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March 2003 Archive
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New for 2003
Drill Sergeant In A Box
2nd day of encampment and your command voice just isn't what it used to be?
Puberty taking its toll on your ability to command respect?
You need: Drill Sergeant In A Box
Drill Sergeant in a Box is your all new electronic drill assistant.
Features:
- USB PC connection
- 100w magneto-lithium speaker elements
- Downloadable command packs
- Rechargable NiMH 17.34v battery
- Easy-to-master one-hand interface
- External speaker connection
Accessories
- Canteen-shaped external battery
- Add-on back-pack mass memory unit
- Convenient neck lanyard
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The Ides of March are upon us!
 And Nero fiddled while Rome burned.. Or something like that ... The Brutus of Close Order, Dr. Drill, brings us a D&C duo this month, combining drill under arms and a way to legally cheat on the drill pad with your element leaders and guide ... C/2Lt Matthew Stanford tells us all about avoiding death and gravity on the side of a snow-covered Pennsylvania mountain ... At the very same activity, our Features editor Shawn Stanford paints a picture of snowmen with orange hats as he illustrates the trials & tribulations of being a coffee-drinking s'member surrounded by peripatetic Hawk Mountain Rangers and hyperkinetic cadets ... Cadet Trevor Munson enlightens us with his lengthy diatribe on CAP's Core Values ... Professor Davida Kellog lays down the law on the ethics of the Law of Warfare ... The boys on Drummond Island get a little spiritual with the island-folk when the visit The Church ... Finally, our link this month is worthy of the likes of Mulder and Scully. What's that? The X-Files is in re-runs? Oh, whoops, our link is about the X-Prize, not the X-Files.. our bad ... Now, where is my toga? You don't have to wear skivvies under these, do you..?
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Who ordered the pizza with arms?
Dr Drill, I am a CAP composite-squadron commander, and an AFROTC Drill Team commander. Though I am well versed with Color Guard and exhibition drill, this is my first year commanding a regulation armed drill team, so I have several questions:
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Leadership ::
CAP's Core Values
 Integrity, volunteer service, excellence and respect, every cadet knows the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) core values, but few understand their importance. Former United States Air Force (USAF) Chief of Staff, General Ronald Fogleman said, Core values must guide our daily actionseven when no one is watching.
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Activities ::
Winter Hawk 2003: Return to the Land of the Orange Hats!
 The nine o'clock formation went off right on schedule at ten o'clock. The training squadrons marched onto the snow-covered parade deck - one Cadet falling flat on his face rounding the corner in the parking lot. The colors were raised and the school commander, Major Hugo Ficca, welcomed the students and gave his opening remarks. Here, presented in its entirety, is the opening speech by Major Ficca: "I'm Major Hugo Ficca, commander. Welcome to Winter School East. Squadron commanders, take charge."
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Activities ::
Learning How Not to Die: Hawk Mountain Winter School Basic 2003
 "Forward, HARCH!" Lawson shouted and we all started marching. Not for or five steps later I slipped on a small patch of ice and fell flat on my back on top of a rock. Not the best of ways to begin an acitivity, and certainly not one of my favorites. A couple cadets behind me quickly helped me up and we kept marching, though my back was certianly complaining about it.
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Ethics ::
The Law of War
 If you've been keeping up with current events (and as a cadet, you definitely need to keep on top of the news that's been breaking in the last month or so), you've probably come across reports of peace activists and others claiming that war in general, and the pending war with Iraq in particular, are "immoral" and/or "illegal."
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Stacking the Deck in Your Favor
 The flight commander disintegrates into a flailing mess, shouting Fix it! and Get it together, people, while the airmen and NCOs scramble to get back in some semblance of order.
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Links ::
X Marks the Spot
 The idea of escaping earth's atmosphere is as old as man.. or at least as old as realizing there is an atmosphere up there. For the last 40+ years, manned flights up to and beyond the edge of space have been strictly the province of national aerospace organizations like NASA, Energia, or the ESA. Now, 20 teams are poised at the brink of a $10 Million prize and worldwide fame. No, its not Survivor, Orbital-style. Its the X-Prize!.
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Drummond Island:Declassified - The Church
At that time, the year-round population on the Island was a little over 200 people. These Islanders didnt particularly like people from off the Island. This is pretty common in rural places where tourism is a major industry. Being invaded by drunken campers and rowdy hunters all the time can make the locals a bit wary of strangers. Being invaded by 80 screaming lunatics with brush cuts and black berets could have been pretty disconcerting if we hadnt made every effort to make friends.
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