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 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!"Winter Hawk 2003: Return to the Land of the Orange Hats! March 2003  The nine o'clock formation went off right on schedule at ten o'clock. The training squadrons marched onto the snow-covered parade deck - one Cadet falling flat on his face rounding the corner in the parking lot. The colors were raised and the school commander, Major Hugo Ficca, welcomed the students and gave his opening remarks. Here, presented in its entirety, is the opening speech by Major Ficca: "I'm Major Hugo Ficca, commander. Welcome to Winter School East. Squadron commanders, take charge."
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Learning How Not to Die: Hawk Mountain Winter School Basic 2003 March 2003  "Forward, HARCH!" Lawson shouted and we all started marching. Not for or five steps later I slipped on a small patch of ice and fell flat on my back on top of a rock. Not the best of ways to begin an acitivity, and certainly not one of my favorites. A couple cadets behind me quickly helped me up and we kept marching, though my back was certianly complaining about it.
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Guide to Hawk Mountain Ranger Classes September 2002  So, someone from your squadron just came back from 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 this handy, dandy guide from C/Maj Beth Roxby, you too will know the difference between and R-3 and so on and so forth. And you thought you could trust that R-2 with a compass? You fool!
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Hawk Mountain 2002: Getting the Most Out of Hawk July 2002 I love Cadetstuff. I wish there were something around like this when I was a Cadet. A web site like this helps unlock the truth to the secrets and mysteries of activities like PJOC and Hawk. When I was a Cadet, all we had to go on was hearsay and conjecture, which is sort of the truth, but not quite. The guys at this fine site asked if I could do another article on Summer Hawk and I am happy to oblige.
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Hawk Mountain 2002: Interview with Lt Col Gene Egry July 2002 CAP changed my life. Without the leadership and discipline I was exposed to during my cadet years, I have no doubt that I would be where I am personally and professionally today. A key component of my leadership training was Hawk Mt. Ranger Staff Training. I remain in the program because I believe in it. I want to give back something for everything the program gave to me.
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Hawk Mountain 2002: Interview with Col Weiss, PAWG/CC July 2002 On assuming his duties, Col Weiss made cleaning up Hawk's image a priority. As an opening salvo, he issued official directives that all PAWG personnel comply with CAPM 39-1 and remove the beloved tabs from their uniforms. While it may not have been as controversial as Gen Shinseki's adoption of the black beret for the entire army, it certainly wasn't received well by everyone.
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Hawk Mountain 2002: Surviving Day 1 June 2002 You've heard the war stories about those infamous "Pennsylvania Rangers", and you don't know what to expect. You've heard about the first day, and how it can be the toughest and most intimidating day of your life. There is no question about it, the first day is tough, and will probably the one of the most demanding things you will accomplish in your Civil Air Patrol career. But that doesn't mean you can't get through it with flying colors. I should know, I participated in more than six first days at Hawk while I was a Cadet. This article will try to help you understand what to expect and how to mentally, and physically prepare for the dreaded first day of Hawk.
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Hawk Mountain 2002: Cadet Staff Training May 2002 Hawk Mountain Ranger Staff training is a tradition that has been around for many years. Of course, as everything does, there have been changes; some for the worse and some for the better. In past years Hawk Mountain Staff Training was eight weekends of training, seven at Hawk Mountain (or some other outdoor field environment), and one at Fort Indiantown Gap (FIG).
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How I Got the Thousand Yard Stare - Winter Hawk 2002, Pt 2 March 2002  Capt Gibbons challenged us to build field-expedient shelters. That was just fine with Capt Stanford because he was planning on building a shelter the whole time and had only brought a tarp and poncho along. The exercise of building shelters meant that he'd have someone to share the work - and the misery - if things went wrong.
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How I Got the Thousand Yard Stare - Winter Hawk 2002 February 2002  What is the Thousand Yard Stare? How do you get it? What sets the men who have it apart from those who have been spared? One look at them and you see they're different; it's in the eyes. The Thousand Yard Stare tells of someone who's been places and seen things: things he'd rather not have seen and places he shouldn't have been. We knew that as much horror as each of us had seen over the years, we had to be within a few dozen yards of a thousand. We were determined to make it over that barrier: the barrier that separates the men from the boys. Winter School at Hawk Mountain Ranger Training Facility seemed like just the ticket...
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