Just thought it'd be a fun thread to see what you guys and girls think. I'll start you off:
You own one or more pair(s) of combat boots, and can shine them to a mirror
You learned to iron before you wore dress clothes, just so you could iron your uniform
You know that for some reason, a leaf symbolizes a Major
You find yourself counting cadence when you walk down the hall in school
Finish this off! This could be a really great thread!!
WIWAC in MCJROTC my friends and I would automatically fall into step together, in uniform or not.
I would iron military creases into my Sunday white shirt.
To this day I always have a straight gig line and check several times a day.
I can still polish boots to a mirror finish.
I tend to glance over someone's uniform to read their "resume" of awards and decorations.
+1 on Dad's 1, 3, 4, and 5.
I still walk in step with whoever I'm walking next to, frequently My Sweetie, who just giggles. She's retired Navy, too, so it's no big deal.
Gig line - always. And sometimes folks notice.
Polishing shoes gets a lot less of my time.
I did a brain dump the minute I no longer had to do mil creases, although I still know how. Now, I just don't have any urge to do so. Ever.
Youre used to working with zero money :-\
Hmmm...
1. When your field gear is the same stuff you use for the boy scouts.
2. Your Blues/BDUs are absolutely perfect yet you wear a t-shirt on a daily basis.
3. You can spin a rifle 8 ways from Sunday but you can't toss a pen in the air and catch it to save your life.
4. You know 7 and a half ways to shine your boots and dress shoes to a mirror.
5. You get used to being called by your last name.
You may be a CAP cadet if:
1) You've done as many outdoor activities this year as a Boy Scout.
2) You've flown more hours this year than some pilots.
3) You've run more this year than your school track team.
4) You've practiced more leadership skills than your school's FBLA members combined.
Quote from: HGjunkie on January 26, 2011, 04:13:09 AM
Hmmm...
1. When your field gear is the same stuff you use for the boy scouts.
2. Your Blues/BDUs are absolutely perfect yet you wear a t-shirt on a daily basis.
3. You can spin a rifle 8 ways from Sunday but you can't toss a pen in the air and catch it to save your life.
4. You know 7 and a half ways to shine your boots and dress shoes to a mirror.
5. You get used to being called by your last name.
Dude, I know what you mean. I was a member for over 1 1/2 years before my C/DC knew my first name. Especially funny, since I'm the C/CC. ;D
I do not even respond to my first name anymore. Past cadet, AD air force...other than my mother i don't think i have heard my first name said in....15 years.... :-\
Quote from: NCRblues on January 26, 2011, 05:37:50 AM
I do not even respond to my first name anymore. Past cadet, AD air force...other than my mother i don't think i have heard my first name said in....15 years.... :-\
Ditto for 12 years.
Oh, I went the other way. I'm first name all the way, except when around cadets, or in situations where proper military, or civilian social, protocol is required.
You know you are a CAP cadet if you find yourself moving to the left (keeping that person to your right) when walking with someone you respect.
Lets see what I've gathered from my 4 years of cadetism:
You know when you are a CAP cadet if...
1. You start marching down the hallways
2. You find uniform discrepancies in movies/TV shows
3. You sing cadence to yourself while running
4. You can't hang your shirt up without it leaning over
5. You can throw a 9 pound rifle 10 feet in the air and catch it without injury
6. You are on-line AND in step with a person next to you without thinking about it
There's others but either they've been posted or I can't remember them.
A few more:
1. You start collecting challenge coins which otherwise would be completely useless.
2. You can tell what every ribbon/badge is on a military or CAP uniform is and give a short summary of what it's awarded for.
3. You enjoy wearing BDUs.
4. You keep a copy of the regs on your phone for a quick reference during meetings.
5. You know the color of infinity, what infinity is, and how the cow is, and the 6 P's.
(1) Know more people by their first name than their last
(2) Find yourself screaming at the TV when someone on a movie calls an NCO "sir"
(3) Got your solo license before your driver's license (true story, happened to my CC)
1. (For the encampment junkies) You know you are a CAP cadet when you haven't had a "normal" Christmas or summer break in the last 5 years. (due to encampments or NCSAs)
2. You have the urge to get to the left of someone to talk to them.
3. You find yourself getting in-step with the person next to you in less than 3 steps.
4. You answer faster if called by your last name.
5. You can list off every ribbon you have, without looking, and tell the background of it.
6. It irks you to see the Curry ribbon as the top ribbon on an actors "military" uniform.
7. Of the almost 600 friends you have on Facebook, almost 450 are CAP. And you have to ask them periodically which encampment or activity you met them at because you have gone to so many (refer to #1).
8. When talking to friends, you realize that most of the time they are just nodding and agreeing with you when you start on a rant about another cadet or activity. Even after explaining several times what CAP is/does, you still get the blank stare.
9. You read and critique the uniform manual or read the drill manual to try to go to sleep.
Quote from: CAPC/officer125 on January 27, 2011, 03:22:01 AM
6. It irks you to see the Curry ribbon as the top ribbon on an actors "military" uniform.
That happened to me just recently, only it was a Brig. General and he had what I'm sure was a Goddard ribbon at the top of his resume. ::)
Quote from: NCRblues on January 26, 2011, 05:37:50 AM
I do not even respond to my first name anymore. Past cadet, AD air force...other than my mother i don't think i have heard my first name said in....15 years.... :-\
Man, I don't remember your first name most days, and for almost 2 years, I didn't know it...
Only my family and a few coworkers use my first name. Even my friends outside CAP use my last name.
-Paramedic
You know you are a cadet if you go to school and try to find the answers to a test with a L-per.
1. When walking down the street, you starting hearing "Left, left, left" in your head.
2. When asked how you are doing today, you answer "Outstanding!" automatically.
3. When your mom tells you to have a good day, you answer, "Hooah".
4. Mom understands not only what that means, but why you said it.
5. Your birthday wish list starts with "New Molle gear!".
6. When you crash while playing a flight simulator, you don't reset, instead, you wait for the GT to arrive.
Quote from: Donovan on January 26, 2011, 02:53:10 AM
Just thought it'd be a fun thread to see what you guys and girls think. I'll start you off:
You own one or more pair(s) of combat boots, and can shine them to a mirror
You learned to iron before you wore dress clothes, just so you could iron your uniform
You know that for some reason, a leaf symbolizes a Major
You find yourself counting cadence when you walk down the hall in school
Finish this off! This could be a really great thread!!
I always find myself marching in step, its weird.
Quote from: JoeTomasone on January 27, 2011, 06:30:29 PM
6. When you crash while playing a flight simulator, you don't reset, instead, you wait for the GT to arrive.
WIWAC I actually did that once ;D.
Quote from: JoeTomasone on January 27, 2011, 06:30:29 PM
1. When walking down the street, you starting hearing "Left, left, left" in your head.
2. When asked how you are doing today, you answer "Outstanding!" automatically.
3. When your mom tells you to have a good day, you answer, "Hooah".
4. Mom understands not only what that means, but why you said it.
5. Your birthday wish list starts with "New Molle gear!".
6. When you crash while playing a flight simulator, you don't reset, instead, you wait for the GT to arrive.
Hahaha I do 1 2 and 5
You know you are a (former) CAP cadet if...
You've seen this thread at least a half dozen times and still post in new ones.
You know who spacedog (http://www.cadetstuff.org) is.
When you hear the National Anthem, Call to Colors, or Taps you look for the pole or where it's coming from and stand at attention.
You always stand at attention when the colors are presented at any sporting event.
Shiny insignia catches your eye like a shiny object to a raven.
You can identify the rank insignia of all US Armed Forces, CAP, and most JROTC.
You know cool acronyms like OPSEC, MAJCOM, NCSA, NESA, NCOIC, etc.
You know the phonetic alphabet.
Quote from: Dad2-4 on January 29, 2011, 04:55:12 AM
When you hear the National Anthem, Call to Colors, or Taps you look for the pole or where it's coming from and stand at attention.
You always stand at attention when the colors are presented at any sporting event.
Shiny insignia catches your eye like a shiny object to a raven.
You can identify the rank insignia of all US Armed Forces, CAP, and most JROTC.
You know cool acronyms like OPSEC, MAJCOM, NCSA, NESA, NCOIC, etc.
You know the phonetic alphabet.
Most of these behaviours extend beyond being a CAP member.
Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, Xray, Yankee, and Zulu. Now I know myy Phonetic alphabet, next time won't you sing with me?
You know your a CAP cadet if you sing cadences or jodies when you run at gym.
You spell out acronyms with the phonetic alphabet. (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Charlie Foxtrot, just a few of what I use ;D)
You know you're a CAP Cadet when every time you see a white van you look for CAP markings automatically.
^Another one I couldn't think of! ;D
You know you are a CAP cadet if you spend more time on CAPTalk than you do on your homework. That's right, I know your math and English aren't done. Shut your computer off, and stop with the loling OMGing and all your other FaceBookisms and get to studying. >:D
^I'm home schooled. My whole day is filled with homework. >:D
1. Your girlfriend doesn't want to be seen with you when you wear your gore-tex
2. Your CAP Id is above your drivers license in your wallet
3. Your flight instructor has never had to teach you the phonetic alphabet
4. You've accidentally used "over" in ATC communications
5. You chose a SAREX over Homecoming
6. You've canceled a full day with your girlfriend to hunt for an ELT
7. You taught the cast in your High school Musical how to march in time, (true story, we're doing the sound of music this year)
8. You see a plane land and tune your scanner to 121.5 to see if his ELT went off
9. People ask what you do in your free time and you make up something besides "shining my boots" or "ironing my uniform" <- they wont understand
10. CAPTALK has been distracting you from your calculus homework for the last 15 minutes :D
This is something I realized and isn't exclusive to cadets:
There's no more room in your trunk because that's where you keep your ground team gear so you have it ready wherever you are.
^happens to my truck all the time. :D You know you are a CAP Cadet when you don't have much of a life outside of CAP. You don't watch TV shows about plane wrecks anymore because you know to much about it. The local park rangers know who you are because you have done so much training there. Here is another one I just thought of, you know you have been in CAP way to long if 90% of your pictures on Myspace/Facebook are of you in uniform doing drill, SAR or just chillin'. Extra points if your profile picture is in uniform. 8)
You know your a CAP cadet if you:
1.Can tell the class what service somebody is in by finding the service tape on their BDU's.(Last year, my ELA class was watching some TV Show, and the teacher paused it so everyone could guess who was causing all these weird things to happen and/or recording them. After a second, I saw a US Army service tape, and proceeded to tell the class that it was the US Army.)
2.Your most tramatic experience involves CAP. Mine was falling off the back of a John Deer Gator at night, and almost loosing my PC, Flashlight, and radio that was given to me
3.On other forums, you constantly boast about all the interesting stuff you collected or have done from CAP
4.You do your school chopping on USCAV. Anything you might want in about 3 months you buy from Vanguard
5.You report to the princible when you walk into the princables office
6.You accidently yell in your teachers face when they ask you to do something
7.You know military time off the top of your head and repeatedly confuse kids with it.
Quote from: Littleguy on January 30, 2011, 09:43:41 PM
5.You report to the principal when you walk into the principal's office
I would almost pay money to see that.
You know if your CAP cadet if:
Most of your Christmas/Birthday wish list is new CAP uniform items.
You have cadences on your IPOD/MP3 Player
Quote from: Fly Boy
You have cadences on your IPOD/MP3 Player
Guilty. 8)
Quote from: HGjunkie on February 04, 2011, 03:13:17 AM
Quote from: Fly Boy
You have cadences on your IPOD/MP3 Player
Guilty. 8)
Me too. ::)
Quote from: HGjunkie on February 04, 2011, 03:13:17 AM
Quote from: Fly Boy
You have cadences on your IPOD/MP3 Player
Guilty. 8)
Lucky! I wasted all of my MP3 money on buying U2 songs. Should have thought it through :(
You know you're a CAP cadet if:
* You can carry on a full conversation with someone where nearly every other word is an acronym. (i.e. Today we got a call from our GTL because an ELT went off, so we had to get a UDF team together, change into BDUs, grab our DHFs, L-pers, and 24 hour gear, and report to base at 1430 hrs for the SAR mission.)
* Your debate partner introduces you to her friends as "the army girl who flies planes and carries a knife."
* You've gotten confused looks when someone asks you for the time, and you answer "1836 hrs."
* You've checked baggage for free on Delta when flying to NBB because they counted your CAPID as a military ID.
* You constantly make fun of JROTC and the Boy Scouts because your CAP squadron is so much more squared away.
* You have accidentally answered "Hooah" when the pastor at church asks, "Amen?" And frequently do so when anyone asks, "Do you understand?" or "Are you ready?"
* Your friends know that if you don't respond when they call your first name, they can get a response by calling your last name.
* You've initiated a pushup contest at your church youth group, and won.
* Your friends will purposefully change their gait every few seconds when walking with you just to throw you off step, but in three steps you are subconsciously back in step with them - and it drives them crazy!
* You've gone to Walmart in BDUs and been thanked by one person for serving your country, then moments later been harangued by another for "killing innocent civilians."
* You've skipped out on parties because your ground team was activated to search for an ELT, and you are the only GTL in the area.
* You've had to explain to a confused non-CAP friend, "Its a CAP thing."
* Nearly every picture of you on facebook is of you in uniform, or at a CAP activity.
* Your email signature is your official CAP signature because most of your contacts are in CAP, and (sometimes) you delete it when emailing a non-CAP person.
* Your voicemail on your cell says, "You've reached Cadet (rank) (name)..."
* Most of your friends are in CAP, call you by your last name, and have never seen you in "civvies." The one time you met one of them outside a CAP activity and not in uniform, they didn't recognize you.
* You started yelling at the TV when the singer skipped a line of the National Anthem at the Superbowl.
Quote from: ES Ninja on March 15, 2011, 07:56:44 PM
* You've gone to Walmart in BDUs .....
??? Shame on you, unless it was a REAL emergency, although I can't think of any.
According to regulation, you can stay in uniform when traveling to or from meetings, or during search and rescue missions. If you need to stop at Walmart on the way there/home to pick something up, that's totally legit. And if you have to stop at Walmart during a SAREX or GSAR to pick up supplies/food for your (or someone else's) 24 hr pack, that's also legit.
Quote from: Dad2-4 on March 16, 2011, 07:54:58 AM
Quote from: ES Ninja on March 15, 2011, 07:56:44 PM
* You've gone to Walmart in BDUs .....
??? Shame on you, unless it was a REAL emergency, although I can't think of any.
The regulation does stipulate that you may make necessary stops. Getting dinner on the way home sounds like a necessary stop to me, and where better than Walmart?
Quote from: manfredvonrichthofen on March 16, 2011, 03:16:16 PM
Quote from: Dad2-4 on March 16, 2011, 07:54:58 AM
Quote from: ES Ninja on March 15, 2011, 07:56:44 PM
* You've gone to Walmart in BDUs .....
??? Shame on you, unless it was a REAL emergency, although I can't think of any.
The regulation does stipulate that you may make necessary stops. Getting dinner on the way home sounds like a necessary stop to me, and where better than Walmart?
Ive had to go to walmart before in my BDU's because my dad + Senior Member had to grab some milk before everything closed.
Quote from: manfredvonrichthofen on March 16, 2011, 03:16:16 PM
The regulation does stipulate that you may make necessary stops. Getting dinner on the way home sounds like a necessary stop to me, and where better than Walmart?
Don't get me wrong because I'm far from perfect and on rare occasions things come up, and I'm sure if the regs state it you can help me locate it. So far all I've found in CAPM 39-1, page 6, Table 1-1 indicates "Do not wear" the CAP uniform, "more than 1 hour following the close of the activity except for traveltime to and from such activities, for which the uniform is specified
(seminars, conferences, NEC, or NB meetings).
I don't see "necessary stops" mentioned.
The point of that regulation is to ensure cadets do not go around wearing their uniform to show off. If you live over an hour away from your meeting, and need to make a stop at the store (or to get gas!) on the way home, that is perfectly understandable. When doing so, though, you must ensure you are carrying yourself in a professional way that brings honor to the military. And that is the point of that regulation - NOT to make you change uniform halfway home.
YOU KNOW YOU ARE A SENIOR MEMBER when it turns into a uniform thread
WIWAC all the senior NCOs and Officers would go to Waffle House after the meeting. On one occation we had active duty Air Force eating with us. They had been called down from LRAFB to help with flood control or something in our area. They thought we were some sort of reserve unit also there to help, never caught on we were cadets.
Quote from: Reno on March 17, 2011, 03:23:13 PM
WIWAC all the senior NCOs and Officers would go to Waffle House after the meeting. On one occation we had active duty Air Force eating with us. They had been called down from LRAFB to help with flood control or something in our area. They thought we were some sort of reserve unit also there to help, never caught on we were cadets.
It always cracks me up when I see a member of the public stop a 12 or 13 year old cadet that's in uniform and thank them for their military service. The camera may add 10 pounds, but apparently BDUs/Blues add 10 years ;D
You know your a CAP cadet if your wall is made to hold your uniforms :)
Quote from: Fubar on March 17, 2011, 10:11:49 PM
Quote from: Reno on March 17, 2011, 03:23:13 PM
WIWAC all the senior NCOs and Officers would go to Waffle House after the meeting. On one occation we had active duty Air Force eating with us. They had been called down from LRAFB to help with flood control or something in our area. They thought we were some sort of reserve unit also there to help, never caught on we were cadets.
It always cracks me up when I see a member of the public stop a 12 or 13 year old cadet that's in uniform and thank them for their military service. The camera may add 10 pounds, but apparently BDUs/Blues add 10 years ;D
haha yeah, I've seen that once or twice, we were all 18ish so I can understand why they might mistake us for regulars.
you bring your leadership/ aerospace book to study during your classes.
Quote from: shlebz on March 20, 2011, 03:44:20 PM
you bring your leadership/ aerospace book to study during your classes.
hahaha guilty.
* if you wear your new combat boots everywhere the month before encampment to break them in :-)
You know you're a cadet when you're too lazy to use the writing skills your teachers have been trying to teach you in school. 8)
You know you're a cadet when you've seen this topic on 2 different forums now...
Just covering all the bases. >:D
Getting back on topic...You know you are a CAP cadet when at the end of a summer your don't have a farmer's tan...you have BDU tan in a nice tight line around your arm 8)
Quote from: commando1 on March 22, 2011, 04:23:32 PM
Getting back on topic...You know you are a CAP cadet when at the end of a summer your don't have a farmer's tan...you have BDU tan in a nice tight line around your arm 8)
And you know you've been to Blue Beret when not only do you have the highly fashionable BDU tan, but you have this lovely slanted tan line across your face from where the sun hit your beret all week and cast a shadow!
When you suffer from symptoms of withdrawl when you miss one meeting (from something that could be avoided: Car trouble, homework, Parents, etc.)
Quote from: Littleguy on March 18, 2011, 12:51:51 AM
You know your a CAP cadet if your wall is made to hold your uniforms :)
guilty haha even my mini basketball hoop convienetly holds my blues shirt
:D
1. If you yell at the T.V. for improper uniforms in a show/movie.
2. If, when in civvies, you come to attention when an officer in uniform walks by.
3. When someone asks how you are you respond "Outstanding, Sir/Ma'am!"
4. You are upset when you can't shine your shoes.
5. Your non-CAP friends talk about you to others as "the air force dude".
Quote from: Nighthawk on April 24, 2011, 07:25:05 PM
5. Your non-CAP friends talk about you to others as "the air force dude".
Haha, my friends nicknamed me "Soldier." It's one of those things, ya know?
Anyways, I have another one:
You know you're a cadet when you got your recent promotion you realized you had to add 3 ribbons to your rack.
You know you're a CAP cadet when you refer to a raid on the kitchen as a 'Tasty Search.' ;D
Quote from: Fly Boy on March 24, 2011, 06:41:42 PM
When you suffer from symptoms of withdrawl when you miss one meeting (from something that could be avoided: Car trouble, homework, Parents, etc.)
that was me today, with Easter. ::)
Quote from: Nighthawk on April 24, 2011, 07:25:05 PM
1. If you yell at the T.V. for improper uniforms in a show/movie.
also improper customs & courtesies and completely wrong drill commands. That always bugs the heck out of me.
Quote from: Nighthawk on April 24, 2011, 07:25:05 PM
5. Your non-CAP friends talk about you to others as "the air force dude".
Haha my debate partner refers to me as "the army girl."
Quote from: titanII on April 25, 2011, 12:05:00 AMQuote from: Nighthawk on April 24, 2011, 07:25:05 PM
1. If you yell at the T.V. for improper uniforms in a show/movie.
also improper customs & courtesies and completely wrong drill commands. That always bugs the heck out of me.
It doesn't get any better. Never been a cadet, been military for years, and that still bugs me.
When you're the only one in your chemistry class who doesn't bat an eyelid after your teacher calls "ppt" papa papa tango. Meanwhile, your classmates are laughing/looking around confused.
I got some more.
You are fixing your hair in a mirror when you realize you were looking at your dress shoes.
You iron a sharp crease in all of your clothes.
When answering a question or making a statement, you say Sir or Ma'am.
When talking with your friends, you use CAP terms fluently.
Quote from: Nighthawk on April 25, 2011, 12:32:14 AM
You are fixing your hair in a mirror when you realize you were looking at your dress shoes.
this made me laugh out loud and look like a fool in front of my family. because it's true. ;D
also, when you yell at the TV every time someone on TV calls an NCO "Sir".
1.Since your basic encampment, you've folded every T-shirt you have into 6"x6" squares.
2.When you saw that the Hock Shop's website was closed, you paused for a moment of silence
3.When you go to the gym to "PT", and nobody knows what you're talking about
4.You come home from a CAP activity exhausted, hungry, and with the load of work you were given you still wish you were back there.
Quote from: Perez on April 25, 2011, 01:46:36 PM
4.You come home from a CAP activity exhausted, hungry, and with the load of work you were given you still wish you were back there.
No kidding. The last encampment I went to I did not want to leave.
My flash drive is still called "Capt" because it used to be used for CAP only.
Quote from: HGjunkie on April 25, 2011, 02:11:42 PM
Quote from: Perez on April 25, 2011, 01:46:36 PM
4.You come home from a CAP activity exhausted, hungry, and with the load of work you were given you still wish you were back there.
No kidding. The last encampment I went to I did not want to leave.
A lot of seniors feel that way, too. It is very easy to fall into a comfortable, mission-focused groove while the rest of the
world worries about things that seem a lot more important the rest of the year (bills, jobs, family...)
Encampments are funny like that. I have been to a couple of encampments and every time I don't want to leave. Even to go on vacation afterwards. :-\
Quote from: Eclipse on April 25, 2011, 08:14:57 PM
Quote from: HGjunkie on April 25, 2011, 02:11:42 PM
Quote from: Perez on April 25, 2011, 01:46:36 PM
4.You come home from a CAP activity exhausted, hungry, and with the load of work you were given you still wish you were back there.
No kidding. The last encampment I went to I did not want to leave.
A lot of seniors feel that way, too. It is very easy to fall into a comfortable, mission-focused groove while the rest of the
world worries about things that seem a lot more important the rest of the year (bills, jobs, family...)
I think a big chunk of that is the people with similar goals/interests.
two days after my basic encampment i had marching band camp (on a military base oddly enough), no one could understand why I woke up at 0500 spontaneously and decided to go for a run and PT.
Quote from: Top Dawg on January 27, 2011, 02:35:05 AM
(1) Know more people by their first name than their last
(2) Find yourself screaming at the TV when someone on a movie calls an NCO "sir"
(3) Got your solo license before your driver's license (true story, happened to my CC)
Not to brag...but i had my private and most of my instrument before i had my drivers license
You know your a CAP cadet when you couldn't be caught dead without your CAPID :)
Also, you know your a CAP cadet when you see a red, white and blue Cessna and have flashbacks of your O-flight experiences.
Quote from: Littleguy on April 27, 2011, 07:24:18 PM
Also, you know your a CAP cadet SM, when you see a red, white and blue Cessna and have flashbacks of your O-flight experiences. access WMIRS on your smart phone to find out which plane it is and where it's based and if there is a mission running or not.
FTFY ;) Yes I am guilty of that one.
you march EVERYWHERE you go walmart, mall, wherever
you speak to all your cap friends by their last name
you wake up at the crack of dawn like at encampment everyday
when you run for fun on a treadmill you call jodies
you call every adult outside of your family sir or ma'am
when adults talk to you outside of cap you stand at ease
Quote from: yeahididthat on April 27, 2011, 08:27:06 PM
you wake up at the crack of dawn like at encampment everyday
You guys woke up
at dawn? Laaaaaaame.
Hey, the crack of noon sounds so much better to me. >:D
Quote from: yeahididthat on April 27, 2011, 08:27:06 PM
you march EVERYWHERE you go walmart, mall, wherever
you speak to all your cap friends by their last name
you wake up at the crack of dawn like at encampment everyday
when you run for fun on a treadmill you call jodies
you call every adult outside of your family sir or ma'am
when adults talk to you outside of cap you stand at ease
I do most of those.
Its got so bad that my friends will purposely get out of step when I get in step with them.
Quote from: yeahididthat on April 27, 2011, 11:48:27 PM
Its got so bad that my friends will purposely get out of step when I get in step with them.
and then i get right back in step. This was bad with me, not because of CAP, but it started in the summer with Marching band. my friends would get out of step on purpose to try to trip me up, and it frustrated them that it never worked. it was an unconscious thing for me.
You Fall automatically into step with the person you walk beside....
Can be scary sometimes... walking in the mall, for instance. Up here we have the USCGA and the AVCRAD 8), so they go to the mall in dress, and i fing myself in step with them. sometimes, large numbers of said cadets and others are in step... kind of freaky....
or even better, when you honestly can't remember anyone's first name... at all
Quote from: shlebz on March 26, 2011, 08:54:56 PM
Quote from: Littleguy on March 18, 2011, 12:51:51 AM
You know your a CAP cadet if your wall is made to hold your uniforms :)
guilty haha even my mini basketball hoop convienetly holds my blues shirt
:D
so convenient, isn't it?
Don't you have a closet? ???
I've had uniforms of one sort or another for 33 years now (BSA, MCJROTC, USAF, LEO, CAP) but never felt the desire to decorate my room with them other than the chair in the corner catching them. I don't get it.
I keep a second closet full of just Blues shirts/trousers, my Service Coat, all my BDUs, and my Civvie dress clothes.
You know you're a Cadet when you refer to everyday wear as "Civvies." :P
Quote from: Dad2-4 on May 20, 2011, 11:10:51 PM
Don't you have a closet? ???
I've had uniforms of one sort or another for 33 years now (BSA, MCJROTC, USAF, LEO, CAP) but never felt the desire to decorate my room with them other than the chair in the corner catching them. I don't get it.
I won't forget the uniform of the day, it matches my decorations of military things, it looks cool, and I can leave my uniforms that are not going to be used in the closet. I love it.
1) Your contacts (phone or otherwise) are last-name only.
2) You call CAP at-home activities "homework"
3) You have the sudden urge to salute or stand at attention
4) You use the word "sir" or "ma'am" more often than before.
5) You play Pokemon with SQTR's
Quote from: spreilly on May 24, 2011, 08:18:42 PM
5) You play Pokemon with SQTR's
I'm interested in how this works.
Quote from: HGjunkie on May 24, 2011, 08:21:35 PM
Quote from: spreilly on May 24, 2011, 08:18:42 PM
5) You play Pokemon with SQTR's
I'm interested in how this works.
Gotta catch 'em all!
Of course all being each signoff...
Quote from: spreilly on May 24, 2011, 08:24:51 PM
Gotta catch 'em all!
Of course all being each signoff...
D'oh. I get it. :P
You know.. you've been influenced by CAP cadets when ... you square your corners ... in your house, and perhaps most places you go.
...and yes, I'm equally as guilty on the WMIRS CAP flight bit, too. ;)
you know your family is in CAP when: Your sister is "Cadet" or "Aiirman" and you parents are "Sir" and "M'am."
You communicate with your CAP friends at school using the phonetic alphabet so others won't understand.
You understand terms like SAREX, MAJCOM, WMIRS, FAA, CAB, CAC, etc.
You can name the entire grade structure of CAP, the USAF, and likely most or all US armed forces.
You take your hat off when you go inside.
You start walking with your left foot
You stand up and sit up straight.
You respond to people with precise answers instead of "what ever" or yeah.
When you go to work, you make sure your gig line is perfect.
Everything such as wallet and other accessories goes into a certain pocket.
You say you are going on a mission and people look at you weird.
Acronyms are more familiar to you than how to make a PB sandwich.
Quote from: speedbird on May 30, 2011, 07:05:16 AM
You take your hat off when you go inside.
[snip]
This is very true of ANY cadet. I went to the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets Junior Cadet Accession Program, a scholarship program for high school juniors and seniors in CAP, JROTC, Young Marines, and Sea Cadets. When we checked in, we were given a hat. Most decided they were going to wear it. Well, during a campus tour, we were going in and out of buildings. About 80% of the JCAP cadets took off their hats as we entered the building, the other 20% to soon follow.
I once told my friend to take his cover of as we went in to school. He looked at me like I was from mars and reminded me that this was school not CAP...
Quote from: thatonekid on May 30, 2011, 09:28:04 PM
I once told my friend to take his cover of as we went in to school. He looked at me like I was from mars and reminded me that this was school not CAP...
We can't wear hats in school... you are lucky. If I could, I would wear a hat everywhere i went.
We can also text during passing periods. :P
Quote from: thatonekid on June 03, 2011, 02:26:45 AM
We can also text during passing periods. :P
Towards the end of the year no fewer than 3 of my teachers didn't care if I had my phone/ipod out during class. Because, hey, final exams.
Quote from: HGjunkie on June 03, 2011, 02:42:30 AM
Quote from: thatonekid on June 03, 2011, 02:26:45 AM
We can also text during passing periods. :P
Towards the end of the year no fewer than 3 of my teachers didn't care if I had my phone/ipod out during class. Because, hey, final exams.
At my school, we could have them out during passing period, lunch and before and after school. Being a senior, I knew how to either hide it from the teachers that cared or I had teachers that didn't care as long as they weren't teaching and the work got done. I really only had 1-2 teachers that cared and the others just put up with it because they knew would be doing it anyway, might as well not fight it.
This is why I love being a college student. Generally professors don't care if you use your phone in class (assuming you are bother other students). If you flunk because you spent the whole semester on Facebook, that's your problem. Same for eating/drinking in class and other things generally frowned upon in high school.
Quote from: CAPC/officer125 on June 03, 2011, 03:02:01 AM
Being a senior, I knew how to either hide it from the teachers that cared or I had teachers that didn't care as long as they weren't teaching and the work got done. I really only had 1-2 teachers that cared and the others just put up with it because they knew would be doing it anyway, might as well not fight it.
Honesty, integrity.
Were you a cadet at that time?
Quote from: Dad2-4 on June 05, 2011, 11:27:55 PM
Quote from: CAPC/officer125 on June 03, 2011, 03:02:01 AM
Being a senior, I knew how to either hide it from the teachers that cared or I had teachers that didn't care as long as they weren't teaching and the work got done. I really only had 1-2 teachers that cared and the others just put up with it because they knew would be doing it anyway, might as well not fight it.
Honesty, integrity.
Were you a cadet at that time?
Yes, at the point this was happening and currently. I know that this isn't the greatest example. I can't stand behind it or away from it. I could fall into the trap of saying everyone else was doing it(which they were), but it was my choice.
Was it honest? No. Was I having integrity? No.
What I do is walk in with a old 90's boombox, turn the volume all the way up, and when the teacher tells me I can't have it out, I say "I CAN'T HEAR YOU".
In all seriousness, I don't play it in class, mainly because I sing it a bit until the whole row I'm sitting at starts singing it.
Quote from: Littleguy on June 06, 2011, 12:42:03 AM
What I do is walk in with a old 90's boombox, turn the volume all the way up, and when the teacher tells me I can't have it out, I say "I CAN'T HEAR YOU".
I have the urge to test this out now... >:D
Quote from: HGjunkie on June 06, 2011, 12:42:57 AM
Quote from: Littleguy on June 06, 2011, 12:42:03 AM
What I do is walk in with a old 90's boombox, turn the volume all the way up, and when the teacher tells me I can't have it out, I say "I CAN'T HEAR YOU".
I have the urge to test this out now... >:D
+1
Quote from: Skydude61 on June 06, 2011, 08:33:56 PM
Quote from: HGjunkie on June 06, 2011, 12:42:57 AM
Quote from: Littleguy on June 06, 2011, 12:42:03 AM
What I do is walk in with a old 90's boombox, turn the volume all the way up, and when the teacher tells me I can't have it out, I say "I CAN'T HEAR YOU".
I have the urge to test this out now... >:D
+1
Let us all know how it went after you get out of detention.
Quote from: USAFaux2004 on June 06, 2011, 09:09:06 PM
Quote from: Skydude61 on June 06, 2011, 08:33:56 PM
Quote from: HGjunkie on June 06, 2011, 12:42:57 AM
Quote from: Littleguy on June 06, 2011, 12:42:03 AM
What I do is walk in with a old 90's boombox, turn the volume all the way up, and when the teacher tells me I can't have it out, I say "I CAN'T HEAR YOU".
I have the urge to test this out now... >:D
+1
Let us all know how it went after you get out of detention.
Last day of school is wednesday. It'll work... Maybe. >:D
Quote from: HGjunkie on June 06, 2011, 09:12:00 PM
Last day of school is wednesday. It'll work... Maybe. >:D
Heck, we had detention on the last day of classes, every day of final exams, and (apparently) during summer school
Quote from: titanII on June 06, 2011, 09:50:39 PM
Quote from: HGjunkie on June 06, 2011, 09:12:00 PM
Last day of school is wednesday. It'll work... Maybe. >:D
Heck, we had detention on the last day of classes, every day of final exams, and (apparently) during summer school
There were seniors that had to make up 4 hours of detentions the Friday before graduation in order to walk. We had gotten out of school Wednesday.
Thats fantastic!!! Now lets get back on topic before they lock...