Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 11, 2023

Does Jeff have the grades to get into Annapolis?

i thought annapolis was an officer training institution.

Jeff looks like a duplicate of Duke’s nephew Earl—except for that hideous haircut.

Now if we could only make the “Trump thing” pass.

Looks like he doesn’t have his parents’ seal of approval.

The key word in sonny boys response is “little”. Annapolis is all about a lot of structure.

I’m guessing at this point Jeff did not know the military’s definition of “structure”.

Hey, what’s the fuss. Let him give it a go. Life lessons are only learned by “trying”. Everything pretty much starts with a “try”, no matter what adorable little green magical goblins may say.

Naah, your liberal upbringing was perfect. Look at what a basket case your son is. Noooo problem there.

Back about 1976, a Navy recruiter told me that about 75% of ex-SEALs are incarcerated for violent crimes within 5 years of separation from the service; “They do a great job of amping them up, but nothing to amp them back down.”

I think this kid is still living in his parents’ basement in 2023,so we can assume that something didn’t go right.Maybe he found out he can’t swim.

Also,the grave of John Paul Jones is on t he Annapolis campus.Far from being an"American Patriot",he was a freelancer who sold his services to the highest bidder.

After he helped us out,he went to Russia and ran the Navy for Catherine The Great.

Last I heard, Jeff was living on the streets with a sign offering to kill terrorists for food and Red Bull.

Hey Garry! Annapolis is the home of the US Naval Academy. Its graduates are Naval and Marine Corps officers. The Seals go through separate training. They’re Special Forces.

Some people we know have a son who just graduated from high school. He’s a nerdy hyperfocus kid. He’s taking a gap year. He’s decided that he wants to go to Ukraine to help the people.