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...the end of the summer, that is! Back to school with ya's! And since you're surfing in your computer lab while you should be working on that Python script, you may as well waste time here as anywhere else! ... Speaking of the end: it turns out that the rumors of Drummond Island:Declassified's death were greatly exagerated! Check out 
... pushups (and other forms of exercise) are forbidden in the Cadet Program. There is no room for debate on this topic; it has been made crystal clear many, many times by NHQ/CP. So, what can you do when Cadet Snuffy forgets to salute? Or when Cadet Bagadonuts doesn't button his pockets? Or when your flight at encampment has completely failed inspection?
Editor's note: As we mentioned in 'The Death Notice', our DI source material has been running dry. We'd already used the most interesting stuff; the remainder was largely 'administrivia'. We had was nothing but rumors and random intelligence. But DI alumnus knew our name by now, and they were interested. We'd been doing research all the way up into the Upper Penninsula. Even as we were running out of source material, source material came to us from a most unexpected - but very welcome - source...
At Boulle-Norman, when Cadets go before a board for Cadet A1C, they are confronted with a reality: Everyone is an example. More so, the just slightly superior Cadets can have even more of an impact than the older Seniors. Every Cadet can seem themselves advancing a rung or two up the ladder, and may want to be like their superiors. Very few Cadets have a desire to be, say, the Senior Member Finance Officer. That job is so removed from where they are now that they just dont see it happening.
So, someone from your squadron just came back from Hawk and is quacking about getting his "R-3" or "R-2" and working his way up to "Advanced". What the heck does all that mean? What is an Advanced Ranger capable of? Are we talking one step down from an Air Force Pararescueman or are we talking two steps above a Cub Master? Well, with this handy, dandy guide from C/Maj Beth Roxby, you too will know the difference between and R-3 and so on and so forth. And you thought you could trust that R-2 with a compass? You fool!
Before I begin telling about the actual Academy, I would like to say that I have never seen a glider up close before I attended NFA-G. I also had no logged time in a powered aircraft. By telling you this, I am trying to say that it is not imperative that you be some aviation fanatic in order to attend. Your attitude once you get there will determine your success in the program.
We need to grab the attention (and the commitment) of people who might not immediately see the benefits of weekend bivouacs or learning how to drill. I have recruited in large cities and tiny little towns. CAP has something for almost everyone. If you arent pulling in 15 or 20 recruits at a school drive, you are probably not hitting them with the message they need to hear. They are all saying So what. We need to get past the So what.
This article is the first part in a series of articles reviewing the book How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie (1936. New York: Pocket Books, 1994.) All part titles, chapter titles, and principles are from the book and written by Dale Carnegie. This article takes those principles and applies them to the Cadet Program.