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March 2006 Archive
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Up against the wall, sucka!
 Yep, that's us: headed for a perp walk and a spot on John TV because we're up against the wall. Up against the wall on the March issue, that is! Hecks yeah, that was a lame joke, and now you know why we're up against the wall: we have absolutely nothing funny to say this month. Nothing. Nada. Zippo. We played around with something about Saint Paddy's day, which fizzled out with the Lucky Charms dude going, "Just try to eat me, yeh wee buggers!". That didn't quite have that Zing! we were looking for. There was the 'Marching to Pretoria' thing. Massive yawn on that one. Then it devolved into a slap fight at CS-HQ which was all fun and games until someone ended up on the floor clutching their Tender Vittles (after which it was just fun, of course). But, enough of our blather, on to the articles! ... And, believe it or not, March has been berry, berry good to us. First up: A link - a set of links, really, that will knock your socks off - The Flying Sub! The flying what? Yep, sub, as in submarine! Confused? Dig in and be amazed! ... Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of Cadets? Dan Kirwan does! And it's not really evil, per se, just secret and shameful. But, Dan thinks that with a little effort, even you can Understand Cadets! All we have to say is: Ewww! ... High-speed, low drag CadetStuff forums lizard Carl Godbee (LCpl, USMC; TFO, CAP; C/Col, CAP (Retired)) finally coughs up an article: Surviving Encampment (Part I). Really, it's a great article; we just wish he hadn't coughed it up onto the carpet. We say again: Ewww! ... We've got another tasty installment of Matt Hoyza's Leading the Way series. Mmm... Cinnamony. ... And, finally, what month would be complete without a good scoping from the Doctor? Check out these barium-enhanced beauties: Drill for Cops?, ...for what you are about to receive, and The Question That Wouldnt' Die! ... Well, that's if for this month, kids. The nice man in the blue uniform is asking for our belts and shoelaces and our new best friend, Bubba, would like to have a quiet word with us, so we'd better be going...
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"The Flying Sub..!"
Dah daah dah, dah dah dahdah dah, dah dah dum... Ring a bell? Prolly not, huh. Well, if you were a sci-fi geek kid thirty years ago like we were, you'd have recognized the opening tones from Irwin Allen's subsurface opus: Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea! Every episode was chock full of impossible technology, improbable plots and ridiculous monsters. And one of the coolest pieces of impossible technology was the 'Flying Sub', a nuclear-powered, manta-ray looking thing that could fly like a bird and swim like a fish! As geeked out kids watching Voyage, we couldn't get enough of the Flying Sub! And, as we came to find out, we're not the only ones. The FS-1 was so cool that folks out there are building working scale versions, like Dave Merriman's FS-1 (So far, submarine functionality only. Darn!). But as we found out, sci-fi is sometimes more science than fiction, because back in the 50's both the Navy and an inventor from New Jersey worked on actual vehicles combining submarines and airplanes. As you might expect, they did neither well, but talk about ambitous! But the saga isn't over yet, kids: the Navy is actually trying it again and it looks cooler than ever!
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Understanding Cadets
 Consider a definition of the word "Cadet." Back in my cadet days, one of our seniors (whom I happen to respect a great deal) gave us this definition: "A cadet is a leader in training." This definition always stuck with me, and today it shapes how I view our cadets. I think it best describes what we're trying to do with the cadet program. We're building tomorrow's leaders!
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Surviving Encampment (Staff Edition) Part 1: The ABCs of Encampment
 So you've marched across that parade deck (or tarmac, or grass field), and you've earned that pretty red, white and black ribbon. You've endured a week of hardship and harassment from a C/CMSgt who's never picked up a Drill and Ceremonies manual in his life, and a 13 year old C/2d Lt who's a Gunny Hartman wannabe. You think to yourself on the ride home, "Hey, I could do that!" After all, how hard could it be to spend a week yelling at cadets and marching them around?
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Drill for Cops?
Dear Dr. Drill, I just started in a program that allows me to be a young police officer. While I am in this program we also have to drill and I don't know all my commands. I just wanted to know if you could send me a list of the drill commands. Thank you for your time. Kyairra Oldham
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The Question That Wouldn't Die...
Dear Dr. Drill, I have a question about a unique saluting situation that is probably not all that uncommon. If a 2Lt and a Col are walking together and an NCO passes then the NCO salutes, the Col returns the salute, and the 2Lt does nothing. What happens if a 2Lt and a Col are walking together and they pass a Capt? Does the Capt salute the Col, the Col return the salute and the 2Lt do nothing? Thanks, Roy Byrd, 2LT, USAF
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Leading the way: XXIa - The ignorant, the lazy, and the dangerous
 The ignorant person isn't bad, per se. He just doesn't bother to read the regulations, and relies on what other people told him. This is the guy that, when corrected, responds with "but I WAS TAUGHT..." Who cares how you were taught? If you were taught to drill differently than AFR 36-2203, then, guess what, you were taught WRONG.
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...for what you are about to receive.
Dr. Drill, Our church plans to present a special patriotic service for the Fourth of July. We plan to have a color guard. We also would like to have a special flag presentation using 20 or 30 American flags around the perimeter of the auditorium, brought in to music, then left in stands for the remainder of the service.
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