 | The first haircut, the
heavy bag full of issued gear, cowbells |
| Racking it in, double and
triple chins |
| Hell's Half Acre,
Confidence Course, LRC, Assault Course, Sir! |
| Yes, disembodied voice
from above... (Jack's Valley) |
| First White Christmas
(I'm from California) |
| Jodis |
| Vandenberg Hall, Sijan
Hall, Fairchild Hall, Arnold Hall, Mitchell Hall |
| PT on a soaking wet
parade field |
| First phone calls to mom
and dad at the Rodeo during BCT |
|
The powder blue pajamas
|
|
Aero 320, Astro 320, EE 320
- need I say more? |
|
The pain of returning to
the Academy after parent's weekend |
|
Upplerclassmen playing
Christmas songs in Sept after Parent's weekend....we wouldn't
see them again until December |
|
The first pizza after a
week in the field and 10 pounds lighter from SERE |
| Carpet installation for
Sijan Hall |
|
Short-sheeting the bed |
|
Form 10s |
|
Carrying Contrails everywhere
until Thanksgiving |
|
Slipping on wet and icy marble
terazzo strips |
|
The DoDo |
|
When the "bad guys" in SERE were
"Communists" |
|
Holding your flight cap on your
head with your left hand and saluting with your right hand during
high winds |
|
Spirit badges authorized on
uniforms during football season |
|
POW bracelets |
|
Spirit dinners the night before
football games; steak, lobster, Mitch's Mountains, spirit "cheese" |
|
The staff tower |
|
Last class to be issued fatigues |
|
Z-248 computers, two 5 1/4 disk
drives and no hard drive |
|
"I like this place, how much does
it cost?" |
|
"Tick, tock, you can't stop the
clock" |
|
"......blah, blah...under Billy
Mitchell's picture" |
|
Lance P. Sijan display in Sijan
Hall |
|
"When in doubt, attack"
inscription in Sijan Hall |
|
Midnight meal during final GRE
week |
|
SAMIs |
|
Triple Threats |
|
The forbidden tunnels |
|
Spirit missions on the flat iron |
| Pushups every time our team
scored a touchdown during football games |
| The football game someone
accidentally snapped the neck of the other team's mascot (turkey) |
| "Joe Falcon" |
| The Roach Clip |
|
The ring dance and engagements |
| Stereos for firsties |
|
Getting the first car and all of the details that
came with it selecting the model, arranging the loan, getting
the insurance, and protecting it from the high winds in Venturi
Valley |
|
4% car loans |
|
Driving to Denver in a snow storm |
|
Speeding tickets in Castle Rock |
