<p>lol--you will be getting so many different letters saying drastically different things. But in the end, your New Cadet, then Cadet, will look back on it and laugh. I know I do...</p>
<p>When I was going to sick call to talk with the Surgeon General, he told me that a New Cadet showed up with Mono. He went through R-Day, and then they sent him home--if he comes back next year, he'll have to go through TWO R-Days...</p>
<p>M4M- wow, you're ahead of the game in the reading department..way to go! As far as other good ones, Gates of Fire is good, Not a Good Day to Die (the Ranger PL in the book is a '98 grad) any of the leadership books by John Maxwell too...but it sounds like you've got more than enough on your plate. Way to use your time!! And no scrambling for y'all...hmm, in an AAR from my experience, I think scrambling helps you know more classmates and have a new start at some point in your cadet career...there is lots of growing that happens between plebe/yuk and cow/firstie, that I think that a scramble in there, probably after yuk year, is a good idea to help you get to better know other classmates, see different leadership styles, and get that new start with classmates and TACs...but that's just my 2 cents and I'm not the commandant! It'll be interesting to see what happens!</p>
<p>Oh M4M! I'm so sorry about your sickness. At least yours wasn't preventable, unlike some of the horror stories about my class mates. </p>
<p>I'd actually think about taking them up on the offer to do one hands on detail, and one as a staffer. I learned a lot while I was a training sargent. You get a lot more attention from the TAC and TAC NCO, both personally and professionally. </p>
<p>I'm sure you have a copy, somewhere, but here's the Chief of Staff's recommended reading list for cadets:</p>
<p>If You Survive, George Wilson
Touched with Fire, Eric Bergerud
Closing with the Enemy, Michael Doubler
Patton: A Genius for War, Carlo D'Este
In the Company of Heros, Michael Durant
We Were Soldiers Once, LTG (Ret.) Moore and Joseph Galloway
Band of Brothers, Stephen Ambrose
For the Common Defense, Allan Millett and Peter Maslowski
The Face of Battle, John Keegan
Centuries of Service, David W. Hogan, Jr. </p>
<p>Some of these you'll see again in Mil Art.</p>
<p>As for the land nav stories...yep, those are true. Someone ends up at Woodbury Commons every year. It's funny because it's WAY uphill from the training area. One of my geography instructors said it was like watching lemmings looking for a cliff to hurl themselves off of. "If I just keep going up...." The Commons are also on the OTHER SIDE of the New York Throughway.</p>
<p>Can you tell me the exact website for plebe net?</p>
<p>I subscribed to plebe net. I cannot find the injury list. Where is it?</p>
<p>Here's the Plebe.Net website. <a href="http://www.west-point.org/parent/plebe-net/%5B/url%5D">http://www.west-point.org/parent/plebe-net/</a></p>
<p>Here's the Class of 2010 Memory Page website. <a href="http://www.west-point.org/family/mem2010/%5B/url%5D">http://www.west-point.org/family/mem2010/</a></p>
<p>There isn't an injury list but several parents have discussed their cadet's injuries. A broken arm and a broken foot have sent cadets home. If you look through the photos on the memory page, a number of cadets are on crutches or out of uniform with injuries. BUT, before I let myself get upset, I realized I was hearing about a small handful out of 1,315 new cadets. So perhaps it isn't so bad, just very disheartening.</p>
<p>Injuries suck, but they aren't the end of the world. Shortly after I came into the Army I suffered from a fractured pevlis, severely pulled hamstring, and a stress fractured tibia. The combination of injuries took about a year to rehab completely and a little more time to get back into shape. It's important to follow your doctor/therapist's instructions, and to use the opportunity to focus on exercising other areas. I got alot stronger in my upper body when I wasn't able to work out my lower. A year to wait and try again is nothing, although it seems like forever when you're suffering from a serious injury.</p>