Date:
Time:

Dear ____________________,

We have been here for over ___ weeks now and I am (circle one )
still loving it
glad I came
right at home
in my element
still making up my mind
sure some days and not so sure others
barely hanging in there, but still here
miserable at times

My bed is:
like cement
filled with speed bumps
squeeks
too small
poking me
OK
cushy
great
my favorite place to be

I sleep:
like a log
soundly
through the night
with a lot of tossing and turning
not enough
bothered by my roommate's snoring
like a baby.

I dream about _______________________________________________.

The food [circle one] continues to be:
satisfactory
worse
lousy
better
is growing on me
not too bad
great
ample
just OK.

I get:
plenty
too much
not enough.
My weight has + , - , ~ by this much ______.

About New Cadet privileges, we may:
go to the bathroom without permission
go to the mall
have parties
breathe
walk around West Point at our leisure
date the opposite sex
go to a drive in
go to the PX
go to the C Store with our cadre
use the phone whenever we want
take leisurely bubble baths

We now have been given these uniforms for these purposes:

1___________________________________________________________________(__sets)

2___________________________________________________________________(__sets)

3___________________________________________________________________(__sets)

5___________________________________________________________________(__sets)

I need some more ___________________________________________________________.

I would like you to bring me on A Day (or mail after the marchback)_________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

My squad has ____ number of New Cadets in it.

Since I have been here I have begun to learn ________________________________________. I am working on trying to _______________________________________________ so that things might go a little more smoothly. The cadet I most admire is _______________ and the qualities that that person has that I would like to work on for myself are _____________________________. __________________is the most supportive person here that I have met because____________________________________________.

When we go to Camp Buckner, I hear that we will be busy doing:
___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

I am anxious about ___________________________________________________________

and am looking forward to ______________________________________________________.

Well, next they are having us ____________________________________so I have to go _________________________________now.

I miss you, love you, like you, am glad you are my friend, want you to write me soon, want you to never write me again, want you to write me with a self-addressed, stamped envelope inside with your letter, want you to come visit me.

send X X X X X X, send OOOOOOOO's.

Love, fondly, sincerely, yours truly, forever,

X__________________________________