broom stick. Two others intentionaly got caught having oral sex. Just to be kicked out. (both were straight) From day one you are schooled on how to hurt without leaving a mark.
My name is Keith Brantley & I graduated in 83 from LWMA, began there at 13 y.o. The school then was a school of honor & distinction, apparently it no longer is. IMO 10 % of the world is certifiable, whether they are clergy, police, thugs, or dishwashers. Please do not dinigrate more than 100 years of good history b/c of the 10 % of assholes? I placed my real name in, but am putting it up anonymous to save time.
former cadet hale here, and i have to say that these are very poor examples of what really goes on there. the real hazing usually takes place in enviroments where there is no film, or there are no witnesses. i personally saw an 11 yr old boy have his head slammed into a cinderblock wall by his co comander, the boy lost consciousness. i saw another boy have granular comet worked into his skin with a wire brissel brush used to clean toilets. i, as cadet of the year, was hazed on many occasions by my commanding officers. blanket parties, yeah they happen, yeah they suck, what can an 11 yr old boy do when this type of punishment is the norm and has been for decades. to those of you whom endured the abuse with me at foxtrot, i am very sorry for being afraid and not coming to your aid when you needed it so. i saw you being beaten, kicked, and abused in ways i will not mention. i failed you as i failed myself by not assisting you physically or by calling the proper authorities, the cops. as we both know, guerra and jenrette knew what was going on, and failed to protect us as they were paid to do. i know this as a fact as guerra actually came in on one of my beatings. did he stop it or repremend the person beating me? no, i was told not to allow this to happen again by passing all of my inspections. that miserible old f*ck actually had the odasity to blame the beating on me as i stood there with a busted lip, pink ribs from lt s's round house kicks, and a BEAT red chest from many punches. the funny thing is that old f*ck actually told my grandparents how well i was doing and how he had so many grandiose expectations for me in the future.... he lied and they believed him. yeah, i did well, so i could get the f*ck out of there to all of those still there, get out, whatever it takes, get out....
We were unfortunate to have to play football (Spring Game) at this school last night. During the Junior Varsity game there were three instances in which a coach abused a player in plain view of our parents, JV and Varsity team, by first, throwing cups of water in the face of a player who was not performing to his expectations.
After the child (12 to 14 yrs old) was tackled and hurt his wrist, he came to the sideline, obviously in pain and the coach, grabbed the player and horse collared him into the fence and cussed him. The child sat down and not one person took time to see if this child was injured. At this point, two of the other coaches got into a heated argument and it resulted in a push and shove match and the JV game was called, the coach threatened one of the other coaches and left the field.
The Varsity game began and lasted until 9 minutes were left in the 4th quarter. During this time, we witnessed adults, in and out of uniform, abuse children verbally and come very close to crossing the line by physically man handling these cadets. Rants of profanity and insults towards each other and our players from the NCO's and cadets ensued. Comments and profanity coming from the stands made by cadets and NCO/Faculty were clearly heard by the visiting families.
In the 4th quarter we were coming back from losing and one of our players was charging the ball up the middle, and obviously angered the players on the defense, and began kicking and stomping our player while he was on the ground.
The refs and coaches moved on to the field and began to try and break up the fight, when the team rushed the field from the sideline and began to beat the fore mentioned player, and then attacked another trying to help his teammate up. The coaches and refs could not stop others from jumping in and on the players as they removed one after the other and were being pushed and shoved by the very players from Lyman Ward.
At this time, the cadets were trying to jump over the rail from the stands and get on the field as older cadets urged their class men to join in and "whip some ass".
After the fight was stopped, a woman who had a son playing, walked past the concession stand and stated that the happening were a shame, a cadet apologized to the woman and said, "Ma'am I am sorry we behaved this way, we didn't mean to act like this".
This drew the anger of a member of the Lyman Ward staff/faculty which began to yell and tell the cadet that he "did not owe this woman an apology" and that he was "a child and didn't have a right to speak".
As we were trying to leave and the players from our school were going back to the gym and bus, many of the cadets were calling out the players and telling them that if they wanted some to come and get it.
Before all of this took place, there were many instances of cadets hazing and tormenting their peers, one such instance where there was a young cadet, maybe 13 years old, being forced to stick his head in the urinal tub in the bathroom behind the concession stand. The boys hazing this child were ages 14 to 17 years old.
The language and behavior of these cadets plainly show that they are not in fear pf reparation from their NCO and CO leaders and that only translates that this type of behavior is common place there.
Lyman Ward disgraced the uniform they wear and disgraced themselves and their school last night. I served as an infantryman in the United States Marine Corps, so I am not unfamiliar with discipline or stern direction in the setting in which these young men and boys exist.
My family and I are going to take steps to report and request a full investigation into the behavior we witnessed last night, and the evidence here and other places that prove that this $20,000+ a year "institution" needs serious attention to how they treat and train their boys to act in the face of the public, and amongst each other.
my name is kristina and my boyfriend goes there and i have been trying to figure out a way to get dirt on this place to get him out if u have any more text me at 256-684-6091 im so happy now thanx u guys nick black is coming home !!!!!!111
I went there from 1988-1991. These these videos are nothing compared to what I saw. And am sad to say what I did. hazing was a way of life . When you put an upset, confused, angry teenager (me) in charge of others this is what happens. The adults in charge knew what was going on. They looked the other way and at times encouraged it without flat out saying so. When I was there only the strong survied. Bigger stronger cadets who had rank made everyone else suffer every day. I know firt hand as I was on both ends of this. If I could apoligize to the cadets who I hazed I would. It took me many years to put that place behind me. And talking it about it now still bothers me. Dont get me wrong. I made great friends. I also had some great experiances. But no young person should have to go through many of the things that I saw and in some cases participated in. I was not some weak kid who was picked on all the time. I acheivied a high rank. I was commander of the ranger platoon, I was a good player on the food ball team. While there I did many things and recieived many awards. The academic education I recieived was first class. But no young person should be subject to many of the things that happened outside of the class room. I have no Idea what LWMA is like now, as I have never had any desire to go back for old times sake. But Back in my time hazeing and physical abuse happened every day. I will gladly share any stories that anyone wants to here.
I went there from 1988-1991. These these videos are nothing compared to what I saw. And am sad to say what I did. hazing was a way of life . When you put an upset, confused, angry teenager (me) in charge of others this is what happens. The adults in charge knew what was going on. They looked the other way and at times encouraged it without flat out saying so. When I was there only the strong survied. Bigger stronger cadets who had rank made everyone else suffer every day. I know firt hand as I was on both ends of this. If I could apoligize to the cadets who I hazed I would. It took me many years to put that place behind me. And talking it about it now still bothers me. Dont get me wrong. I made great friends. I also had some great experiances. But no young person should have to go through many of the things that I saw and in some cases participated in. I was not some weak kid who was picked on all the time. I acheivied a high rank. I was commander of the ranger platoon, I was a good player on the food ball team. While there I did many things and recieived many awards. The academic education I recieived was first class. But no young person should be subject to many of the things that happened outside of the class room. I have no Idea what LWMA is like now, as I have never had any desire to go back for old times sake. But Back in my time hazeing and physical abuse happened every day. I will gladly share any stories that anyone wants to here.
I was there freshman - senior. Now, when I was a freshman I got my butt kicked by the seniors once a week. They targeted me and others, and it really sucked. Eventually I gained a leadership position, and I never did that crap. This was a long time ago. Not sure if they do senior hell night any more, cause I think it was finally stopped. Seniors were allowed to do whatever they wanted. Including getting drunk off their asses. Oy. LWMA doesn't provide me many fond memories.
Anyone there for the infamous dog shaving incident? Well, it happened in my room when the senior kidnapped one of the tac officers poodles. I got the paddle big time, and was forced to give up the names.
LWMA Class of 1991 here. Anyone out there remember Captain Meyer? The name may or may not be spelled right, anyway, I was a victim of sexual abuse by him. He was an adult leader. It went on for months. I didn't know what to do. In a place like that where the most amount of misery and torment you can place on someone beneath you is the SOP (standard operating procedure), how could I turn him in and still exist there? I was there to get my ticket punched to The Naval Academy and was confused and even felt guilty. Fifteen years went by before ANYONE knew what happened. My wife figured it out and I told her the story. Two weeks later my first wife, who was my girlfriend while I attended LWMA, called to tell me that they were talking about the school on Oprah.Sure enough, I turned on NBC and in the background was a huge picture of Myer. Someone turned him in after he fled to South America and Oprah gave him $100,000. A couple of cadets were there as well. Needless to say seeing that picture...well, my life started to unravel. For about thirty seconds I felt good that he would have to face charges, then all the pain and suffering I had bottled up for fifteen years came out at once. I had two suicide attempts in three months; one time stabbing my chest putting holes in my left ventrical and collapsing a lung. The doctors told my family "we didn't save him, God did. He should be alive. No one can believe it. So my story is a little more dramatic than most, but don't miss the point. LWMA is a horrible place. Kids leading and punishing kids. Come on! I read all the post and can confirm all of it and then some. dave h.
Bret Dianich is correct- I was in Charlie Company at LWMA and I know this all to be true. The school thrived on basically torturing the new students into submission. I remember a boy in my group named Jeremy Brown. A shy kid, who was scared and beaten up and everybody knew about it. I myself actually was helped unknowingly by one of brets friends to be kicked out by the one loop hole at the time: Fail a drug test after being in school for a period of time. I snuck in some Pot in a wah wah pedal, handed it off, had my orange VW bus searched as I pulled in and my stuff was clean. Then spreaded the rumor of having some. I sparked some up in my room, cut out the padding in my bookbag strap, hid the pot there. Had my room searched, taken to the Col. office at lunch break, was drug tested failed the 3 day test they used. Took another one the next day and had higher levels. The never found the pot, as it was on my person and at all times I was called out I had my bookbag, it was searched- yet nobody looked closely at the straps. I was lucky- I could leave and escape -since they couldn't find anything they weren't able to court order me to stay there. I can say that Bret Dianich is correct 100%, they turned their backs and openly encouraged demeaning and beating of peoples asses their. At the time I went, Charlie was for "good new kids", Bravo "good kids who were made to come back" and Alpha company "Court Ordered Kids who you didn't fuck with" they always were causing trouble and nobody cared. Cadets that were "in charge" largely didn't want it! They were forced to do the things that they did for the most part. It was when they were told to do things and they didn't that they were totally humiliated. I remember it wasn't uncommon for a blind eye to get turned for their style of "justice" to be carried out! If you tslked, you were picked on during inspection and given demerits and you would not be able to go home, instead you would march the quad with a rubber rifle for hours straight, 1 hour for every demerit over, and in full dress uniform, which had to be 100% spot on or more time. I remember one such time as Dianich was made to run the quad, I walked through to use the phones, it was on a closed weekend, I talked for a second to him and could feel it in his voice that he did not want to be doing the running of the quad at all, but when a office full of scumbags has a window right there, what are you to do!? I can say Bret is telling the truth, and he is a great guitar player, luckily we were allowed to play music under the school in the little basement room occasionally, he was a great guy when I knew him. I just had to escape by any means! I couldn't handle it, my parents sent me there to "make me a better person". Instead it has done nothing but hurt my ability to trust a lot of people! I avoid crowds, I sank deep into depression not being able to carry on a normal life without thinking that somebody was watching my every move. Lyman Ward is a terrible place!!They mentally and physically abuse children!!
i wnet ther for only one year and i was the subject to more abuse, both verbal and physical, than anywhere else in my life. i was not the strongest cadet and everytime i didnt perform to my commanders expectations he delivered a swift punishment. the place is a living hell and any parent who sends their child there is f*ckin retarded.
I attended Lwma when i was 14 years old. During my stay a cadet killed himself, at least thats what they said. I was about a month or two later getting to the school so i went through the `scrub` or hazing period after the other cadets had already finished that ruff time. It felt like i had a bullseye oj my back from day one in Charlie co. Lucky for me i had been in alot of fights, that was why i was there. I feel like thats the only thing that saved my ass.. literary. by the end of the first week i had been in four fights and was lucky in retrospect because i hadnt been seriously hurt or worse. I recall geting in a fight with a kid named Fuller because he was trying to make me drop down[ do push ups) but had no authority to gibe such an order so i disregarded and he eventually got his head slammed into the bricks of the narrow c company hall. Later that day an older senior cadet following me stuck a trash can behind the bathroom door locking me in with him. He asked if i was the kid who had fought Fuller and i said yes. He quickly said ok, now we fight. Just being myself i told the srg lets do it, i think it took him off guard because after he saw i was not afraid he backed off. This could have went very bad looking back. I had many fights inside lwma but always lucked out. I made the basketball team and things began getting easyer for me. However i cnt say the same for all. In my months at lwma it became clear to me how bad it was, from blanket parties to bloody b.d.u. thursdays[battle dress uniform} where steal toed boots found the face of less liked kids almost every week. And the people who made noise about the beatings,blanket partys, extreme p.t. and overall lack of concern from the employees didnt make noise long. The phones are closly monitored and mail was searched for contraband to, in my opinion, keep what goes on inside quite. I dont mean to sound tuff but from my experience if you want to teach your son to become a robot minded fighting machine thats risking rape, physical harm and emotional distress to say the least.. then find a better school! Really folks you will regret sending your childto l.w.m.a. my parents did. By the time my parents had withdrawn me i had changed from a rebellious teen to a cold stern kid with a bigger chip on my shoulder and alot more fighting experience. My name is Travis Windham and i can only speak from my own personal experience.
this is so crazy. oh my god... my boyfriend goes there now and he told me that place was like being in jail, but i never really believed it because i mean, seriously, no place could be more worse than jail. but these videos and comments im reading are absolutely crazy! oh my god .... it made my stomach turn. this is 2012, and i hope what im reading doesnt still happen because this is some sad ass stuff man. seriously. .... :/ and what type of parents do these cadets have (including my boyfriends) to send them to such a horrible place like this. i thought military schools were about instructing these kids on how to become better individuals and how to have a different outlook on the world ..... this is certainly a different outlook . oh my god. i hope all of the kids that went through this and are outof that school can just forget those horrible mistreatments and leave there. this is so sad. oh my god..... i pray for them.
i'd love to beat the living shit out of these bullies. theyre such pussies because they know they cant do shit to anyone else but they have to pick on weaker people. i'd beat the shit out of anyone of those kids who touched that fat kid.
went to L-dub graduated in 2002. I know the kid who was sodomized with the broom stick he got moved from Alpha Company to my company, Bravo in 2001. I did not know the kids that got kicked out for the sex scandal, that was before me, however i knew of the incidence or at least the rumors. I can testify to the other incident first hand. To Bret D, I have never personally seen any endorsement by faculty or staff upon the hazing of any cadet, from what i saw it was all cadet on cadet. It was done well, stealthy, and under the radar.Oh and those videos are pussy shit compared to the real hazing that went on. I have been on both ends of the hazing, and i would have loved to take a towel with soap in it to the face any day over some of the things i saw! To the comment above "only the strongest survived" I could not agree more.
I thank you very for all that u have done for us, lyman ward survivors. Although we have not met yet, I look forward to doing so. Former cadet hale. Look me up on face book....
Hopefully this school gets shut down i was there in 1999 it was fucked up then and i bet its still fucked up now. Who ever donates money to this school or does anything to help this school out are straight pieces of shit. And to the cadets that hazed other cadets you will get your day and that will be in hell.
You guys are exactly right, i am a former student and i saw many things happen there that just flat out shouldn't happen. The adults that are supposed to watch over these young children disappear into their built on townhouse in the dorms at lights out and stay there until morning. It is understood by all cadets you do NOT bother them while they are sleeping because many of them have/had their family living there with them. (mr wolf) They don't care what happens and when something does happen and a child is able to call home they simply tell the parents that the child is making up stories because they are homesick. That is BULLSHIT. Ive seen a child intentionally try to break his own leg to get sent home and they just told him he'd be back in school with the cast on because his parents payed too much money to let it go to waste. This school is definitely fucked, i'm so glad my time spent there was short lived because my parents were broke. So in conclusion, if you are looking to ship off your child to be beaten, sodomized, and neglected then Lyman Ward Military Academy is the place to send them!
For a fleeting moment my wife and I were thinking about enrolling our son at this place. My research now suggests... BAD IDEA. Thank you for the insights and warnings.
Class of '02, here. I can attest to some horrid things happening on that campus. I, myself, was the subject of several blanket parties, and a friend who graduated after me had a power drill put through his hand. They teach us how to cheat the system and attack on the sly without leaving marks. It's not a good place. There area great many of us who are scarred, both physically and mentally from what we had to go through. An anonymous posted about two boys having Oral Se to be discharged? That's true. It was, I believe, in Delta Co. I was in Bravo, but I heard about it.
While all this does occur, there are some good things about the school. I personally would not have graduated if not for LWMA, I made some friends that have stuck beside me to this day, and I learned to defend myself.
Still though, I would not recommend sending your children there.
My name is Andrew Masdon. I attended LWMA in 1999-2000. At the time, i was 15, My company commander (18 yrs) sexually abused and raped me over 30 times in a two to three month period. I came forward with my complaint, and I was told it would stop. It didn't, and only made the attacks worse. When I came forward again, my Tac. Officer told me that he never reported it, BC of possible repercussions for the academy.
I went there circa 1973. 9th grade for me. Hazing was brutal then. Upper class kids would but boots and other heavy items in the canvass laundry bags and beat you with them. Three or four to one child. It was so wide spread and planned that staff had to have known about it.
I was a cadet at Lyman Ward from 1986-1989 and would agree that there was plenty of hazing. I was in Delta company and my first day they lined us all up and proceeded to punch eveyone of us in the gut to welcome us to the school. I thought to myself, this is HELL and it was for the first 6 months I was there. I have to say the Company I was with didn't have any of the stuff going on like sexual abuse or anything like that. Yes, I got the hell beat out of me, so did everyone else and to be honest I probably needed it at the time. I moved up quickly and figured out that if I made good grades and kept my shit together that I could accel at LWMA and I did. Yes, I hazed a few in my time but I was never a big fan of hurting anyone so I tended to do it with words and PT's more than putting my actual hands on someone. I didn't like that it was done to me so I didn't do it to others. LWMA taught me a great deal and as some of you stated without the school I never would have amounted to much. If the things that happened to some of you would have happened to me I would probably feel the same but they didn't. I made great grades there and loved the school and like most of you met Brother's I still have to this day. Though I had nothing to do with what happened you any of you, I'm very sorry that it happened. I always heard things but never witnessed them and certainly wasn't apart of them. I take great pride in the time I spent there and also in the fact that they turned me into a better man that I might have been, students and facility. I'm ashamed to see the things I've seen today on this site and read the things I've read and I know all those people that took part in these things or covered them up, KARMA will repay them. Terry Wolfe
Totally was in that fight which Lyman ward did not start lets get this straight the other team had been trying to fight our team all night calling our coach a Nigga all night then started to jump one of our players one person to a whole team so yeah I jumped into help not knowing my team mates followed I led that fight that They started
I went to this hell hole for 2 months and was shocked by all the drug use on campus. The school photographer was the dealer and the so was to medic. I got forced to fight in the dorms on a weekly basis and at night the security guard WEBB (POS) would let certain cadets out of the barracks and would allow cadets to gang up on new cadets like I was. The school is filled with drugs, alcohol, and shanks. I had a roommate who was stabbed by another cadet (REEZA) later that night REEZA and another cadet cut another cadets neck (Pablo). Both cadets were allowed to stay. No police were called. Me and another cadet attempted to run away and made it 20miles north. We failed.... My first home visit and I never came back! Please do not send your kid there no matter how bad you and he don't get along no kid deserves the things I've seen there. I attended LWMA in August-october 2014. BTW way Srg. Willis bribed 3 cadets to jump me in my room. POS!!!!
I was there for2 years in the early 80`s. There was hazing and beatings. I was beaten several times my first year for failed locker inspection. The part that I really hated was being beaten and having to stand a attention while my punk squad leader threw the punches. What really burned me up was knowing I could stomp his ass. I and the rest of the cadets survived the 2 years I attended. What I did gain from this experience was to be strong very tuff . LWMA was good for me and I'm sure for many others. I don't think the school has changed (I don't know about these days). I think kids are different . To those who attend stay strong you'll be out one day .
I am currently at Lyman Ward it is still a hit hole with bullies drugs and other stuff rezza was here this year and got kicked out pablo is still here and a lot of other cadets the tacs are abusive at sometimes and i beleive this should be stopped even WEBB the security guard is still here after letting another cadet having the sh*t beat out of him to were he was half-dead that cadet is still at this school there have been so many suicides at this school yet this school is still standing and being payed money if you are here as a cadet you chose to be here your here by court order or your parents hate you unfortunatley for me its the last one hope i can make it till may without dying
I attended lwma from 95 to 96 i was in echo company my tac officer was msg fraier. There was some bullying going on but as soon as soon as the tac officers found out it stopped. Even my company commander lieutenant scott looked out for us. The school has changed alot since i went there. Im ashamed of the leadership that now runs the school. My sons will not be going there. My name is Joshua Ponseti i was a cadet E5 when i finished my first year and was asked to return by my tac officer to be a squad leader, but my family could not afford to pay for the rising price of tuition. I only spent 1 year at the school and it did have a positive affect on me. Im in law enforcement now.
This place is terrible but let me point out my thought and reasons
-multiple suicides due to depression -corrupt officials/ a lawyer who lets lwma slide -tons of drug use -physical as well as mental abuse -etc./ points others have said
this place is not a place to send your child if you do not get along or he has bad grade. I will not judge your parenting style but you should get your moneys worth because your child will come back worse than he was before if the reason was something as simple as bad grades or backtalk which backtalk doenst make sense please get your money worth. Choose a school that focuses on military as much as school because your child will learn nothing here school wise but military wise they wont learn discipline but they will learn new ways to be a bad citizen whether they use those newfound skills or not
I went to LWMA from 2014-2015 and it was hectic for people I did not suffer many of the things others suffered but that was only because i have the importance and aura of a nobody and i still do so i was noticed as much. at LWMA i did however receive multiple hits in the face including being forced to stand in the middle of the gym and get pelted in the face with dodgeball because it was "fun" and "amusing" for the TAC Officers.
The things i have come with as profit from going to LWMA is i have lost most of my emotion and can now only feel sadness and it definately shows if people notice, i also have lost my naivety and can see the world a lot more clearly and the way things are i can no longer see the world the way i want to
I am thankful for LWMA but it is also a terrible place that noone should suffer through
I was sent due to bad grades i failed 3 classes my freshman year but the Colonel Norrel was told by my parents that i was disrespectful which my family always perceives me to be but even then I stick to myself and isolate myself
BOTTOMLINE dont send your child here for unreasonable reasons as it is not worth the money or the endgame statistics please reconsider this school and send your child to either a different military school or nowhere at all
I went to LWMA for two school years (1999-2000) and I was in Delta Company for both years with Wolfe and Sutton Tacs. These videos are petty and don't hold a candle to the organized fights, beatings, and actual stomp outs I experienced. I excelled in sports and academics while there and I ended up doing 5 years in the Navy which was cake compared to my 2 years in Camp Hill. I once caught another kid giving blow jobs to other cadets. In summary, it was full metal jacket meets meets fight club meets Sleepers. Lord have mercy on us that endured this POW concentration camp.
I went to LWMA for two school years (1999-2000) and I was in Delta Company for both years with Wolfe and Sutton Tacs. These videos are petty and don't hold a candle to the organized fights, beatings, and actual stomp outs I experienced. I excelled in sports and academics while there and I ended up doing 5 years in the Navy which was cake compared to my 2 years in Camp Hill. I once caught another kid giving blow jobs to other cadets. In summary, it was full metal jacket meets meets fight club meets Sleepers. Lord have mercy on us that endured this POW concentration camp.
I graduated from LWMA in 1998. The 2 years I was there had its ups and downs. Sure there was some hazing but that was "normal". When you put that many boys together, there are going to be fights. That being said, when I was there, the tacs and staff were there to break you down (as a scrub) and build you back up into a man. It worked for me and made me a stronger person, mentally and physically. A person who is weak minded will not excel here. The 2 tacs I had here, SGM Wall and SGT Frayer were great. I'm not sure how it is now but it was a good, decent place when I was there. We did have one suicide my jr. year and that was tough, but we all managed to get through it. I met and still stay in touch with great friends here. I would like to see it return to better days. I think kids need to work on conflict resolution and mental toughness more these days.
Former cadets, Lyman Ward is my Alma mater; and, I've begun a defense for those abused while in attendance. These stories represent serious allegations, if it was only just a few making such allegations most likely an investigation would not be warranted; however, those stories and documents of many years have become to enlighten an existence of problems do exist. I'm asking you to not stand silent and alone anymore. When they're caught, and some have been in past they always want to negotiate or offer settlement. Never if you are right negotiate or mediated any settlement with any tortfeasor. You'll lose your rights to getting the proper compensation and satisfaction. Your rights to a trial cannot be denied inside the United States; and, If the party that wants to negotiate or offer settlement claiming they're innocent. Then someone should ask the school board why did they settle in past histories. They settled because their attorney knew if they ended up in lengthy trial it would be costly to a school who seems to have ongoing financial issues. The outcome would be disastrous. I actually overheard an attorney after such settlement state "it was to protect their good name." Cadets that's nothing more than a lie, and I'd to meet that SOB who made that statement. How can you protect something that has been shamed from callous acts? Did you know your parents sacrificed a great deal of money, time and years of worrying about you only to make sure you were safe. You may not have thought such at the time when beginning at the school. Parents did not pay for their son's to attend a slaughter house, neither did they give permission to anyone to use their son as punching bag. Those who did act out will eventually be caught. They will face the endurance they would have never thought was legal in the United States. All private schools, colleges and military experience some forms of minor hazing. My years at the academy if such occurred the school would kick you out for such negative behavior, and witnessed in past where law enforcement carried a cadet away in handcuffs. Just because ones attend a private school does not exempt them from rules of law. Some employees may have you to believe their exempt, but when they hear those bar doors shut behind them their pride just fell to the floor.
Silence will not remedy issues. Being sexually abused is not something to keep silent. Those abusers want you to stay silent, but if you plan to stop this from happening to others you need to open up about the truth. Some people think crying is about being a baby who's been over protective from a hover parent, and they're no longer are allowed to cry since enter the gates of Lyman Ward. Believe it there are more adults who cry for you than you really know. Speak up outside of social media if you really want to stop this. Congratulations to all 2017 graduates.
This is absolutely disqusting!!! Lymon ward military academy needs to be under arrest these fucking idiots are unsupportive, these idiots killed my brother Joseph adam taylor at 15 in 2013 of February, I will get my revenge of it's the last thing I can do!!! That was my twin, and idiots who killed my twin brother need to be held captive and all LWMA can do is act like their scared and tell us to keep our mouths shut about it? Well I got news for you guys right here! I'm not keeping my mouth shut because that was only twin in the world ain't nothing y'all can do to bribe me to keep my mouth shut I just want justice for joey!!! So whoever did it, I'm asking to turn yourself in right now!! Or you will be found because I am sending someone to investigate, so if I were you do it or forever hold your piece, I'm giving you an earful aren't I? Yes I may get in trouble but i just don't care this is taking the place of a innocent 15 year old boy whoes dreams never got to be true but he got murdered by these cunts, so any remarks to my comment I will have you arrested and I will not justify your BS, I think their was more to his death than anybody is saying, he didn't get cremated for nothing, I went to his funeral knowing how hurt I was and knowing that i will never get to see this sweet innocent boy especially when his niece or nephew is born, this is just cruelty and anybody knows who did it please contact me, I'm twin sister, I need justice for his death he's needs to be laid to rest but I need to know what happened I already know he got murdered by these boys at LWMA, died in his bed when the staffs couldn't find him to come and eat, RIP twin bro! I love you! Anybody with any information contact me Jennifer Ledingham
Those 2 were great. I did 6 years there. I think you were my C/O. I still do have bad dreams about ending back up there and it's been 15 years. I finished toward the top of the class as the second highest ranking cadet. But I was hazed mercilessly for the first several years. There were clearly cadets there with deep sociopathic disorders. It did give me great confidence and work ethic which i still carry throughout my personal and professional life but it also stunted me in many areas as well.
I don't know I might be one of them I'll say my name because I want to who you are Benjamin Martin is my name and I went there 87 to 1990 It was hell on earth I was abused many times almost sexually assaulted behind the football field on the road going to the lakes I ran back the barracks and the guy we called him cougar if I look in the yearbook I would remember he's name I was a major Fuck up I got so many demerits that I had to March around a square every day after school for 3 hours they said I could of walked to Miami and back they told me to fight people I've got a lot more story's physical abuse was a everyday thing you didn't want weak there eventually I ran away at the Hartsfield airport coming back from Christmas break
I don't know I might be one of them I'll say my name because I want to who you are Benjamin Martin is my name and I went there 87 to 1990 It was hell on earth I was abused many times almost sexually assaulted behind the football field on the road going to the lakes I ran back the barracks and the guy we called him cougar if I look in the yearbook I would remember he's name I was a major Fuck up I got so many demerits that I had to March around a square every day after school for 3 hours they said I could of walked to Miami and back they told me to fight people I've got a lot more story's physical abuse was a everyday thing you didn't want weak there eventually I ran away at the Hartsfield airport coming back from Christmas break
I graduated LWMA in 1978, having been there since 1974, so 5 years.
I agree with some of the previous comments regarding "hazing", but I think it might be better categorized as a natural byproduct of having a collection of adolescent boys, some with troubled (or challenging) pasts and experiences and then placing those same boys in positions of perceived authority and responsibility.
Did I get my ass beat for not cleaning the Day Room well enough; yep? Did I get punched for failing inspection; yep? Was any of this acceptable; not even remotely?
Some of the things I have read here are deeply troubling and I only wish I could have been there to stop all of it. I can tell you there are a lot of current cadets and past cadets the would have stood up for a great deal of the things people have shared here.
Jesus Christ, some of this shit really pisses me off. No child deserves any of this shit. I remember the Tac Officers to be kind of bumbling idiots; kind, but generally clueless about what was really happening. But ignoring (condoning?) abuse like the things discussed here is fucking criminal.
If a parent that was entertaining sending their child to LWMA, were to ask me, I would offer the following; maybe a year, then re-assess. Maybe 2. But when I graduated, after grades 8-12, I was, in no way prepared for real life. My reality was LWMA which in no way is real life, no way.
IMHO, a child needs some (or all) of a normal High School experience.
The Army saved my life. 7 years in the Ranger Battalions and 11 years on SF Operational Detachments later and a second career as a Army civilian are at least partially due to the discipline originally instilled at Lyman Ward. I was a lost child, but graduated as a young man with anger.. My Army path was perfect for an angry young man..
And I missed having any (normal) High School experience. Hanging out with other boys shining shoes or buffing floors on a Friday night, when you're 17 is not normal.
I plan on going back this next year for Homecoming. Not sure why, but mostly to see how it has changed. Just curious.
I hope I don't see anything untoward. It might end badly.
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When were these taken, this is shocking to say the least, puts it much more into perspective than just reading about it. Can't something be done?
I dont know when these were taken. But I went to lyman ward from 99-2001...this is playfull compared to what realy goes on. Everything from beatings to sexual abuse. one kid was sodimised with a broom stick. Two others intentionaly got caught having oral sex. Just to be kicked out. (both were straight) From day one you are schooled on how to hurt without leaving a mark.
My name is Keith Brantley & I graduated in 83 from LWMA, began there at 13 y.o.
The school then was a school of honor & distinction, apparently it no longer is. IMO 10 % of the world is certifiable, whether they are clergy, police, thugs, or dishwashers. Please do not dinigrate more than 100 years of good history b/c of the 10 % of assholes?
I placed my real name in, but am putting it up anonymous to save time.
former cadet hale here, and i have to say that these are very poor examples of what really goes on there. the real hazing usually takes place in enviroments where there is no film, or there are no witnesses. i personally saw an 11 yr old boy have his head slammed into a cinderblock wall by his co comander, the boy lost consciousness. i saw another boy have granular comet worked into his skin with a wire brissel brush used to clean toilets. i, as cadet of the year, was hazed on many occasions by my commanding officers. blanket parties, yeah they happen, yeah they suck, what can an 11 yr old boy do when this type of punishment is the norm and has been for decades. to those of you whom endured the abuse with me at foxtrot, i am very sorry for being afraid and not coming to your aid when you needed it so. i saw you being beaten, kicked, and abused in ways i will not mention. i failed you as i failed myself by not assisting you physically or by calling the proper authorities, the cops. as we both know, guerra and jenrette knew what was going on, and failed to protect us as they were paid to do. i know this as a fact as guerra actually came in on one of my beatings. did he stop it or repremend the person beating me? no, i was told not to allow this to happen again by passing all of my inspections. that miserible old f*ck actually had the odasity to blame the beating on me as i stood there with a busted lip, pink ribs from lt s's round house kicks, and a BEAT red chest from many punches. the funny thing is that old f*ck actually told my grandparents how well i was doing and how he had so many grandiose expectations for me in the future.... he lied and they believed him. yeah, i did well, so i could get the f*ck out of there
to all of those still there, get out, whatever it takes, get out....
We were unfortunate to have to play football (Spring Game) at this school last night. During the Junior Varsity game there were three instances in which a coach abused a player in plain view of our parents, JV and Varsity team, by first, throwing cups of water in the face of a player who was not performing to his expectations.
After the child (12 to 14 yrs old) was tackled and hurt his wrist, he came to the sideline, obviously in pain and the coach, grabbed the player and horse collared him into the fence and cussed him. The child sat down and not one person took time to see if this child was injured. At this point, two of the other coaches got into a heated argument and it resulted in a push and shove match and the JV game was called, the coach threatened one of the other coaches and left the field.
The Varsity game began and lasted until 9 minutes were left in the 4th quarter. During this time, we witnessed adults, in and out of uniform, abuse children verbally and come very close to crossing the line by physically man handling these cadets. Rants of profanity and insults towards each other and our players from the NCO's and cadets ensued. Comments and profanity coming from the stands made by cadets and NCO/Faculty were clearly heard by the visiting families.
In the 4th quarter we were coming back from losing and one of our players was charging the ball up the middle, and obviously angered the players on the defense, and began kicking and stomping our player while he was on the ground.
The refs and coaches moved on to the field and began to try and break up the fight, when the team rushed the field from the sideline and began to beat the fore mentioned player, and then attacked another trying to help his teammate up. The coaches and refs could not stop others from jumping in and on the players as they removed one after the other and were being pushed and shoved by the very players from Lyman Ward.
At this time, the cadets were trying to jump over the rail from the stands and get on the field as older cadets urged their class men to join in and "whip some ass".
After the fight was stopped, a woman who had a son playing, walked past the concession stand and stated that the happening were a shame, a cadet apologized to the woman and said, "Ma'am I am sorry we behaved this way, we didn't mean to act like this".
This drew the anger of a member of the Lyman Ward staff/faculty which began to yell and tell the cadet that he "did not owe this woman an apology" and that he was "a child and didn't have a right to speak".
As we were trying to leave and the players from our school were going back to the gym and bus, many of the cadets were calling out the players and telling them that if they wanted some to come and get it.
Before all of this took place, there were many instances of cadets hazing and tormenting their peers, one such instance where there was a young cadet, maybe 13 years old, being forced to stick his head in the urinal tub in the bathroom behind the concession stand. The boys hazing this child were ages 14 to 17 years old.
The language and behavior of these cadets plainly show that they are not in fear pf reparation from their NCO and CO leaders and that only translates that this type of behavior is common place there.
Lyman Ward disgraced the uniform they wear and disgraced themselves and their school last night. I served as an infantryman in the United States Marine Corps, so I am not unfamiliar with discipline or stern direction in the setting in which these young men and boys exist.
My family and I are going to take steps to report and request a full investigation into the behavior we witnessed last night, and the evidence here and other places that prove that this $20,000+ a year "institution" needs serious attention to how they treat and train their boys to act in the face of the public, and amongst each other.
Shameful, absolutely shameful.
my name is kristina and my boyfriend goes there and i have been trying to figure out a way to get dirt on this place to get him out if u have any more text me at 256-684-6091 im so happy now thanx u guys nick black is coming home !!!!!!111
I went there from 1988-1991. These these videos are nothing compared to what I saw. And am sad to say what I did. hazing was a way of life . When you put an upset, confused, angry teenager (me) in charge of others this is what happens. The adults in charge knew what was going on. They looked the other way and at times encouraged it without flat out saying so. When I was there only the strong survied. Bigger stronger cadets who had rank made everyone else suffer every day. I know firt hand as I was on both ends of this. If I could apoligize to the cadets who I hazed I would. It took me many years to put that place behind me. And talking it about it now still bothers me. Dont get me wrong. I made great friends. I also had some great experiances. But no young person should have to go through many of the things that I saw and in some cases participated in. I was not some weak kid who was picked on all the time. I acheivied a high rank. I was commander of the ranger platoon, I was a good player on the food ball team. While there I did many things and recieived many awards. The academic education I recieived was first class. But no young person should be subject to many of the things that happened outside of the class room. I have no Idea what LWMA is like now, as I have never had any desire to go back for old times sake. But Back in my time hazeing and physical abuse happened every day. I will gladly share any stories that anyone wants to here.
I went there from 1988-1991. These these videos are nothing compared to what I saw. And am sad to say what I did. hazing was a way of life . When you put an upset, confused, angry teenager (me) in charge of others this is what happens. The adults in charge knew what was going on. They looked the other way and at times encouraged it without flat out saying so. When I was there only the strong survied. Bigger stronger cadets who had rank made everyone else suffer every day. I know firt hand as I was on both ends of this. If I could apoligize to the cadets who I hazed I would. It took me many years to put that place behind me. And talking it about it now still bothers me. Dont get me wrong. I made great friends. I also had some great experiances. But no young person should have to go through many of the things that I saw and in some cases participated in. I was not some weak kid who was picked on all the time. I acheivied a high rank. I was commander of the ranger platoon, I was a good player on the food ball team. While there I did many things and recieived many awards. The academic education I recieived was first class. But no young person should be subject to many of the things that happened outside of the class room. I have no Idea what LWMA is like now, as I have never had any desire to go back for old times sake. But Back in my time hazeing and physical abuse happened every day. I will gladly share any stories that anyone wants to here.
I was there freshman - senior. Now, when I was a freshman I got my butt kicked by the seniors once a week. They targeted me and others, and it really sucked. Eventually I gained a leadership position, and I never did that crap. This was a long time ago. Not sure if they do senior hell night any more, cause I think it was finally stopped. Seniors were allowed to do whatever they wanted. Including getting drunk off their asses. Oy. LWMA doesn't provide me many fond memories.
Anyone there for the infamous dog shaving incident? Well, it happened in my room when the senior kidnapped one of the tac officers poodles. I got the paddle big time, and was forced to give up the names.
My freshman year was just crazy.
LWMA Class of 1991 here. Anyone out there remember Captain Meyer? The name may or may not be spelled right, anyway, I was a victim of sexual abuse by him. He was an adult leader. It went on for months. I didn't know what to do. In a place like that where the most amount of misery and torment you can place on someone beneath you is the SOP (standard operating procedure), how could I turn him in and still exist there? I was there to get my ticket punched to The Naval Academy and was confused and even felt guilty. Fifteen years went by before ANYONE knew what happened. My wife figured it out and I told her the story. Two weeks later my first wife, who was my girlfriend while I attended LWMA, called to tell me that they were talking about the school on Oprah.Sure enough, I turned on NBC and in the background was a huge picture of Myer. Someone turned him in after he fled to South America and Oprah gave him $100,000. A couple of cadets were there as well. Needless to say seeing that picture...well, my life started to unravel. For about thirty seconds I felt good that he would have to face charges, then all the pain and suffering I had bottled up for fifteen years came out at once. I had two suicide attempts in three months; one time stabbing my chest putting holes in my left ventrical and collapsing a lung. The doctors told my family "we didn't save him, God did. He should be alive. No one can believe it. So my story is a little more dramatic than most, but don't miss the point. LWMA is a horrible place. Kids leading and punishing kids. Come on! I read all the post and can confirm all of it and then some. dave h.
Bret Dianich is correct- I was in Charlie Company at LWMA and I know this all to be true. The school thrived on basically torturing the new students into submission. I remember a boy in my group named Jeremy Brown. A shy kid, who was scared and beaten up and everybody knew about it. I myself actually was helped unknowingly by one of brets friends to be kicked out by the one loop hole at the time: Fail a drug test after being in school for a period of time. I snuck in some Pot in a wah wah pedal, handed it off, had my orange VW bus searched as I pulled in and my stuff was clean. Then spreaded the rumor of having some. I sparked some up in my room, cut out the padding in my bookbag strap, hid the pot there. Had my room searched, taken to the Col. office at lunch break, was drug tested failed the 3 day test they used. Took another one the next day and had higher levels. The never found the pot, as it was on my person and at all times I was called out I had my bookbag, it was searched- yet nobody looked closely at the straps. I was lucky- I could leave and escape -since they couldn't find anything they weren't able to court order me to stay there. I can say that Bret Dianich is correct 100%, they turned their backs and openly encouraged demeaning and beating of peoples asses their. At the time I went, Charlie was for "good new kids", Bravo "good kids who were made to come back" and Alpha company "Court Ordered Kids who you didn't fuck with" they always were causing trouble and nobody cared. Cadets that were "in charge" largely didn't want it! They were forced to do the things that they did for the most part. It was when they were told to do things and they didn't that they were totally humiliated. I remember it wasn't uncommon for a blind eye to get turned for their style of "justice" to be carried out! If you tslked, you were picked on during inspection and given demerits and you would not be able to go home, instead you would march the quad with a rubber rifle for hours straight, 1 hour for every demerit over, and in full dress uniform, which had to be 100% spot on or more time. I remember one such time as Dianich was made to run the quad, I walked through to use the phones, it was on a closed weekend, I talked for a second to him and could feel it in his voice that he did not want to be doing the running of the quad at all, but when a office full of scumbags has a window right there, what are you to do!?
I can say Bret is telling the truth, and he is a great guitar player, luckily we were allowed to play music under the school in the little basement room occasionally, he was a great guy when I knew him. I just had to escape by any means! I couldn't handle it, my parents sent me there to "make me a better person". Instead it has done nothing but hurt my ability to trust a lot of people! I avoid crowds, I sank deep into depression not being able to carry on a normal life without thinking that somebody was watching my every move. Lyman Ward is a terrible place!!They mentally and physically abuse children!!
i wnet ther for only one year and i was the subject to more abuse, both verbal and physical, than anywhere else in my life. i was not the strongest cadet and everytime i didnt perform to my commanders expectations he delivered a swift punishment. the place is a living hell and any parent who sends their child there is f*ckin retarded.
I attended Lwma when i was 14 years old. During my stay a cadet killed himself, at least thats what they said. I was about a month or two later getting to the school so i went through the `scrub` or hazing period after the other cadets had already finished that ruff time. It felt like i had a bullseye oj my back from day one in Charlie co. Lucky for me i had been in alot of fights, that was why i was there. I feel like thats the only thing that saved my ass.. literary. by the end of the first week i had been in four fights and was lucky in retrospect because i hadnt been seriously hurt or worse. I recall geting in a fight with a kid named Fuller because he was trying to make me drop down[ do push ups) but had no authority to gibe such an order so i disregarded and he eventually got his head slammed into the bricks of the narrow c company hall. Later that day an older senior cadet following me stuck a trash can behind the bathroom door locking me in with him. He asked if i was the kid who had fought Fuller and i said yes. He quickly said ok, now we fight. Just being myself i told the srg lets do it, i think it took him off guard because after he saw i was not afraid he backed off. This could have went very bad looking back. I had many fights inside lwma but always lucked out. I made the basketball team and things began getting easyer for me. However i cnt say the same for all. In my months at lwma it became clear to me how bad it was, from blanket parties to bloody b.d.u. thursdays[battle dress uniform} where steal toed boots found the face of less liked kids almost every week. And the people who made noise about the beatings,blanket partys, extreme p.t. and overall lack of concern from the employees didnt make noise long. The phones are closly monitored and mail was searched for contraband to, in my opinion, keep what goes on inside quite. I dont mean to sound tuff but from my experience if you want to teach your son to become a robot minded fighting machine thats risking rape, physical harm and emotional distress to say the least.. then find a better school! Really folks you will regret sending your childto l.w.m.a. my parents did. By the time my parents had withdrawn me i had changed from a rebellious teen to a cold stern kid with a bigger chip on my shoulder and alot more fighting experience. My name is Travis Windham and i can only speak from my own personal experience.
this is so crazy. oh my god... my boyfriend goes there now and he told me that place was like being in jail, but i never really believed it because i mean, seriously, no place could be more worse than jail. but these videos and comments im reading are absolutely crazy! oh my god .... it made my stomach turn. this is 2012, and i hope what im reading doesnt still happen because this is some sad ass stuff man. seriously. .... :/ and what type of parents do these cadets have (including my boyfriends) to send them to such a horrible place like this. i thought military schools were about instructing these kids on how to become better individuals and how to have a different outlook on the world ..... this is certainly a different outlook . oh my god. i hope all of the kids that went through this and are outof that school can just forget those horrible mistreatments and leave there. this is so sad. oh my god..... i pray for them.
i'd love to beat the living shit out of these bullies. theyre such pussies because they know they cant do shit to anyone else but they have to pick on weaker people. i'd beat the shit out of anyone of those kids who touched that fat kid.
went to L-dub graduated in 2002. I know the kid who was sodomized with the broom stick he got moved from Alpha Company to my company, Bravo in 2001. I did not know the kids that got kicked out for the sex scandal, that was before me, however i knew of the incidence or at least the rumors. I can testify to the other incident first hand. To Bret D, I have never personally seen any endorsement by faculty or staff upon the hazing of any cadet, from what i saw it was all cadet on cadet. It was done well, stealthy, and under the radar.Oh and those videos are pussy shit compared to the real hazing that went on. I have been on both ends of the hazing, and i would have loved to take a towel with soap in it to the face any day over some of the things i saw! To the comment above "only the strongest survived" I could not agree more.
I thank you very for all that u have done for us, lyman ward survivors. Although we have not met yet, I look forward to doing so. Former cadet hale. Look me up on face book....
Hopefully this school gets shut down i was there in 1999 it was fucked up then and i bet its still fucked up now. Who ever donates money to this school or does anything to help this school out are straight pieces of shit. And to the cadets that hazed other cadets you will get your day and that will be in hell.
You guys are exactly right, i am a former student and i saw many things happen there that just flat out shouldn't happen. The adults that are supposed to watch over these young children disappear into their built on townhouse in the dorms at lights out and stay there until morning. It is understood by all cadets you do NOT bother them while they are sleeping because many of them have/had their family living there with them. (mr wolf) They don't care what happens and when something does happen and a child is able to call home they simply tell the parents that the child is making up stories because they are homesick. That is BULLSHIT. Ive seen a child intentionally try to break his own leg to get sent home and they just told him he'd be back in school with the cast on because his parents payed too much money to let it go to waste. This school is definitely fucked, i'm so glad my time spent there was short lived because my parents were broke. So in conclusion, if you are looking to ship off your child to be beaten, sodomized, and neglected then Lyman Ward Military Academy is the place to send them!
For a fleeting moment my wife and I were thinking about enrolling our son at this place. My research now suggests... BAD IDEA. Thank you for the insights and warnings.
I have a boyfrind there. I hope nothing happens and that things have changed.
Class of '02, here. I can attest to some horrid things happening on that campus. I, myself, was the subject of several blanket parties, and a friend who graduated after me had a power drill put through his hand. They teach us how to cheat the system and attack on the sly without leaving marks. It's not a good place. There area great many of us who are scarred, both physically and mentally from what we had to go through. An anonymous posted about two boys having Oral Se to be discharged? That's true. It was, I believe, in Delta Co. I was in Bravo, but I heard about it.
While all this does occur, there are some good things about the school. I personally would not have graduated if not for LWMA, I made some friends that have stuck beside me to this day, and I learned to defend myself.
Still though, I would not recommend sending your children there.
My name is Andrew Masdon. I attended LWMA in 1999-2000. At the time, i was 15, My company commander (18 yrs) sexually abused and raped me over 30 times in a two to three month period. I came forward with my complaint, and I was told it would stop. It didn't, and only made the attacks worse. When I came forward again, my Tac. Officer told me that he never reported it, BC of possible repercussions for the academy.
I went there circa 1973. 9th grade for me. Hazing was brutal then. Upper class kids would but boots and other heavy items in the canvass laundry bags and beat you with them. Three or four to one child. It was so wide spread and planned that staff had to have known about it.
I was a cadet at Lyman Ward from 1986-1989 and would agree that there was plenty of hazing. I was in Delta company and my first day they lined us all up and proceeded to punch eveyone of us in the gut to welcome us to the school. I thought to myself, this is HELL and it was for the first 6 months I was there. I have to say the Company I was with didn't have any of the stuff going on like sexual abuse or anything like that. Yes, I got the hell beat out of me, so did everyone else and to be honest I probably needed it at the time. I moved up quickly and figured out that if I made good grades and kept my shit together that I could accel at LWMA and I did. Yes, I hazed a few in my time but I was never a big fan of hurting anyone so I tended to do it with words and PT's more than putting my actual hands on someone. I didn't like that it was done to me so I didn't do it to others. LWMA taught me a great deal and as some of you stated without the school I never would have amounted to much. If the things that happened to some of you would have happened to me I would probably feel the same but they didn't. I made great grades there and loved the school and like most of you met Brother's I still have to this day. Though I had nothing to do with what happened you any of you, I'm very sorry that it happened. I always heard things but never witnessed them and certainly wasn't apart of them. I take great pride in the time I spent there and also in the fact that they turned me into a better man that I might have been, students and facility. I'm ashamed to see the things I've seen today on this site and read the things I've read and I know all those people that took part in these things or covered them up, KARMA will repay them. Terry Wolfe
Totally was in that fight which Lyman ward did not start lets get this straight the other team had been trying to fight our team all night calling our coach a Nigga all night then started to jump one of our players one person to a whole team so yeah I jumped into help not knowing my team mates followed I led that fight that They started
My brother just started going there.
I went to this hell hole for 2 months and was shocked by all the drug use on campus. The school photographer was the dealer and the so was to medic. I got forced to fight in the dorms on a weekly basis and at night the security guard WEBB (POS) would let certain cadets out of the barracks and would allow cadets to gang up on new cadets like I was. The school is filled with drugs, alcohol, and shanks. I had a roommate who was stabbed by another cadet (REEZA) later that night REEZA and another cadet cut another cadets neck (Pablo). Both cadets were allowed to stay. No police were called. Me and another cadet attempted to run away and made it 20miles north. We failed.... My first home visit and I never came back! Please do not send your kid there no matter how bad you and he don't get along no kid deserves the things I've seen there. I attended LWMA in August-october 2014. BTW way Srg. Willis bribed 3 cadets to jump me in my room. POS!!!!
I was there for2 years in the early 80`s. There was hazing and beatings. I was beaten several times my first year for failed locker inspection. The part that I really hated was being beaten and having to stand a attention while my punk squad leader threw the punches. What really burned me up was knowing I could stomp his ass. I and the rest of the cadets survived the 2 years I attended. What I did gain from this experience was to be strong very tuff . LWMA was good for me and I'm sure for many others. I don't think the school has changed (I don't know about these days). I think kids are different . To those who attend stay strong you'll be out one day .
I am currently at Lyman Ward it is still a hit hole with bullies drugs and other stuff rezza was here this year and got kicked out pablo is still here and a lot of other cadets the tacs are abusive at sometimes and i beleive this should be stopped even WEBB the security guard is still here after letting another cadet having the sh*t beat out of him to were he was half-dead
that cadet is still at this school there have been so many suicides at this school yet this school is still standing and being payed money if you are here as a cadet you chose to be here your here by court order or your parents hate you unfortunatley for me its the last one hope i can make it till may without dying
haha whats up adams XD
I attended lwma from 95 to 96 i was in echo company my tac officer was msg fraier. There was some bullying going on but as soon as soon as the tac officers found out it stopped. Even my company commander lieutenant scott looked out for us. The school has changed alot since i went there. Im ashamed of the leadership that now runs the school. My sons will not be going there. My name is Joshua Ponseti i was a cadet E5 when i finished my first year and was asked to return by my tac officer to be a squad leader, but my family could not afford to pay for the rising price of tuition. I only spent 1 year at the school and it did have a positive affect on me. Im in law enforcement now.
This place is terrible but let me point out my thought and reasons
-multiple suicides due to depression
-corrupt officials/ a lawyer who lets lwma slide
-tons of drug use
-physical as well as mental abuse
-etc./ points others have said
this place is not a place to send your child if you do not get along or he has
bad grade. I will not judge your parenting style but you should get your moneys
worth because your child will come back worse than he was before if the reason
was something as simple as bad grades or backtalk which backtalk doenst make sense
please get your money worth. Choose a school that focuses on military as much as school because your child will learn nothing here school wise but military wise
they wont learn discipline but they will learn new ways to be a bad citizen whether
they use those newfound skills or not
I went to LWMA from 2014-2015 and it was hectic for people I did not suffer many
of the things others suffered but that was only because i have the importance and
aura of a nobody and i still do so i was noticed as much. at LWMA i did however
receive multiple hits in the face including being forced to stand in the middle
of the gym and get pelted in the face with dodgeball because it was "fun" and "amusing" for the TAC Officers.
The things i have come with as profit from going to LWMA is i have lost most of my
emotion and can now only feel sadness and it definately shows if people notice, i
also have lost my naivety and can see the world a lot more clearly and the way things are i can no longer see the world the way i want to
I am thankful for LWMA but it is also a terrible place that noone should suffer through
I was sent due to bad grades i failed 3 classes my freshman year but the Colonel Norrel was told by my parents that i was disrespectful which my family always perceives me to be but even then I stick to myself and isolate myself
BOTTOMLINE dont send your child here for unreasonable reasons as it is not worth the money or the endgame statistics please reconsider this school and send your child to either a different military school or nowhere at all
I went to LWMA for two school years (1999-2000) and I was in Delta Company for both years with Wolfe and Sutton Tacs. These videos are petty and don't hold a candle to the organized fights, beatings, and actual stomp outs I experienced. I excelled in sports and academics while there and I ended up doing 5 years in the Navy which was cake compared to my 2 years in Camp Hill. I once caught another kid giving blow jobs to other cadets. In summary, it was full metal jacket meets meets fight club meets Sleepers. Lord have mercy on us that endured this POW concentration camp.
I went to LWMA for two school years (1999-2000) and I was in Delta Company for both years with Wolfe and Sutton Tacs. These videos are petty and don't hold a candle to the organized fights, beatings, and actual stomp outs I experienced. I excelled in sports and academics while there and I ended up doing 5 years in the Navy which was cake compared to my 2 years in Camp Hill. I once caught another kid giving blow jobs to other cadets. In summary, it was full metal jacket meets meets fight club meets Sleepers. Lord have mercy on us that endured this POW concentration camp.
I graduated from LWMA in 1998. The 2 years I was there had its ups and downs. Sure there was some hazing but that was "normal". When you put that many boys together, there are going to be fights. That being said, when I was there, the tacs and staff were there to break you down (as a scrub) and build you back up into a man. It worked for me and made me a stronger person, mentally and physically. A person who is weak minded will not excel here. The 2 tacs I had here, SGM Wall and SGT Frayer were great. I'm not sure how it is now but it was a good, decent place when I was there. We did have one suicide my jr. year and that was tough, but we all managed to get through it. I met and still stay in touch with great friends here. I would like to see it return to better days. I think kids need to work on conflict resolution and mental toughness more these days.
Former cadets, Lyman Ward is my Alma mater; and, I've begun a defense for those abused while in attendance. These stories represent serious allegations, if it was only just a few making such allegations most likely an investigation would not be warranted; however, those stories and documents of many years have become to enlighten an existence of problems do exist.
I'm asking you to not stand silent and alone anymore. When they're caught, and some have been in past they always want to negotiate or offer settlement. Never if you are right negotiate or mediated any settlement with any tortfeasor. You'll lose your rights to getting the proper compensation and satisfaction. Your rights to a trial cannot be denied inside the United States; and, If the party that wants to negotiate or offer settlement claiming they're innocent. Then someone should ask the school board why did they settle in past histories. They settled because their attorney knew if they ended up in lengthy trial it would be costly to a school who seems to have ongoing financial issues. The outcome would be disastrous. I actually overheard an attorney after such settlement state "it was to protect their good name." Cadets that's nothing more than a lie, and I'd to meet that SOB who made that statement. How can you protect something that has been shamed from callous acts?
Did you know your parents sacrificed a great deal of money, time and years of worrying about you only to make sure you were safe. You may not have thought such at the time when beginning at the school.
Parents did not pay for their son's to attend a slaughter house, neither did they give permission to anyone to use their son as punching bag. Those who did act out will eventually be caught. They will face the endurance they would have never thought was legal in the United States. All private schools, colleges and military experience some forms of minor hazing. My years at the academy if such occurred the school would kick you out for such negative behavior, and witnessed in past where law enforcement carried a cadet away in handcuffs. Just because ones attend a private school does not exempt them from rules of law.
Some employees may have you to believe their exempt, but when they hear those bar doors shut behind them their pride just fell to the floor.
Silence will not remedy issues. Being sexually abused is not something to keep silent. Those abusers want you to stay silent, but if you plan to stop this from happening to others you need to open up about the truth. Some people think crying is about being a baby who's been over protective from a hover parent, and they're no longer are allowed to cry since enter the gates of Lyman Ward. Believe it there are more adults who cry for you than you really know. Speak up outside of social media if you really want to stop this. Congratulations to all 2017 graduates.
This is absolutely disqusting!!! Lymon ward military academy needs to be under arrest these fucking idiots are unsupportive, these idiots killed my brother Joseph adam taylor at 15 in 2013 of February, I will get my revenge of it's the last thing I can do!!! That was my twin, and idiots who killed my twin brother need to be held captive and all LWMA can do is act like their scared and tell us to keep our mouths shut about it? Well I got news for you guys right here! I'm not keeping my mouth shut because that was only twin in the world ain't nothing y'all can do to bribe me to keep my mouth shut I just want justice for joey!!! So whoever did it, I'm asking to turn yourself in right now!! Or you will be found because I am sending someone to investigate, so if I were you do it or forever hold your piece, I'm giving you an earful aren't I? Yes I may get in trouble but i just don't care this is taking the place of a innocent 15 year old boy whoes dreams never got to be true but he got murdered by these cunts, so any remarks to my comment I will have you arrested and I will not justify your BS, I think their was more to his death than anybody is saying, he didn't get cremated for nothing, I went to his funeral knowing how hurt I was and knowing that i will never get to see this sweet innocent boy especially when his niece or nephew is born, this is just cruelty and anybody knows who did it please contact me, I'm twin sister, I need justice for his death he's needs to be laid to rest but I need to know what happened I already know he got murdered by these boys at LWMA, died in his bed when the staffs couldn't find him to come and eat, RIP twin bro! I love you! Anybody with any information contact me Jennifer Ledingham
There may be two sides to this story of the Taylor boy who died.
Threatening revenge, in print, may not be the sharpest thing to do.Especially if you do not have a lot in the way of facts to support your revenge.
It would be tragic for your family, having lost one child, to lose another child because of irrational behavior.
Just my observation.
Those 2 we're great. I did 6 years there. I think you were my C/O. I still do have bad dreams about ending back up there and it's been 15 years.
Those 2 were great. I did 6 years there. I think you were my C/O. I still do have bad dreams about ending back up there and it's been 15 years. I finished toward the top of the class as the second highest ranking cadet. But I was hazed mercilessly for the first several years. There were clearly cadets there with deep sociopathic disorders. It did give me great confidence and work ethic which i still carry throughout my personal and professional life but it also stunted me in many areas as well.
Sorry David. You weren't my C/O. Philip was. I posted to the wrong spot.
I don't know I might be one of them I'll say my name because I want to who you are Benjamin Martin is my name and I went there 87 to 1990 It was hell on earth I was abused many times almost sexually assaulted behind the football field on the road going to the lakes I ran back the barracks and the guy we called him cougar if I look in the yearbook I would remember he's name I was a major Fuck up I got so many demerits that I had to March around a square every day after school for 3 hours they said I could of walked to Miami and back they told me to fight people I've got a lot more story's physical abuse was a everyday thing you didn't want weak there eventually I ran away at the Hartsfield airport coming back from Christmas break
I don't know I might be one of them I'll say my name because I want to who you are Benjamin Martin is my name and I went there 87 to 1990 It was hell on earth I was abused many times almost sexually assaulted behind the football field on the road going to the lakes I ran back the barracks and the guy we called him cougar if I look in the yearbook I would remember he's name I was a major Fuck up I got so many demerits that I had to March around a square every day after school for 3 hours they said I could of walked to Miami and back they told me to fight people I've got a lot more story's physical abuse was a everyday thing you didn't want weak there eventually I ran away at the Hartsfield airport coming back from Christmas break
I graduated LWMA in 1978, having been there since 1974, so 5 years.
I agree with some of the previous comments regarding "hazing", but I think it might be better categorized as a natural byproduct of having a collection of adolescent boys, some with troubled (or challenging) pasts and experiences and then placing those same boys in positions of perceived authority and responsibility.
Did I get my ass beat for not cleaning the Day Room well enough; yep? Did I get punched for failing inspection; yep? Was any of this acceptable; not even remotely?
Some of the things I have read here are deeply troubling and I only wish I could have been there to stop all of it. I can tell you there are a lot of current cadets and past cadets the would have stood up for a great deal of the things people have shared here.
Jesus Christ, some of this shit really pisses me off. No child deserves any of this shit. I remember the Tac Officers to be kind of bumbling idiots; kind, but generally clueless about what was really happening. But ignoring (condoning?) abuse like the things discussed here is fucking criminal.
If a parent that was entertaining sending their child to LWMA, were to ask me, I would offer the following; maybe a year, then re-assess. Maybe 2. But when I graduated, after grades 8-12, I was, in no way prepared for real life. My reality was LWMA which in no way is real life, no way.
IMHO, a child needs some (or all) of a normal High School experience.
The Army saved my life. 7 years in the Ranger Battalions and 11 years on SF Operational Detachments later and a second career as a Army civilian are at least partially due to the discipline originally instilled at Lyman Ward. I was a lost child, but graduated as a young man with anger.. My Army path was perfect for an angry young man..
And I missed having any (normal) High School experience. Hanging out with other boys shining shoes or buffing floors on a Friday night, when you're 17 is not normal.
I plan on going back this next year for Homecoming. Not sure why, but mostly to see how it has changed. Just curious.
I hope I don't see anything untoward. It might end badly.
BC
Can you please contact me Jennifer?
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