Camden Military Academy - Excalibur Yearbook (Camden, SC)

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Take a break at Carlisle House or the Hotspot Free time is precious for cadets and leave usually means either sleeping or relaxing with food. Harvey Peeler, Chris Huntington, and Charlie Beam (photo right, then clockwise) relax at the Hot Spot, a just-barely-off-campus quickstop on Route 1. The trio heads in for their break, stopping at the checkout for quar- ters. At Carlisle House, CMA’s on-cam- pus canteen and recreation center, Chris Bearden, Scott Arnold, and Chad Man- gum battle it out at Foosball. In the back at the Hot Spot, Chris guides Harvey in the intricacies of video gamesmanship while Charlie goes it alone. Back out under the great Hot Spot canopy, Harvey, Chris, and Charlie check their change. At Carlisle House, Greg Foss makes a junkfood purchase from Mrs. West while Justin Lucas eyes his choice. In the TV lounge, John O’Neil indulges himself with icecream while Justin Lucas, Charlie Beam, Josh Hierholzer, and Tony O’Brien relax be- fore the bugle blows, sounding fall-in for retreat and supper formation. 14

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Moving forward back on track. Return to CMA was a dose of culture shock: procedurs change, increased barracks supervision, modified rules and re ulations, stricter haircut standards, a stringent PT program, sharper guardroom detail, weekly mandatory bed stripping — all, of course, to get us back on track. Take a look around. On the road from Carlisle House and along the parade field, at the guardroom and around the phones, cadets wear military or PT uniforms exclusively. Hair is shorter, not blocked, and cadets on duty in the guardroom wear dress fatigues, with white webbing and dress hat. Assigned to each company is a tactical officer who affords continuous intermin- gling of staff and cadets, much like the advisory system at West Point. The “Tac Officer” inspects and disciplines his company, working on a one-on-one basis to solve problems more effective- ly. Rules, which were sometimes bent or stretched, are enforced. The schedule of merits and demerits is set, unlike previous years’ five for one ratio, so that one merit cancels one demerit. In addition, the handbook limits civilian clothing and estab- lishes weekly bed strips — which raised eyebrows initially — requiring every cadet to strip his bed and send out his sheets to the laundry. Saturday Morning Inspections (SMI) are both in- side and outside. The slack has been pulled out of the system. Change is mov- ing us forward, back on track. PHOTOS. (Above left, then counterclockwise) Color Guard members Serpas, Putman, Perdue (CO), Jackson, Isom, and Sanders stand tall and proud for parades and ceremonies ... At Camden’s Veterans Day ceremony, Brig, Gen. Wallace C. Arnold acknowledges CMA participation to Cadet LTC Will Rice ... Conclusion of a James F. Risher Guard performance by CR Gantt, Perdue, Baxter, Felice, PO Davidson, Robinson, Stepp, Whisenhunt, MS Aaron, Rice ... Eyes up! Drill team members execute “walking them over” maneuver. .. Baxter, Rice, and MS Aaron instruct new drill team members De La Guardia, Samli, Campbell, MR Aaron, Valdano, Gerber, Gadlage ... It always gets a rise: Cannon Detail members Hargett, Yount, Dailey, Sims, Boiter (CO), and LTC Mowe at retreat. .. Ass’t Cmdt Harry Woodmansee explains the student handbook to newboy Estroff . . . Happy smiles radiate from the commandant staff, LTC’s Mowe, Eller, Cook, and Woodmansee.