It is a week of anxiety, both good and bad. They know they made it through Plebe Summer and got a little break, but now the unknown is ahead. The good anxiety is moving to a new room for the academic year (and for some even room mates they picked), getting ready for classes, cell phones, computers, putting away white works and wearing normal uniforms (which they will soon learn white works are so much more comfortable), football season is underway, freedom to roam the yard on their own, freedom to sodas and junk again, and the recognition they are now members of the Brigade. The bad anxiety... who are all these new Mids, how do I learn 120 names, balance all this stuff with the academic year, rumors of all the "scary" 2/C that are really hard, new squads, mostly its alot of the unknown with the balance of plebe year.
Reform week is alot of briefs, moving, issue of items, computer set up, etc. There is more down time than normal which is good. The detailers also need it as they are also trying to get ready for the ac year.
HELL-O night is the night that the Plebes are officially turned over to the Brigade. Remove the O and its what the Plebes call it. In the new PC era of things it has been renamed. It is a long and miserable night for most plebes, but it ends and they all survive. Its one of the rights of passage we all made it through. Things are a little different than some of us older guys. We could be PT'd in the hall and had no A/C, so it was miserably hot and brutal. Since Plebe Summer is over they will no longer be dropped in the hall and its much cooler. Plebes are required to know every person in their company by name, their new chain of command, new professional knowledge. So yes, they run around and get yelled at alot, but that is about all it is. Its more anxiety than anything. Its the first time they realize they are now out numbered compared to Plebe Summer where they out numbered detailers.