ChadO, I need your address please! I sent ya some mail and it came back returned. : (
THANK YOU. Miss you and love you!
*Hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We're scattered all over the Earth right now...BUT I want you to know that I am so thankful for our friendships and that we remain close and in contact. OH, and I'm super thankful that the AGS BTHO tu!! WHOOP!
Love ya'll.
-Sarah
Monday, November 27, 2006
Monday, November 06, 2006
A note from Sean
It is good to hear from you. I won't be back in Texas for a while. I
am currently about a month into a seven month deployment here in the
Middle East. We are just here riding shotgun with the USS Dwight D.
Eisenhower (Aircraft Carrier). I should be back in May. I should get a
couple of weeks leave when we get back and you better believe I will be
making a trip back to Texas.
I hope that everything is going well for everyone back there. If you
talk to any of our buddies give them my best. I hope that the business
is booming for you guys up in East Texas. I can't wait to get back to
the greatest place on earth (Texas). Traveling the world makes you
realize just how great things are back in the states and more
importantly Texas.
So far things are going great over here. It has been busy but the time
is flying by. We stopped in Naples, Italy and Tivat, Montenegro on the
way over here. Naples is NICE but we took the train up to Rome
for a few days and had a great time up there. Montenegro was
surprisingly a great time. They just gained their independence from
Serbia a few months ago and I was expecting to see bombed out buildings
everywhere following the war in the Balkans a few years back. To our
surprise it was quite the opposite. The people there are great and it
is very cheap. You can get a beer for less that 1 Euro. While we were
there we hosted a reception for their President and many
ambassadors.
Well take it easy and drop me a line when you get a chance. It is
always good to hear how things are going back home.
Sean
am currently about a month into a seven month deployment here in the
Middle East. We are just here riding shotgun with the USS Dwight D.
Eisenhower (Aircraft Carrier). I should be back in May. I should get a
couple of weeks leave when we get back and you better believe I will be
making a trip back to Texas.
I hope that everything is going well for everyone back there. If you
talk to any of our buddies give them my best. I hope that the business
is booming for you guys up in East Texas. I can't wait to get back to
the greatest place on earth (Texas). Traveling the world makes you
realize just how great things are back in the states and more
importantly Texas.
So far things are going great over here. It has been busy but the time
is flying by. We stopped in Naples, Italy and Tivat, Montenegro on the
way over here. Naples is NICE but we took the train up to Rome
for a few days and had a great time up there. Montenegro was
surprisingly a great time. They just gained their independence from
Serbia a few months ago and I was expecting to see bombed out buildings
everywhere following the war in the Balkans a few years back. To our
surprise it was quite the opposite. The people there are great and it
is very cheap. You can get a beer for less that 1 Euro. While we were
there we hosted a reception for their President and many
ambassadors.
Well take it easy and drop me a line when you get a chance. It is
always good to hear how things are going back home.
Sean
Friday, October 13, 2006
Sad News of the Corps
This is worth reading:
For all Ags and Ags at heart:
Today, the commandant of the Corps handed down a direct order that no upperclassmen shall wear a Band Lyre or Corps Brass insignia on their uniform. Appearently, this is because of a fish parent who has complained directly to President Gates, and Governor Rick Perry about a video on her cadet's outfit website. The video covered a whipout party. For those not following this, her son was videotaped shaking hands with upperclassmen, in order to meet them. I will admit that this is done in a rather intense fashion, but it is nothing compared to other things that go on out in the
open for all the world to see, such as smoking, or crap outs as the old ags call them.
For those of you who are familiar with the Facebook, several groups have been created to protest the decision, but we have been told by members of Corps staff that we should not join, or leave these groups, because the Commandant's staff likes to use facebook to police cadet behavior and the consequences maybe unknown.
Right now, anyone found to be wearing the prohibited brass with receive two automatic restricted weekends, and threats have been made that all chains of command will be held responsible for the noncompliance of subordinates. This is something a Q pisshead put together. I have encouraged him to send it to the Battalion, which will probably get me into as much trouble as he. "In the corps of cadets there are certain things you earn in your corps career. The CT's it's corps brass and to BQ's it's the band lyre... When you receive this piece of your uniform, you are told that it can never be taken away from you. Also stated in the standard (rules and regulation of the corps) and the cadence, it states that the band lyre is the most important
piece a Q can attain while a member of the corps. Through certain circumstances, the commandant of the corps has decided or at least been the messenger of ALL outfits whether guilty or not to remove these pieces of brass from their uniforms and they are not to be worn until further notice. Also, outfit guidons will be rolled where the field is not visible. This is a direct attack on everything we have worked hard for and everything we have come to have extreme pride in. They didn't take away a piece of shiny metal, but a symbol, that shows family, belonging, and unity. They didn't take away a flag, but our right to represent our respective outfits. This decision whoever it may have come down from is a stab to the chest of the corps and
strikes deep in its heart. So to whoever the parent or person in upper management is that decided this, thank you for taking away from the corps experience and bringing the corps one step closer to extinction."
What makes this so sad, is that freshmen cadets in the corps are about 18 years of age. Legal adults. If you can not handle the situation that you have volunteered to be a part of, you have no place in the Corps. Hazing is unacceptable behavior, and as such should be punished, but cadets coming into the corps must understand that respect can be gained by standing up for themselves and making an effort to fit into the environment. They must also learn to respect the traditions that the Corps holds dear. These include meeting upperlcassmen, and earning your place in the Corps.
Recently the Corps has been making great steps in recruiting freshmen, but at what cost? When the Roman republic began to crumble, they were forced to swell their army's ranks with mercenaries and the unqualified, just to protect their home city. They also offered lighter duty, and faster promotion. We all know what happened to the Romans. What can we expect to happen to the Corps? Perhaps sacrifices in number can be made up for by the quality of person the Corps turns out.
Please pass this around to all the old ags that you know, and help the current cadets take back something that they spent blood, sweat and tears earning. The Corps is a student organization, no one should be able to take it from us.The brass we earned is ours and no one should deny us the right to wear it. It is what sets us apart from those who were not up to the challenge.
Per Unitatem Vis, through unity strength,
Cody Leigh Powell
A-Battery Class of 2008
For all Ags and Ags at heart:
Today, the commandant of the Corps handed down a direct order that no upperclassmen shall wear a Band Lyre or Corps Brass insignia on their uniform. Appearently, this is because of a fish parent who has complained directly to President Gates, and Governor Rick Perry about a video on her cadet's outfit website. The video covered a whipout party. For those not following this, her son was videotaped shaking hands with upperclassmen, in order to meet them. I will admit that this is done in a rather intense fashion, but it is nothing compared to other things that go on out in the
open for all the world to see, such as smoking, or crap outs as the old ags call them.
For those of you who are familiar with the Facebook, several groups have been created to protest the decision, but we have been told by members of Corps staff that we should not join, or leave these groups, because the Commandant's staff likes to use facebook to police cadet behavior and the consequences maybe unknown.
Right now, anyone found to be wearing the prohibited brass with receive two automatic restricted weekends, and threats have been made that all chains of command will be held responsible for the noncompliance of subordinates. This is something a Q pisshead put together. I have encouraged him to send it to the Battalion, which will probably get me into as much trouble as he. "In the corps of cadets there are certain things you earn in your corps career. The CT's it's corps brass and to BQ's it's the band lyre... When you receive this piece of your uniform, you are told that it can never be taken away from you. Also stated in the standard (rules and regulation of the corps) and the cadence, it states that the band lyre is the most important
piece a Q can attain while a member of the corps. Through certain circumstances, the commandant of the corps has decided or at least been the messenger of ALL outfits whether guilty or not to remove these pieces of brass from their uniforms and they are not to be worn until further notice. Also, outfit guidons will be rolled where the field is not visible. This is a direct attack on everything we have worked hard for and everything we have come to have extreme pride in. They didn't take away a piece of shiny metal, but a symbol, that shows family, belonging, and unity. They didn't take away a flag, but our right to represent our respective outfits. This decision whoever it may have come down from is a stab to the chest of the corps and
strikes deep in its heart. So to whoever the parent or person in upper management is that decided this, thank you for taking away from the corps experience and bringing the corps one step closer to extinction."
What makes this so sad, is that freshmen cadets in the corps are about 18 years of age. Legal adults. If you can not handle the situation that you have volunteered to be a part of, you have no place in the Corps. Hazing is unacceptable behavior, and as such should be punished, but cadets coming into the corps must understand that respect can be gained by standing up for themselves and making an effort to fit into the environment. They must also learn to respect the traditions that the Corps holds dear. These include meeting upperlcassmen, and earning your place in the Corps.
Recently the Corps has been making great steps in recruiting freshmen, but at what cost? When the Roman republic began to crumble, they were forced to swell their army's ranks with mercenaries and the unqualified, just to protect their home city. They also offered lighter duty, and faster promotion. We all know what happened to the Romans. What can we expect to happen to the Corps? Perhaps sacrifices in number can be made up for by the quality of person the Corps turns out.
Please pass this around to all the old ags that you know, and help the current cadets take back something that they spent blood, sweat and tears earning. The Corps is a student organization, no one should be able to take it from us.The brass we earned is ours and no one should deny us the right to wear it. It is what sets us apart from those who were not up to the challenge.
Per Unitatem Vis, through unity strength,
Cody Leigh Powell
A-Battery Class of 2008
Thursday, September 14, 2006
News from "The Farm"
Hey Gang,
Just a quick news flash. Erin and I will be in College Station next week Sept 18-24! We originally planned to fly down on Thursday and stay through the weekend for the football game. Now Rockwell has asked Erin to help recruit at the career fair on Monday, so she will get in town on Monday and I'll be joining her on Thursday. Post a comment if you will be close and want to hang out.
Later,
Brinson and Erin
Just a quick news flash. Erin and I will be in College Station next week Sept 18-24! We originally planned to fly down on Thursday and stay through the weekend for the football game. Now Rockwell has asked Erin to help recruit at the career fair on Monday, so she will get in town on Monday and I'll be joining her on Thursday. Post a comment if you will be close and want to hang out.
Later,
Brinson and Erin
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Email Posts
When you email in a post make sure you put your name on it or it will just look like I sent it.
- Jonathan
- Jonathan
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i'm stupid ... i don't get how to post something. it let me do that first one when i accepted the invitation, now what?
List Serv
I have added all of the email addresses to a listserv so that when anyone posts a message to the blog it will send out an email so everyone can keep up to date. If there is anyone I should add or remove just let me know.
C-2 Flight 2004
I will do more work on this soon (look, colors, etc). I will set everyone up so they can email one address and it will post on the blog. When a post is made I will have it set up so it will email everyone and let them know. Any suggestions would be great.
Resident Computer Nerd,
Jonathan
Resident Computer Nerd,
Jonathan
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