United States Naval Academy - Lucky Bag Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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42-7 and cairv on til (Jlaiitmas rii There was just too much to do that last da of June ' eek plebe ear. ' e had collected gear for a whole vear. There was enough to fill a locker, pari: of a closet, and a cruise box. The wanted us to put it all in a sea bag. M ' orking parties took up a lot of time besides the usual formations. Finalh . we had all our gear packed and on the ships. We were readv and waiting for . . . Sir. there are now . .

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mmmm . f El r Bs Norfolk at night ' ith our first ie v of the might - elements of the Cruise Squadron anchored in the baw we realized that soon all we had learned throughout plebe ear was to be put to test, ' e were going to sea. How would we like life on board ship — would we get seasick — how would we like Europe — these and manv others were the questions which the next two months would answer. A cjuick trip to Norfolk to pick up the XROTC midshipmen: and before we knew it, the shore line of ' irginia faded into the distance. Our first davs at sea were met with mixed reactions — e er thing was so new, so different from anything we had experienced before. ' e were to li e and learn as seamen. Later cruises taught us specialized phases of naval warfare and shipboard administration. Second Class Cruise we learned the technicjues of com- bined amphibious assault and how- carrier based planes revolutionized fleet operations. First Class Cruise we supervised the jobs which we liad learned two ears before. Field Dav