Morale is very high on the National Cadet Training Center (NCTC) tonight. It's 2150 (9:50 pm) and just about time for "Taps," the bugle call which indicates the end of the day.
As I walked the grounds a few moments ago, Cadets and cadre were laughing, smiling and simply enjoying their time here at Forest Hill Station. That's good, as it shows that all the hard work to make this program happen, on the part of a LOT of people (see the roster on the right) has been worthwhile.
We've had an remarkable summer thus far. Incredibly, we've only had one young man leave, simply because he gave up on himself. We've had no major disciplinary problems, very little homesickness and no injuries resulting in a departure from training. That's pretty noteworthy, considering we have 200 young people on post!
Where are all these new pictures....I only see the ones that have been up for a while....am I missing something?
ReplyDeleteYou must be. We posted almost 600 photos last night! They are in this blog entry (two separate picture sets) and the various other blog posts.
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