Camden Military Academy - Excalibur Yearbook (Camden, SC)

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John with a ubiquitous can of Brasso — it makes it shine. Sunlight and shadow. Cadet Davis stands at ease at noon formation. 15 Taps,” Davis notes, “is like parents say, ‘You have to go to bed.

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REVEILLE TO TAPS Moments after reveille. (Comdr John Feltham “quotes Cadet Davis as saying, “I comb my hair every morning with a brick.”) Capt William Funderburk (above) checks Cadet Davis’ math homework while Damon Edmondson ponders a problem solution. Craig Moyer (right) distributes mail as Richie Coulter checks the post. A CMA day, Individuals comprise the cadet corps and no one is typical. John W. Davis of Memphis, Tennessee, a seventh grader, howev- er, stands out. He’s the smallest boy in the school, his father attended CMA in 1970-71, and his great-grandfather graduated from Carlisle in 1925. Both of his parents are in the US Navy. About CMA Davis says, “I like it.” Days here at the academy are mostly routine. A bugle shat- ters the stillness at 0635. Groaning groggily, cadets quickly dress and move out for breakfast formation and a generous morning meal. Area, barracks, and room clean-up follow, pre- paratory to an 0815 facilities inspection while they’re in class. After a full morning of instruction, at 1145 cadets again move out for dinner formation, the noon meal, and afterwards an eagerly anticipated mail call. Afternoon classes follow, then drill practice on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, or tutorials, periods for academic make-up or for individual help, on Tuesday and Thursday, Physical training and both intramural and inter- mural sports follow tutorials. Six is suppertime, preceded by a daily retreat ceremony. Afterwards cadets may relax in their rooms or at Carlisle House, the recreation center, before the bugle sounds recall for evening studyhall. Recall blows again at nine forty-five and at ten taps declares that day is done. Week- end routine is broken by leave periods, church on Sunday, and opportunity for parents and friends to visit. A photographer’s lens focused recently on Davis’ day and recorded these scenes, quite typical happenings in the life of every cadet. 14

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1st Platoon. Front: Pit Sgt SFC TB Flowe, LAM Shaw, Bossard, WB Alien, Pit Ldr 2d Lt Chris Sloan, BG Johnson, Ackerman, Burns, Skipper. 2d Row: Cates, DS Hamby, Rooke, Davenport, Banks, Elliott, Yurkiewicz. Back: Dantzler, Lussier. Bogan, Greer, Tate, Sprague, Baldwin, iSgt Paul Steinberg. Below: lSgt Rick Faulkner, Capt Marc Rogers, Capt Russell Allsbrook, LTC Wilmot Riley, and 2d Lt Chris Sloan inspect first platoon during a Saturday Morning Inspection. Cadet Kenneth Broom stands at parade rest at extreme left.