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May 2006 Archive
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MayStuff!
 Spring is in the air here at the editorial offices of CadetStuff, and summer activities are JUST around the corner. *sniff* Is that smoked cadet I smell? First up, Mark Symonds goes on (and on and on) about his first encampment. Want some cheese to go with the whine, Princess? ... Speaking of cheese, CadetStuff journeys to the Badger State, to the land of deep-fried cheese curds, all night truck stops and yes, Oshkosh overalls, to report on the American Cadet Alliance's 2006 Executive Leadership Conference, Commander's Call and 97th Anniversary Ball. We have four words: Bad Village People Karaoke ... Holy cow, with the fine spring weather, the drill pad trolls are coming out of the woodwork! Don't you people have anything better to do with your time? Dr. Drill is going to have to up the co-pay to be answering all these questions and cover his malpractice insurance. Geez. We have not one, not two, but FIVE Doctor Drill articles this month. Everything from getting turned around 180 degrees without help from Linda Blair to saluting the colors with music and tones. Normally we say something clever about each one, but we're just too darn tired...
On to other things ... Our very own Managing Editor welcomes a couple new staffers into the fold. Oh, boy, fresh meat! ... Carl Godbee took another few minutes out of his busy PSC schedule to complete Part 3 of the continuing leadership series Surviving Encampment, the Staff Edition entitled "How to Plan an Encampment" ... Don't forget, the RealMilitary has its own CadetStuff, and its called Military.com! .... And finally, in a CadetStuff exclusive courtesy The Spaatz Assocation, Captain Nicole Malachowski, better known to your fanboys as "Thunderbird Three," finally gives meaning to the phrase "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" as she talks about her journey to become an ambassador of the United States Air Force that started in a cadet uniform. ... Thats it kids. Now go outside and get your knees dirty, dig up some worms, plug up the storm drain.. Something!
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This one time, at Encampment... (Part 1)
 Signing in was just walking, except with a Cadet Weaver biting at my heels, sarcastically encouraging the semi-stupid, gawky cadet with glasses. Eventually, I stand at attention in front of two desks, answering 'no' to all the health questions and being issued my new best friend: the MAWG Cadet Encampment 2005 Basic Cadet Operating Instruction Mr. OI. He was a small, blue, pocket-sized manual makes it clear that your initial impression was right: dudethisisgonnasuck!
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Drop the salute and come out with your hands up... Err, down...
Hello, I'm in the Navy active duty and I'm assigned to NTTC Meridian, MS. I was fomerly at Naval Submarine School in Groton, CT. I have a question about saluting during colors:
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Surviving Encampment (Staff Edition) Part 3: How to Plan an Encampment
 Finally, after many sleepless nights, you get to the big day: In-processing. As a Cadet Commander (or deputy or exec), you have to have faith in your cadet staff, as it isn't your job (at least not directly) to ensure the intensity level for the first day is "too hot, too cold, or just right" (though obviously if you see something out of regs, or if you see a cadet staff member doing something that would be considered hazing, you'd want to snatch up that NCO/officer in a heartbeat).
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Elementary, My Dear...
Dear Dr. Drill, What is the proper way to execute a column of twos from a column of fours....and back again?
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Servants enter from the rear...
Dear Dr.Drill, My squadron is having a hard time diciding exactly how a "to the rear" is performed. Could you tell me step-by-step exactly how to do it?
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Sticky this!
Dr. Drill, Don't you have access to google? If so, why don't you put up some hyperlinks to NAVMC 2691, FM 3-21.5 and AFMAN 36-2203? Or, heck, even mirror the documents in the Dr. Drill section of Cadet Stuff. I hate always having to search for these things.
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That's not a joke! That is a severe emotional disorder.
Dear Dr. Drill, On 1 April, I was reading your great column when I saw this: ...
I guess my question is: Do I turn my head and look in that direction (1:30), or do I turn my head and look further over to my right (1:30, 3:00)? You seem to have told me to do both, which gives me eye strain. Or was this part of the annual CadetStuff April fool's joke?
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ACA Executive Leadership Conference 2006
 The American Cadet Alliance's annual Executive Leadership Conference was held April 20-23 at the Wisconsin Military Academy located at historic Fort McCoy, WI. This disjointed tale follows the exploits of CadetStuff's Shawn Stanford & Darin Ninness as they get up-close and personal with the ACA, the Badger State, and some fried cheese curds.
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Greetings from Thunderbird #3
 This introductory video comes from the Spaatz Association's Winter Dinner held in Washington DC this past March. Capt Malachowski's video served as the introduction to the Spaatz dinner's guest speaker, Captain Kim "Killer Chick" Campbell, A-10 pilot extraordinaire.
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Berghorn, McLarty Join the CadetStuff Staff
CadetStuff.org is pleased to welcome CPT George Berghorn, United States Army Cadet Corps and Capt Nick McLarty, CAP to the CadetStuff staff. Captain Berghorn will...
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CadetStuff for the RealMilitary
 If you haven't been over to Military.com yet, you're missing out. This site features forums, articles, blogs, commentary, swag, newsletters, unit pages, the whole nine yards. Basically, if its about the US military, its found on Military.com. These folks are to the military what CadetStuff is to cadetting. Except they have better resources. And a paid staff. Well, you get my drift! Why go anyplace else?
Bottom line: if you're looking for the straight dope on the military, Military.com is the place to find it.
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