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

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20 July 1967 Dear Kathy, I ' m sorry that I haven ' t written sooner but there just hasn ' t been time. I want to thank you for the good times we had between Graduation and the time I had to leave. That last weekend at the lake was really beautiful. We ' re not sup- posed to be able to see or talk to girls, Drag, until the beginning of Dec. at the Army-Navy game. But I think that we may be able to work it out so that if you come down with my parents in August for Parents Weekend I ' ll be able to see you. You ' d just have to be my sister for the weekend. Except when we go back out to where my folks are staying. ' Do you think you can come? Of course, if you can ' t, I still want you to come to Philadelphia for the game in December. It ' s the 2nd. Life around here is pretty rugged. Thanks for your letters, they seem to help a lot. We get up at 0600 officially, but it ' s usually closer to 0500. We have to get our uniforms ready, memorize rates, learn the newspaper, study stuff about the Navy and get ready for come-around. Come- arounds are the time between reveille and for- mation for morning meal. It starts out with just plain physical exercise for everyone, and then if you ' ve screwed up on something you have to stay and do more exercise. Our wing is like a square and built around a court so we run laps around it. Sometimes, if you ' ve been put on re- port, they ' ve got extra duty which is run outside at 0530. During the day we go to classes of one kind or another. We ' re learning a bit about com- puters and FORTRAN, and also how to sail these boats called knockabouts. Next week we go to the big 44 ' yawls to learn something about them and later to the YP ' s which are 80 ' ships we use for training. We ' ve got this lecture series in the evenings about the Navy and the Naval Academy and we ' re beginning to get some orientation about Academics. We have to make some kind of pre- liminary choice about our minor this summer, but it ' s not binding. Well, that ' s about it for now. I ' ve written this during a free period and now I ' ve got to get ready for intramurals. I ' m playing tennis. Please say Hi! to the gang for me and tell them I ' ll see them all at Christmas. Write soon, I miss you. Love, Terry

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continued trom ».) , ' ( ' 5 Plebe-ho. Thai ' s when they want lo dump on us all al once or tell us all something. We all had to get back into civilian clothes and go to the swearing in. It was in this big courtyard called Tecumseh Court. First there was a speech by Captain Kinney who ' s the Commandant of Midshipmen and then we were sworn in and there was a speech by Adm. Kaufmann who ' s the Superintendent. After it was over I went and said Goodl ye to Uncle Bill and Aunt Claire. Then there was supper, which I ' ll have to tell you about later, and we came back, had a lecture, got yelled at some more, worked on marking gear and went to bed. All by 10:30. I started this letter too, but didn ' t get much done. t can ' t believe how much there is to learn and what a short time they expect us to do it in. I hope I can do it. I ' ve got to close now. See you in August. Love, Terry P.S. The fire sirens came on in the middle of the night out in Annapolis. They sound like air raid sirens and we couldn ' t figure out what the heck was happening or what to do. It turned out nothing. Oh well! ihe lake Mi to until the outsottii my loiKi come? come lo I It ' s Ihe 2i Life ar( your lett( atOWOo We have rales, leai avy an( I I I

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8 August 1967 Dear Mom and Dad, Wow! The last week or so has been really amazing. First, we saw the change of command for the CNO. Chief of Naval Operations. He ' s the guy who sits on the joint Chiefs of Staff and is in operational command of the whole Navy. It was over in the field house, and there were all kinds of brass there. I ' ve never seen so many Ad- mirals in my life. The Admiral who was retiring was Admiral McDonald. He was relieved by Adm. Moorer. All in all it was pretty impressive. Last week also we were going over to the rifle range. We had to get up real early and eat chow at 0600. Then we went across the river to the Naval Station. In the mornings we shot the M-1 and in the afternoon we shot the .45 caliber pis- tol. It was really hard work, but a lot of fun. In (he evenings we went out on Farragut fioki and had dry run practices which they call snapping in. On the last day we fired for record, and ev- erybody in our company qualified. That ' s really good, ' cause we get more color points for it. I shot high enough to get Expert on both the rifle and the pistol! That means I get two more rib- bons to wear. How about that? We did so good that we even got carry-on over the weekend. Oh yeah, remember how I told you that we were learning to march? Well we ' ve started having P-rades. We ' re not the best, but we ' re pretty close, and that ' s good too, cause they count toward colors too. I got to be platoon command- er too. That means I ' m in charge wherever we go. I ' m pretty proud of it, but it ' s also pretty bad because if we screw up, I ' m the first one who gets static for it. The consolation is that I don ' t get inspected quite as much as the others at for- mation. I ' m really looking forward to seeing you par- ents weekend. Have you heard anything from Kathy? I hope you don ' t mind my inviting her. I really want to show you around when you come down. We ' ve learned all about the Yard and all of the monuments and buildings. It ' s all pretty impressive. I also want you to meet my Squad Leaders. They ' re just outstanding. Rough, yes, but I kinda think that I ' d like to be as . . . well, just like them, in a couple of years. Especially Mr. Badadrio. That ' s about it for now. I ' ll call you on Sunday afternoon. O.K.? How are the kids enjoying vacation? See you soon. Love Terry i ' tOUt-