Questions Thread

America's Finest said:
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).
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I'm going to start brainstorming right now!

BTW How many companies is each class divided into?
 
Chockstock said:
I'm going to start brainstorming right now!

BTW How many companies is each class divided into?
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During Beast there will be 8 companies but then you will get put into one of the 32 academic year companies.

Each class? Companies are composed of all classes.
 
AKH and I have breifly discussed class mottos before. I know it is one of the things that doesn't sound important right now but why not discuss it, you know? "Hope in the Unseen 2015" is a possibility. It is tough to find words that have the same rhyme scheme as "teen" and not being able to use team or dream. A quick google search pulls up these words:

bean, been, benzene, between, buckbean, caffeine, canteen, carbine, careen, chlorine, christine, clean, codeine, convene, cuisine, cystine, dauphin, dean, demean, dentin, dentine, eighteen, fifteen, fluorene, fluorine, foreseen, gallein, gangrene, gene, glean, green, holstein, houseclean, hygiene, jean, jeanne, keen, latrine, lean, lien, lysine, machine, marine, mean, mesne, mien, morphine, murine, nankeen, nineteen, obscene, peen, phosphene, phosphine, praline, preen, preteen, pristine, proline, protein, queen, ravine, routine, saline, saltine, sardine, sateen, scene, screen, seen, serene, sheen, silkscreen, sistine, sixteen, soybean, sparteine, spleen, strychnine, styrene, subteen, sunscreen, taurine, teen, terpene, thirteen, tontine, tureen, tween, umpteen, unclean, unseen, vaccine, wean, windscreen, xanthine, xylene.
 
There are very many important things that apologists and hopeful apologists should think about in preparation for the challenges ahead.

This really isn't one of them.
 
Please disregard my above post then. Sorry for detracting from the relevant discussion. :redface:
 
Jake S: Don't sweat the small stuff. Obviously you're excited (and you should be). Enjoy the moment and worry about the class mottos later. Good Luck! :thumb:
 
jake s said:
Please disregard my above post then. Sorry for detracting from the relevant discussion. :redface:
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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.
 
scoutpilot said:
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.
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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!
 
What would we do without Scout? :cool:

So anyway, how did you guys feel before applying to West Point? I can't wait to start applying. I mean, watching this forum since my sophomore year has made me feel anxious. :rolleyes:


Jake, good luck with your endeavors. I know I would be extremely excited in your position.
 
jake s said:
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!
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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...
 
scoutpilot said:
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...
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That's a good word! Imagine the feeling you will have on graduation day when you can look back on this year and say you have no regrets!
 
from a plebe,

scoutpilot is 100% right. Trust me, you get a WHOLE year to countdown the days... don't start senior year. This is going to give the wrong impression of how I feel about this place, but....

Imagine yourself knowing that you're going to jail starting in late June. Now, how much fun are you going to have in the next 8 months?
 
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
 
abeastlybeast said:
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
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1. Army PT always occurs pre-chow, both at USMA and in the force.

2. A current cadet can tell you more, but endurance runs are usually not done on successive days. You will likely have a short run to your PT area on a non-run day.

3. Train for the 100-pt values for your age on the APFT, which is 71 PU and 78 SU.

4. The majority of strain from rucking is on the shoulders and hips/legs. The shoulders bear the pressure of the straps. The kidney pad rests against your back, but the prime muscles which will tire and fatigue is the trapeziuis/shoulder group and the hip flexors/quads. Your mileage may vary.

5. Building muscle never hurts. Your screening weights for your age/height are 128 lbs minimum and 175 maximum. If you go anywhere, go up in weight with good training. Don't go down.

6. First, RELAX. It's the fall. Enjoy school. You'll burn yourself out if you're training for CBT now. Come up with a good 3-4 month training plan. Make sure you build functional strength. Being able to bench press 300 lbs once or twice is great. Being able to bench press 200 lbs for 25 reps is much better. Make sure you hit a variety. Run, swim, weight train, and look into Crossfit. Since you're young and Crossfit can be dangerous if you are untrained or do too much too fast, I recommend you find a crossfit gym with a good reputation and licensed trainers.


Good luck!
 
abeastlybeast said:
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
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1) You always eat after you work out.

2) You alternate running with muscular endurance. The days dedicated to running you will run about 3 miles. The days dedicated to muscular endurance you will run to and from the workout area which can be about half a mile.

3) Don't set a limit, always try to improve more.

4) With a properly secured ruck, most of the strain will be on your hips.

5) Increase performance, don't worry about weight. Your weight will change by itself as you work to improve your physical output.

6) Just stay fit and "get your mind right".
 
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