Camden Military Academy - Excalibur Yearbook (Camden, SC)

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Table of Contents Military page 5. People page 21. Sports page 57.

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Camden Military Academy Excalibur 1978

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Twenty Years Proud A company formation during the early days of Camden Military Academy. The old style two story barracks looms in the background as a reminder of days gone by since our beginning. Even though this scene is many years old, it is reminiscent of our many formations today. Field trips to such historic sites as Fort Sumter off Charleston, S. C., help us understand our past. Our past is inherently part of our future. To under- stand where we stand today in 1978, we must remember CMA’s past. Humble beginnings with a handful of faculty and students have grown into a proud unit of approximately 250 cadets. Our future looks bright as we view a reflection of our past. A traditional salute of “eyes right” as a unit passes in front of the reviewing stand. In December of this year, the battalion held a parade in honor of a departing faculty member, SFC Cayton. The parade is the highest honor a military unit can bestow upon an individual. Work never seems to get done. Keeping all of our facilities clean and shipshape takes the effort of all :he corps. To maintain sharp rooms, barracks and selves is a 24. hou r a day job. But the work pays off as the USA has rated CMA “An Honor Unit with Distinction.” We look back into CMA's early history to see the inside of an old style open barracks. We have come a long way, to brick barracks with individual two-man rooms. This scene might seem a bit harsh and austere, but it also helped to form the foundation of CMA as we know it today. 3