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back filled us in on roommate, new phone number and anticipation about meeting his Plebe on Wednesday. He described the promotion ceremony to us and explained his absence from the dance. Seems a buddy with a date was short on insignia for his uniform, and since Adam was dateless, he lent him his.
CLASS OF 2005
Ryan Beissenger: CBT had its ups and downs as reported to us in regular letters and a few calls. The downs would include a cold, jock itch, a crowded three-man room, no underwear following the lack of clean laundry for three week, and lots of push-ups. Ups are great roommates, passing the APFT, killing the sniper during ITT, weight gain after initial losses, hitting the target with his live hand grenade (which allowed him an extra call home), chapel, and winning the Warrior Competition with his squad. The squad win also affords each of them an extra weekend of walking privileges this Fall. Fortunately, for him and for us, the ups have outweighed the downs by a wide margin.
Nathan Brown: Nathan reports he's doing well. We received a letter (his first to us) on 10 August (we have had two emails and three phone calls). He's enjoying the field training portion of Beast much more than the on campus training. They switched cadre when they went to the field portion. He likes the new upperclassmen much better than the first group. He reports that he's never eaten so much food or been so hungry all the time. To top it off, he's gained one pound. Nate is very happy with the new computer he's getting. You can check out the computer your cadet is going to get on the USMA web site. Overall a pretty positive experience.
Tiffanie Kalvoda: We will be at West Point for the marchback, as well as the Acceptance Parade and visit with Tiffanie. She was a bit down the first couple of weeks of Beast. A sprained ankle and an upper respiratory infection contributed to her less than 100% enthusiastic attitude early on. Then things picked up significantly as CBT time went on and they got to do more "fun" things. She
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