Vandal

Small victories lead to larger battles won.

You might as well ask your cadre what they think. We have a cadet in Spain right now, yes it is not exactly Derka-ville, but it isn't exactly the best place in Europe. The worst they can say is that you shouldn't go. Good luck to you.

Wouldn't that call into question his driving SA. There are lights on a car for a reason.

brabus, We have that session of PT at our rec center, another wonderful thing we do.

At our det we have been known to pre-funk friday PT starting thursday after lab.

2, however, I am trying to establish among our FTP cadets a thing my class began last year called FAT. Field Alcohol Training. Basically yet another excuse for us to get together and drink, the only stipulation being you must currently be in FTP or have gone through it. That being said, I think this could be a good thread so that we can share from Det to Det some of the cool stuff we do. [ 26. November 2006, 01:44: Message edited by: Vandal905 ]

Is it possible to combat this at lower levels, say your local ROTC detatchment? You have to start early to get the best results.

I have been wearing Lt. Carroll's daily for the past two years both in and out of uniform. CARROLL, PATRICK HENRY Name: Patrick Henry Carroll Rank/Branch: O2/US Air Force Unit: Commando Sabre Operations, 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, Tuy Hoa Airbase, South Vietnam Date of Birth: 12 December 1942 Home City of Record: Allen Park MI [Family states Berkley, MI] Date of Loss: 02 November 1969 Country of Loss: Laos Loss Coordinates: 144500N 1071700E (YB218846) Status (in 1973): Missing In Action Category: 2 Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F100F Refno: 1510 Other Personnel In Incident: Lawrence W. Whitford (missing) SYNOPSIS: When North Vietnam began to increase their military strength in South Vietnam, NVA and Viet Cong troops again intruded on neutral Laos for sanctuary, as the Viet Minh had done during the war with the French some years before. The border road, termed the "Ho Chi Minh Trail" was used for transporting weapons, supplies and troops. Hundreds of American pilots were shot down trying to stop this communist traffic to South Vietnam. Fortunately, search and rescue teams in Vietnam were extremely successfuland the recovery rate was high. Still there were nearly 600 who were not rescued. Many of them went down along the Ho Chi Minh Trail and the passes through the border mountains between Laos and Vietnam. Many were alive on the ground and in radio contact with search and rescue and other planes; some were known to have been captured. Hanoi's communist allies in Laos, the Pathet Lao, publicly spoke of American prisoners they held, but when peace agreements were negotiated, Laos was not included, and not a single American was released that had been held in Laos. On November 2, 1969, LtCol. Lawrence W. Whitford, Jr., pilot, and 1Lt. Patrick H. Carroll, navigator, departed Tuy Hoa Airbase located on the coast of central South Vietnam on a "Misty" Forward Air Control (FAC) mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in central Laos. Whitford radioed that he was running out of fuel in Attapeu Province, about 20 miles east of the city of Muong May. He had a scheduled refueling, but never appeared. Searches did not reveal any sign of the aircraft crash or the crew. Several months later, a damaged plane thought to be the plane flown by Carroll and Whitford was found in the area with no bodies inside and nothing to indicate that the crew had perished in the crash. Both Whitford and Carroll were declared Missing in Action. Carroll and Whitford went down in an area heavily infiltrated by enemy forces. In Whitford's case, there is certain indication that the enemy knows what happened to him. As pilot, he would have ejected second. In Carroll's case, it is highly suspected that the Lao or the Vietnamese know his fate. Whitford and Carroll are two of the nearly 600 Americans who disappeared in Laos, never to return. Although Pathet Lao leaders stressed that they held "tens of tens" of American prisoners in Laos, not one man held in Laos was ever released - or negotiated for. Patrick Carroll attended the Air Force Academy, graduated from the University of Colorado and had just begun a promising career in the military. Larry Whitford was a senior officer with a distinguished record. The country they proudly served abandoned them in their haste to leave an unpopular war. Were it not for the thousands of reports concerning Americans still held captive in Southeast Asia, the Whitford and Carroll families might be able to close this tragic chapter of their lives. But as long as Americans are alive, being held captive, one of them could be Carroll or Whitford. It's time we brought these men home. [ 09. November 2006, 02:26: Message edited by: Vandal905 ]

Nothing better than putting a qualified person in the job, was there on comm guy availiable? Dr. Kass' ed info EDUCATION 1971 Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and Russian area studies, summa cum laude, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1976 Doctor of Philosophy, with distinction, The Kaplan School of Economics and Political Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Columbia University’s School of International Affairs 1986 National War College, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. Not a damn thing involving World of Warcraft training schools, no Counterstrike experience, how can we expect her to fight terror in the web without experience in the main methods of online war making. But seriously why not actually get the right person for the job, rather than a civilian, brilliant.

Some just don't accept change.

I just love the looks every one has on their faces. I also enjoy how the ribbon rack is covered by the folded down collar thingy. and what is up with the WWI looking uniforms? Is there really a need to go back in time? Ooo lets bring back the riding pants and over-the-calf boots too. Screw the uniforms, there is a war to fight. [ 12. May 2006, 14:34: Message edited by: Vandal905 ]

Here is a little someting to get this tread back on track. Create a photo album of things the Cadet Corps has done both in the ROTC environment and of appropriate pics of cadets doing things together such as shooting trips, base visits, LLABs etc. Then just leave this album in the hands of the Recruiting officer to take to events to show what we do in addition to talking about it.

Based off of my experiences with our Army ROTC.

If you are going out to the woods, if those exist if Florida, you can open you Airmen's Manual and build shelters with what you have out there. As for MREs we bought a bunch of them from Fairchild that were the issue ones with heaters then proceded to make MRE bombs once we got out into the field. I have been on our FTX staff for the past two semesters. If I can help you send me a PM and we can chat that way or via email. PS Avoid using Army gear. It typically sucks.

Also real is the ensuing fireball.

Go with the four year.

I was up at Fairchild's on Monday. We were able to go up to FL250, well everyone but me. I had an issue with my ear on the descent from 7500' and removed myself while the rest of the cadets were doing the oxygen pre-breathe. Good thin I did too or i would have blown my eardrum later if I kept going. had a good time watching the other cadets go through the various stages of hypoxia. It hit some fast and others took longer. I haighly recommend going if you get the chance.

And they get less difficult the more you do them. The copies of the 2006 FTM that our FTP cadets recieved have only 5 IDE sequences in it. And supposedly these will be the same one's we use at FT. Can anybody confirm or deny this? [ 23. February 2006, 01:57: Message edited by: Vandal905 ]

For ROTC grogs i have been told there is NO booze allowed due to all of the minors that could possibly go to it.

Garlic and tons of it. Other favorites are the oily stuff left over after you brown the beef for tacos in a frying pan, onion powder, tuna water out of the can. I have also heard of cottage chesse being used. [ 13. February 2006, 16:26: Message edited by: Vandal905 ]

CH, That totally mde my day and my desktop background.

You can always go to the ones on Military.com

There is one at Fairchild, that is where my Det goes to do it.

'2' The only kick a$$ ones are the Marine NCO Sabers. I was part of a saber arch for a Joint Military Ball my det was a part of and the AF sabers we used were The one thing that made the night good was the recognition from the cadre and the arm candy I had with me. Does anyone know why the AF has sabers anyway? We never had a cavalry or air cav. Perhaps a carry over from the army?

And Stargate is way cooler then JAG, with one exception, Catherine Bell.