August, 2002; Page 4

CADET NEWS

CLASS OF 2003

“PROTECTOR OF THE FREE”

Kevin Manley: Kevin Left West Point before graduation to attend the Sapper Leader Course in Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. He spent his first month of the summer there and he and we are very proud that he graduated from that prestigious Engineer Leader Course. He then had a whole three days off before returning to West Point as a Platoon Leader at Buckner. He is looking forward to Ring Weekend to be attended by his parents and girlfriend, and the Firstie Year, when he will be removed form his company serving as the Third Regiment Honor Representative.

Whitney P. Hall: Whitney is busy right now as the Quartermaster for Beast. She complains of the long hours (5:30 to 10:00 at night) and that she is doing the work of a Captain or Major and not getting paid for it. As she says, “I’m responsible for several million dollars worth of stuff and I’m afraid I’m going to loose some of the stuff and no one told me what I need to do.” She started this assignment July 5th after getting back from Ft. Bragg in North Carolina where she spent a month working with an engineering company. The company had just come back from a brief tour in Honduras and they are now getting ready to go to Afghanistan. Of course while she was with them they started a small forest fire with a Starburst which required another company’s help to put out. (I think it sounds like they need a little more training.) She really had a great time and I was able to spend the Father’s Day weekend with her and her grandmother who came over from Franklin. Right now she is in the throws of trying to make up her mind as to which branch she wants to go for. Not sure where she will end up but then again neither does she. Other than these tribulations of life in the military she is doing fine and loving it.

Whitney reported for duty at Ft. Bragg, NC on June 3 with an aviation company. She had an all-female chain of command, which is quite unusual. She and another female cadet roomed together at the Best Western Motel on I-95. She was very grateful to have a car to drive the 10 miles to and from the base. July 3 she left NC, headed to Delaware where Uncle Jack and his family entertained her briefly before reporting to Camp Buckner on July 5 for the Rest of summer “vacation!”

She is Supply guru (unsure of job title) for the battalion command. She finally called July 14 while doing laundry at Major Seibert’s house. Her assistant Zack was “guarding the ammo” which she has been sleeping on since July 5. Her detail is very intense, 20-hour days, lots of responsibility and we hope it goes well. I suspect she’s looking forward to reorgie week and a bed to sleep in for more than 4 hours per night.

(2003 Cont.)

I did tell her that Dick Hull mentioned she should be planning her 60-day leave after graduation May 31, 2003. Maybe visualizing that time will help her through this, her second tour at Buckner!

Josh Southworth: We are enjoying spending some time with Josh prior to his Firstie year. It has been a long time since we have spent so much time together! We love it! Josh finished ADA in El Paso, and has been able to enjoy the new sights of Tampa. For the first time during any summer, he has been able to do fun things with his friends, and flew to Pennsylvania to go to ‘Jamboree in the Hills’ with them seeing lots of country- western singers. Like all Firsties, Josh is eagerly anticipating the coming year!

CLASS OF 2004

“FOR COUNTRY AND CORPS”

Jennifer Barrow: Jennifer will carry the fond memories of the West Point Spanish Class trip to Mexico with her the rest of her life. There were the friends she made among the Mexican cadets (one of whom may soon visit West Point), the embassy Marine party, the Aztec ruins and Tenochtitlan, among so many other experiences.

Knowing that as a Beast counselor she wouldn’t make it home this summer, we visited her at West Point. They finally let her off base on her birthday, so we celebrated that, and her counselor certification earlier that morning, by going out to dinner. We dropped her off the next day just in time for her to give a talk on stress management, which so impressed a classmate that HE sought her counseling. Things must have gone fairly well after that, because she got an “A” for first detail.

She said she is actually excited about doing the 12 and 15-mile road marches again. She is probably eager to show the more apprehensive new cadets that if a little girl like her can not only do the march, but also do it with a smile, then they’ll make it too.

Micah Green: Micah enjoyed his time doing CTLT at Fort Campbell in June. He worked with Combat Engineers with the 101st Airborne doing mostly night maneuvers. When we learned that his brother had gotten a last minute appointment he was in the field and we were unable to reach him. Finally, he called home just 3 days before we had to leave for R-day. He was so excited to have his brother coming to USMA. After CTLT, Micah reported to Fort Buckner to be a platoon sergeant. We spent the week after R-day in the area so we were able to pick him up at the airport and spend the day with him before he had to report to Buckner.

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