[armyguy94]

Hazing? Being a Greek and in the Army(Enlisted when I was 17, pledged last semester) what Greeks and civilians, predominately the Media, call Hazing is just bullying and trying to show they have a little bit of power over someone else and they want to use it while they can. When I rushed Chi Psi, all I had to do was know the Greek Alphabet and a couple of stories from my Fraternity's past, that was it. I think the media has degraded the word Hazing from what it actually means to just some jackass that wants to hold a little power over someone.

I don't know how many other military men/women are on this site, but from my experiences, the Hazing, using the term loosely, I had to go through from Basics, Advanced Infantry Tactics, and even in Afghanistan has scarred me. But what it accomplished was making me able to hold my Rifle and pull the trigger when it counted. Because of my Hazing I was able to survive in a warzone while I watched my military Brothers and Sisters die in the line of duty. I will admit I "hazed" Greenhorns to prepare them for combat, something that I needed to be sure that they wouldn't crack under the pressure and end up dead in a combat zone. And I'm sure when I go back to Afghanistan next week, I'll be "hazed" and I'll "haze" some Greenhorns. But in the Military we don't Haze, we Condition people. -.-

From what I have seen in my Greek life so far, its just High School bullies that never grew up still bullying the pledges. Hazing in its true form is to not build brother/sisterhood, but to take someone and break them down to the point of losing their Identity and Humanity, then rebuild them into something else. There is no point in a Greek Soceity to "haze" someone. There's no logical explanation to it, and no reason for it. /endrant