Camden Military Academy - Excalibur Yearbook (Camden, SC)

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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.

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Service staffs perform outstandingly. Keeping the corps running re- quires, effort by many cadet staff members. Here they are in action (right, then counterclockwise): John O’Neil with his finger on the Ml903 action for the benefit of Lewis Sharp. Chet Lightcap, Tay- lor Rion, Ian Osborne, and Marc Ely perform weapons maintenance tasks. Mrs. Helen Feltham, Recrea- tion Center Director, explains tournament mechanics — chess to foosball — to Kevin McDaniel and Gary Spencer. Carlisle House is a relaxing place, and these folks guarantee that atmosphere. The Laundry Staff, here trying to solve the case of the unmarked bundle, includes Mike Hargett, Greg Baxter, Jon Felice, Rob Whitmire, Steve Robinson, Julio De La Guardia. City Laundry rep resentative Mrs. Rose Trimnal, awaits the break in the case. Military clerks review individ- ual cadet records, here Douglas Eader, Andres Valdano, Bret Bur- nikel, Ted Ulrichsen. Under the clock, Chris Reinman, Kevin McDaniel, and Mike Worsham in- sure the accuracy of duty rosters, lists which are vital to smooth op- eration within the corps. The Supply Staff issues brand newboy Jamie Flanagan full uni- form — cap to shoes — and more. Ernie Small and Julio De La Guar- dia, record; Blair Sims, checks items of issue; and Todd Ramella, Supply NCO, and LTC Stephen Mowe, Supply Officer, insure proper dresscoat fit. Pictured in the middle. Cadet Gregg Baxter, cool and unruffled behind the wheel of a CMA van, provides transportation for town trips. As a driver, Gregg moves many of the corps, to church, on town leave, for medical appoint- ments, and more. 18