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Allison Bradshaw — THE BATTALION
Women were integrated in the Corps 40 years ago, an occasion that will be commemorated this weekend.
40 YEARS CONTINUED
had to he in a nicer uniform than what
we usually wore and I had a late class
that day so I didn’t march in with my
unit. So I changed by myself after class
and was running to get there and there
was another female student there with
her mother who looked at me with the
most horrible expression on her face
along with her mother and just looked
at me and my uniform and called me a
name. I just couldn’t believe that some
one would do that to a person who they
didn’t even know just by what uniform
I was wearing.”
Barth said this experience is still hard
to talk about and that, as a member of
one of two all-female outfits, it was of
ten hard to get to know any of the male
cadets because of a stigma placed on
women.
“It was still pretty discriminatory,”
Barth said. “Some of them, to put it
mildly, were very discouraged to get to
know us in fear that there may be ret
ribution once their
upperclassmen found
out that they were
even talking to some
female in the Corps.”
Barth said there
were a select few
men who made
strides to get to know
the female cadets.
“I can still remem
ber a few names that
were what I would
call ‘the welcome ex
ception,’” Barth said. “Those were the
ones who would get to know you and
who were very likeable, very profession
al, the type of people you would hope
to find once you got on to active duty.”
Years later, Barth said it’s about time
a woman Corps commander was named.
Alyssa Michalke, who was named the
2015-2016 Corps commander this week,
said she has been motivated and encour
aged by female cadets that preceded her.
“The perception from the Corps has
done a complete 180
since women came
in 40 years ago,”
Michalke said. “The
hostility and adversi
ty that they faced 40
years ago was insane
and that was even
from their fellow ca
dets and even from
their fellow female
cadets. The hazing
in the female outfits
was bad, if not just as
worse as it was in the male outfits.”
Michalke said she believes that the
amount of female involvement in the
Corps will increase in the years to come
and is excited to meet more female cadets
at this weekend’s event.
The event will feature a tour of the
Quad, a baseball outing, a luncheon and
a run hosted by the Corps. Those inter
ested in attending the event are encour
aged to contact the Texas Aggies Corps
of Cadets Association.
"The perception
from the Corps has
done a complete
180 since women
came in 40 years
ago."
Alyssa Michalke
MICHALKE CONTINUED
do, I want to lead the cadets, I want to be a first sergeant, I
want to be a commanding officer,’” Michalke said.
Finding out her new position wals nerve wracking and
humbling, Michalke said, she was called into the office of
Brig. Gen. Joie Ramirez, Corps commandant, to sit down
with him, his assistants and current Corps Commander
David Trigg. At this point, Ramirez told Michalke he had
some news for her.
“And my heart just stopped and I said ‘Oh no, he’s go
ing to tell me bad news,”’ Michalke said.
Michalke said her heart skipped a beat when she heard
Ramirez say she would be the next Corps commander.
“And I tried to say something but I was just like — my
jaw was dropped and I couldn’t get any words to come
out,” Michalke said, smiling.
Michalke said her friends and mentors inspired her to
become first the sergeant major and now the command
er. She said she was originally nervous and unsure about
applying for the two positions, but getting support from
Trigg and Corps Chief of Staff Noah Anderson meant a
lot to her. The two pushed her to apply for commander
after a heart-to-heart conversation.
“I’ve just been so blessed here, and this wasn’t some
thing I ever expected,” Michalke said.
She said her parents were also big influences in her life,
and always pushed her to do well both academically and
physically.
“My mom always pushed me to do well in school,” Mi
chalke said. “She was valedictorian of her high school, na
tional merit scholar. She had like a 3.9999 GPA at A&M. I
think she had one B in her entire time at A&M.”
She said her dad, on the other hand, pushed her to be
her best physically in basketball and at hunting and fish
ing, which are some of her favorite down-time activities.
“I’ve been playing basketball since I was four years old,”
Michalke said. “I just the physicality of it, the intensity, in
your face, and I can even be kind of a trash talker at times.
I’m super competitive and anyone you meet, anyone that
knows me will tell you I’m super competitive.”
Next year will hold several challenges for Michalke.
Among the most visible will be the Corps dormitory tran
sition into the Commons as the Quad undergoes a series
of renovations.
“It’s going to be a whole new ball game next year, and
that’s something I’m a little concerned about, but I’ll stay
here all summer and really evaluate it with the comman
dant and his staff and hopefully well be good to go for
next year,” Michalke said. She said experimentation will
be a part of figuring out what is best for the split.
She said she looks forward to serving as commander and
for whatever awaits her after A&M as well.
“I’m looking at the offshore oil industry and either go
ing into offshore platform design or subsea systems,” Mi
chalke said. “Not really sure yet because I haven’t had my
senior level classes yet, but I’m looking at an internship
this summer with a subsea company just to see more of
that side of that company, but I know I for sure want to
go into offshore oil.”
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