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November 2003 Archive

All the old garbage you can handle!

Activities :: International Air Cadet Exchange: 1970 - "Guess this is for washing your feet..."
It was, to that point, the best banquet we’d had. A band played while we met RSAF Flight Cadets, who had a remarkable capacity for aquavit, and were as cocky as fighter jocks in any country. The tables were set with crystal and linen and jacketed waiters moved about, pouring wine and bringing drinks. The meal was smorgasbord-style, but when I looked over at the buffet table my mouth went dry. “Oh no,” I thought, looking at a huge platter with the biggest fish I’d ever seen. Heck, this was Moby Dick’s little brother and was probably raw and pickled, to boot. “No wonder they served so many drinks.” Continue reading
Links :: Military.com "Shock and Awe"
Military.com's "Shock and Awe" is a collection of short and amazing videos about the military. They go from just a few seconds to nearly a minute and the subjects range from a jumpmaster falling from the ramp of his aircraft to a guy having the helmet sucked off his head and into the intake of an A6. There's a lot more, like audio of a American pilot being chased by MiGs over North Vietnam and footage of a Chinook crashing at sea. Check it peeps!
Drill :: Movin' on up..!
You are correct in your article about "at ease" except for one thing. What my fellow midshipmen and myself have always been taught is that one MUST move on a command of "at ease." Nothing specific, but you have to move somehow. Platoons will be docked points if somebody doesn't respond to the command. Continue reading
Features :: Drummond Island: Declassified - The Death March Part III
There was one interesting development from the Atomic Rice. After some cadets dumped it in the woods, the bears stopped coming into our base camp… While we had had them traverse our compound repeatedly in past years and even that week, we never saw them again, even in later years. Continue reading