United States Military Academy Camp Buckner - Mortar Yearbook (West Point, NY)

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Transportation ln an age of highly mobile warfare, the movement of troops, supplies, and equipment is of paramount import- ance in any branch ofthe service. The l5lst Light Truck Company from Fort Eustis, Virginia showed us how TC solves such problems. With ex- cellent instruction and demonstration in the functioning and organization of a truck company we learned how to get there fustest with the mostest. Grinding gears and double clutch- ing, we participated as drivers and convoy commanders in moving a truck convoy from Camp Natural Bridge to the Cavalry Plain with even a few moments off the reservation. A jeep sinking contest at Stilwell Lake climaxed the day as '57 rumbled and roared through TC training. c f xl I ,s '52 if' L1 'lf f ' WW' ll 114 3 A' 'f llll vl i as r we if ssvs sf: Y ff ' u ,. r,. Z Wy , l Nall 0 llgllwrwi I-f. f K I I Q 'Q 4 .i i tx l f ,lf 5 lylfzfk gn l i -fe f? VVrr l A ff if i ' 12 lg if 'gh X 5' -- +3 53 U L?5X ff Q r 5 X ' , Y, Y, ff Q f f i?? e X - jf - T 'f' up 2 if 'E 5 was if r, 7 2 4 so J - W- - fpi' i 7 - if X ll I

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N ANTRY What math was to plebe year, the Infantry was to Buckner. It easily claimed first place in the time spent department, and when it was all over there were few who would argue that it was not the Queen of Battle . After returning from the field problem everyone agreed that you had to have a lot of respect for the men in the front who stand and take it. July was almost entirely devoted to training in the basic weapons of the squad and the platoon. Almost as soon as we got here we were bent like pretzels and told to squeeze those rounds off . Bolos to the contrary it wasn't too long before it was over, and we got off the thousand inch ranges and into the field. We fired what seemed like impossible shots on the transition range and managed to come up with a few hits, dragged ourselves up mountains that seemed miles high and came back down again, and defended ourselves against an aggressor who seemed to know every move we made before we had thought of making it. After learning the art of silence on night patrols, we were ready for the three day field problem which was to climax the summer's training. We waded in swamps up to our necks, froze at night and walked all day, but when we got home from this prob- lem everybody had learned something, and even the air force files knew that it was time well spent.

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ilitary Police This is the page we had planned to set aside for the M.P.'s. Unfortunately, their demonstration came too late for us to get the pictures we wanted, and we express our regrets that we can't give them the coverage they deserve. When we first heard of MP. instruction no one knew just what they could do to occupy four hours. After all they didn't seem to do much more than control traffic and ride around in little brown cars. ln four hours, through the best presented, best or- ganized training presented all year, they showed us ex- actly what they could do. The jobs that have to be done in peacetime and in combat by the Military Police are seemingly numberless. We sat, in the field house, thanks to a mild hurricane, and with a crack platoon from Camp Gordon, the M.P.s showed us as many of these jobs as they could fit in during the time allotted. We sat, and we laughed, and we learned, and when it was all over we applauded loudly. These people also seemed to be able to march pretty well, and their riot formations made such an impression that the Camp Gordon shuffle became a part of what little time there was left at Buckner. We're sorry there are no pictures, but there are 600 yearlings who remember. Ask them. l X e we eeffe-he fx 6 'QQ ,N ,i gi e2 59 if ' f ,f 1 Y , 2 Xi' 7 ff'-'i ff At i, X 1 .J an I ,fr ff K ff ff R5 ke? fb' T I f X ff X W Vi if TT f fl , -. - . .1 as f T, I y ' Z, ,1 , 1 ' w-.,, , ' ,QL r e e ' A ify r ffe, e . f ,f ' T T t 5 if if . v T ' ,,f i ,tiif f wc 'Zi X waz? 1 X LMK , X Xl X 'li l' x 1 l iv K gg