coffeecup3
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Your major has absolutely no bearing on your branch. (Except, of course, your grades affecting your class standing.)
Thanks for the reply!
Your major has absolutely no bearing on your branch. (Except, of course, your grades affecting your class standing.)
2013 So Fresh So CleanNew Cadets put in suggestions during Beast and they get passed up through the chain of command. They weed out the horrible ones
New Cadets put in suggestions during Beast and they get passed up through the chain of command. They weed out the horrible ones and eventually all New Cadets vote on the top 5 or so choices.
The elected student government sets up the Ring and Crest Committee composed of 1-2 company representatives for each company and also a representative for each regiment. They get ideas from their own companies and pass them up having meetings and discussing how it should look. They get together with the official companies (who all compete to be able to "own" the crest) and they have professionals who can turn our ideas and concepts into actual good looking art. Our crest (2013) was finished a few weeks ago and it looks pretty nice (I'm in the committee so I have seen it although it hasn't been revealed yet).
I'm going to start brainstorming right now!
BTW How many companies is each class divided into?
I'm going to start brainstorming right now!
One Team, One Dream 2014
Please disregard my above post then. Sorry for detracting from the relevant discussion.
You need not disregard the idea. But worrying about it now is like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic: there are far more urgent matters which will require your attention.
A common Army saying is to focus on your 25 meter target first. It's great if you can pop that 300 meter target, but not if it means that your 25 meter target overruns your position. Make sense?
The best thing to do now us focus on those issues which, if probably tended to, will help ensure that you're actually a cadet when the motto and crest are chosen.
Yes Sir, your target metaphor makes a lot of sense. I'm just excited that all of the admissions steps are finally falling into place. I'm sure that other candidates agree with me that a lot of us wish R-Day would happen tomorrow. A lot of my focus these days is devoted to West Point and surviving Beast especially. Proper perspective is sometimes hard to keep when I have "tunnel vision" for next summer. Thanks for the great advice and discussion on the boards-- there's a gold mine of info here and it helps a lot!
You have every right to be excited, but dammit don't miss out on all the fun of your last true year of unfettered youth! Relax a bit. Beast will come, and when it does you will never be able to go back.
Embrace this time! Study hard. Play sports. Hang out with friends. Ask that incredibly pretty girl out on a date. Man, you're a smart senior in high school. Grab hold of life and suck the marrow out of it. Tomorrow always comes. Always. Don't trade all these great todays for a distant tomorrow. It will come in it's own time.
Man, if I could have senior year back...
I have a couple questions about Beast.
1. I'm assuming PT is scheduled every morning. Are cadets fed before physical activity, or is PT commenced before meal time?
2. Are runs completed each morning? What is the farthest distance cadets must run? What is the average? (Rough estimates are useful). I'm planning to train before CBT by running distances equivalent to CBT runs.
3. How many reps of push-ups and sit-ups should I train for before CBT?
4. How much strain do ruck marches put on one's back?
5. I am ~5'9" and weigh ~137lbs. Should I maintain my weight or aim for a higher/lower weight? I am thin but also muscular.
6. Any training tips before CBT?
Thanks
1. I'm assuming PT is scheduled every morning. Are cadets fed before physical activity, or is PT commenced before meal time?
2. Are runs completed each morning? What is the farthest distance cadets must run? What is the average? (Rough estimates are useful). I'm planning to train before CBT by running distances equivalent to CBT runs.
3. How many reps of push-ups and sit-ups should I train for before CBT?
4. How much strain do ruck marches put on one's back?
5. I am ~5'9" and weigh ~137lbs. Should I maintain my weight or aim for a higher/lower weight? I am thin but also muscular.
6. Any training tips before CBT?
Thanks