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And CadetStuff.org declares its independence from monthly schedules! Hooray! What that means boys and girls is that you'll have to check the main page all the time because you never know when we're going to throw a load of tripe up here! So check often or register with our mailing list (it's that box on the left you've been ignoring) and we'll try to keep you posted post haste when we post. Something like that, anyway...
I left my assistant team leader in charge of them and, with nothing left to do, wandered over to where the other teams were getting ready. It was chaos. Many of the cadets looked completely lost, and there were very few staff members around. In fact, there were way too few staff members for this many cadets. I wasnt sure where the team leaders were.
So, there I was doing my bit driving Cadets from the airport to a fun-filled week at Hawk Mountain when who should I run into but APJOC alumnus Captain Bob Morgan. Bob's plans for APJOC were cancelled when the activity fell through and he decided to go slumming for a week at Hawk. Hooah! So, just for fun I thought I'd remind everyone of Bob's excellent camera work and past CadetStuff contributions and - at the same time - give everyone who was accepted to APJOC a look at what they're missing. Check out Bob's 
Over the years, CadetStuff.org has done a passel of articles about Hawk Mountain, including the 2002 interview series and our award winning 'Winter Hawk' articles. This here page is chock-full of those articles about the oldest continually run school of search and rescue in the United States. Good luck and remember the official (CadetStuff) Hawk Mountain slogan: "Once I couldn't even spell 'ranger'. Now I are one!"
So, someone from your squadron is going to 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 
I have long been a proponent of removing officers from the drill teams in the
National Drill Team Competition. Briefly, it is my firm belief that Cadet
officers should organize, train and lead instead of actually performing in events
such as drill.
