No one at our encampment did the Air Force shuffle in the mess hall. At least no one I saw.6. You recognize cadets at any CAP event in the future.7. You find you CAP ID number on random tshirts8. You can meet someone you haven't seen in months and instantly be reconnected.9. You've done things that most teens never have and never will do.
You might've gone to encampment if...1. You wake up at 0500 and do PT.2. Your alarm is revelry reveille.3.You know at least 50 ways to change into your BDU's in less than 5 minutes 4.You can take a complete shower in less than 2 minutes5. Your room is set to inspection standards6.When you're in line for food at school, you do the Air Force shuffle7.You don't stop talking about encampment until the next one startsPlease fill in your own...
Yes we did do the Air Force shuffle...
My flought flight didn't. Anyway we're getting off track.
...you wonder about the game plan of the cadet that showed up with only ONE extra pair of underwear in his luggage.
You're kidding, right sir?
-When you call your teacher ma'am
Quote from: aceofspades on May 21, 2013, 03:21:00 PM-When you call your teacher ma'amYou didn’t before?
Disclaimer: in real life I do not use “ain’t" or double negatives.
Quote from: TJT__98 on May 21, 2013, 05:21:11 PMQuote from: aceofspades on May 21, 2013, 03:21:00 PM-When you call your teacher ma'amYou didn’t before?I know it's common in the south but no one really does it up north.
Depends on what you mean by north. Plenty of people I know living above the Mason-Dixon Line call their teacher ma'am or sir.
Quote from: jeders on May 22, 2013, 09:56:42 AMDepends on what you mean by north. Plenty of people I know living above the Mason-Dixon Line call their teacher ma'am or sir.Seriously. If respect and common courtesy isn't enough, how about self-preservation? Anyone who provides you a living, a service, or can potentially negatively effect your life should always be referred to in that manner.
Quote from: TJT__98 on May 21, 2013, 07:45:39 PMDisclaimer: in real life I do not use “ain’t" or double negatives.Hate to break it to you.. but this is real life, too. There's plenty of life lessons where "it's only the internet" came back to bite.. hard.
You might've gone to encampment if...1. You wake up at 0500 and do PT.2. Your alarm is revelry.3.You know at least 50 ways to change into your BDU's in less than 5 minutes 4.You can take a complete shower in less than 2 minutes5. Your room is set to inspection standards6.When you're in line for food at school, you do the Air Force shuffle7.You don't stop talking about encampment until the next one startsPlease fill in your own...
Quote from: Black Knight on April 13, 2013, 03:22:21 PM You might've gone to encampment if...1. You wake up at 0500 and do PT.2. Your alarm is revelry.3.You know at least 50 ways to change into your BDU's in less than 5 minutes 4.You can take a complete shower in less than 2 minutes5. Your room is set to inspection standards6.When you're in line for food at school, you do the Air Force shuffle7.You don't stop talking about encampment until the next one startsPlease fill in your own...Are we talking about encampment or basic training?
Quote from: Storm Chaser on May 22, 2013, 02:34:32 PMQuote from: Black Knight on April 13, 2013, 03:22:21 PM You might've gone to encampment if...1. You wake up at 0500 and do PT.2. Your alarm is revelry.3.You know at least 50 ways to change into your BDU's in less than 5 minutes 4.You can take a complete shower in less than 2 minutes5. Your room is set to inspection standards6.When you're in line for food at school, you do the Air Force shuffle7.You don't stop talking about encampment until the next one startsPlease fill in your own...Are we talking about encampment or basic training?I went to the same encampment and she's barely exaggerating.
Black Knight, did you go to the NYWG 2012 Encampment? We only did 1 PT, on the 1st or 2nd day, after dinner. (Which was a terrible idea.)
- You take your Red Sox cap off when you go indoors (sorry, I'm an old fan...)
-Your that one cadet that walks around with a camelbak sucking on the thing constantly like it's a friggin' pacifier.DON'T BE THAT CADET. SAY NO TO THE CAMELBAK "BINKY".
You might have gone to encampment if you're a cadet officer.
-You don't know the answer to a question in class, you say "This cadet does not know, but will endeavor to find out."
Quote from: TexasCadet on July 24, 2013, 04:29:44 PM-You don't know the answer to a question in class, you say "This cadet does not know, but will endeavor to find out."CAP does not use the third person in cadet training.Where does this stuff come from?
I don't know if that is improper or not, but I wasn't about to contradict the flight sergeant or the entire encampment staff (cadets and seniors).
You Might have gone to encampment if you pack an MRE for school lunch.
Why did they feed you MREs at encampment?
Quote from: usafaux2004 on July 29, 2013, 11:47:11 AMWhy did they feed you MREs at encampment?NCWG encampment is held at an austere National Guard Training Center with no available dining facility. Breakfast and dinner are cooked and served under a large picnic shelter, but lunch is usually a MRE distributed wherever the cadets happen to be at lunch time.None of the cadets that I know have complained about this arrangement. In fact, some of them actually like it!
Quote from: TheKing on July 28, 2013, 07:54:46 PMYou Might have gone to encampment if you pack an MRE for school lunch.Why did they feed you MREs at encampment?
I don't know that calling Camp Butler "austere" is fair. It looks pretty nice, actually.
That must make you real popular at school.
Quote from: Eclipse on July 29, 2013, 04:28:32 PMI don't know that calling Camp Butler "austere" is fair. It looks pretty nice, actually.It's very nice for what it is, and the cadets seem to like it, but it's nothing like past encampment sites like MCAS Cherry Point, Camp Lejuene, or Seymour Johnson AFB.
Quote from: usafaux2004 on July 29, 2013, 08:14:43 PMThat must make you real popular at school.I have only done the one about navigating corners. The rest I haven't done.Yet.
Which island? Hawaii or PR?Flyer
Already answered... But is Parris Island ever used for a CAP encampment? I would imagine Sea Cadets, but not CAP...Flyer
Quote from: aceofspades on May 28, 2013, 11:48:23 AMBlack Knight, did you go to the NYWG 2012 Encampment? We only did 1 PT, on the 1st or 2nd day, after dinner. (Which was a terrible idea.)Yes, I did. I was in Charlie Flight. Got the third highest scire.And doing PT after dinner was horrible. I believe it was the 2nd day we did PT
That would be Oahu.
I'm going to list a few more examples, but before I do, I would like to point out that these are just exaggerated examples, and never have I done these, nor will I ever do these:You sign papers with your name and rankYou give your unit's charter number when somebody asks you where you're fromYou wake up in the middle of the night at home to do CQ patrolYou eat every meal as quick as possible You put as many patches as you can on anythingYou wear dress blues to a civilian formal eventYou use proper radio speech over the phone
Quote from: TJT__98 on May 21, 2013, 05:21:11 PMQuote from: aceofspades on May 21, 2013, 03:21:00 PM-When you call your teacher ma'amYou didn’t before?Calling your parents and your teachers Sir or Ma'am should come naturally. I think it rather disrespectful not to give them the respect they deserve.
Quote from: VAcadet on November 22, 2013, 03:21:30 PMQuote from: TJT__98 on May 21, 2013, 05:21:11 PMQuote from: aceofspades on May 21, 2013, 03:21:00 PM-When you call your teacher ma'amYou didn’t before?Calling your parents and your teachers Sir or Ma'am should come naturally. I think it rather disrespectful not to give them the respect they deserve.In the parts of the world where we live in the 21st century, said teachers prefer Mr. Smith or Mrs Smith, or even Dr. Smith.
Quote from: usafaux2004 on November 22, 2013, 04:49:48 PMQuote from: VAcadet on November 22, 2013, 03:21:30 PMQuote from: TJT__98 on May 21, 2013, 05:21:11 PMQuote from: aceofspades on May 21, 2013, 03:21:00 PM-When you call your teacher ma'amYou didn’t before?Calling your parents and your teachers Sir or Ma'am should come naturally. I think it rather disrespectful not to give them the respect they deserve.In the parts of the world where we live in the 21st century, said teachers prefer Mr. Smith or Mrs Smith, or even Dr. Smith.In the part of the world where I live (TN), all adults tend to be addressed as "Sir" and "Ma'am." The two teachers in my family only get addressed as "Mrs. Wilson" or "Miss Wilson" when there are multiple "ma'ams" present and there is a need to distinguish one from the group.
Please refrain from using ASCII text to create wastes of space. Thank you in advance. While creative, it has no place on CAPTalk.
It is huge, ungainly, and took me 5 minutes to decipher what it was. Looks like the meme of Picard doing a face palm.
you wake up doing to-the-rear in you sleep. (this happened to me at my basic encampment and I almost fell off the bunk )you randomly notice when people have their hair out of regs. you form a ripple line in the mess hall at schoolyou constantly have jodies running through you headyou stalk all the people from your basic encampment on Facebookyou don't stop talking about encampment till your next oneyou can't stand people who ask you, "Why would you do that?!" when you tell them you just spent a week of your summer at a boot camp for funyou listen to the songs from your encampment video every day and tear up with nostalgiayou square your corners in publicyou have to stop yourself from shouting "YES SIR!" at your teacher when he asks something
Quote from: SilentPhantom on June 03, 2014, 02:38:43 PMyou wake up doing to-the-rear in you sleep. (this happened to me at my basic encampment and I almost fell off the bunk )you randomly notice when people have their hair out of regs. you form a ripple line in the mess hall at schoolyou constantly have jodies running through you headyou stalk all the people from your basic encampment on Facebookyou don't stop talking about encampment till your next oneyou can't stand people who ask you, "Why would you do that?!" when you tell them you just spent a week of your summer at a boot camp for funyou listen to the songs from your encampment video every day and tear up with nostalgiayou square your corners in publicyou have to stop yourself from shouting "YES SIR!" at your teacher when he asks somethingYou refer to the cafeteria at your school as the mess hall.
Quote from: SilentPhantom on June 03, 2014, 02:38:43 PMyou wake up doing to-the-rear in you sleep. (this happened to me at my basic encampment and I almost fell off the bunk )you randomly notice when people have their hair out of regs. you form a ripple line in the mess hall at schoolyou constantly have jodies running through you headyou stalk all the people from your basic encampment on Facebookyou don't stop talking about encampment till your next oneyou can't stand people who ask you, "Why would you do that?!" when you tell them you just spent a week of your summer at a boot camp for funyou listen to the songs from your encampment video every day and tear up with nostalgiayou square your corners in publicyou have to stop yourself from shouting "YES SIR!" at your teacher when he asks somethingYou refer to the cafeteria at your school as the mess hall DFAC.
Quote from: Garibaldi on June 03, 2014, 02:56:28 PMQuote from: SilentPhantom on June 03, 2014, 02:38:43 PMyou wake up doing to-the-rear in you sleep. (this happened to me at my basic encampment and I almost fell off the bunk )you randomly notice when people have their hair out of regs. you form a ripple line in the mess hall at schoolyou constantly have jodies running through you headyou stalk all the people from your basic encampment on Facebookyou don't stop talking about encampment till your next oneyou can't stand people who ask you, "Why would you do that?!" when you tell them you just spent a week of your summer at a boot camp for funyou listen to the songs from your encampment video every day and tear up with nostalgiayou square your corners in publicyou have to stop yourself from shouting "YES SIR!" at your teacher when he asks somethingYou refer to the cafeteria at your school as the mess hall DFAC.FTFY!