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The Colonel explained that we would vote as the ancient Vikings did: in a Council of War. If we felt that someone should join our clan, we were to raise our knives (in lieu of swords) in the air. If we felt they should not pass, then we were to pound the tip of our blade into the table. He was probably just making it all up as he went along. I almost laughed, but you were never really sure if the Colonel was being serious or not.
On February 17, 1970 a letter from Louisiana Wing Headquarters arrived telling me I’d been selected to attend IACE. My jaw hit the floor; I was one of three Cadets from Louisiana that would participate in IACE that year.
So, you all know what National Blue Beret (NBB from here on out) is, right? Major airshow, propellers everywhere, row after row of Port-O-Johns... No, really, it's a great activity! Where else do you get to legally stand on an active taxi-way and sip lemonade as you munch a ham sandwich and marshal a never-ending stream of aircraft? I’d say no where...