Monday, April 25, 2011

WELCOME BACK!

Hope everyone had a great break.  Now it's back to school for the home stretch--only 35 instructional days remaining! 

Upcoming events: 
- The Military Ball, Friday, 6 May. 
- The Area Four Championship, Saturday, 21 May.
- The change of command and end of the year awards dinner, Tuesday, 7 June. 

We had a great orientation trip.  Forty-six cadets went to Newport, RI, Boston, MA, and Groton, CT over four fun-filled days and three spectacular nights at the spectacular King Hall, the Navy's officer training command barracks where each guest luxuriated in not one, but two sheets!  Here are some pictures:

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (best two out of three!)

The USS Constitution--note that her topmasts have been removed for maintenance.

USS Cassin Young in dry-dock. 

Middletown cadets looking at a model of a 19th century warship--can't seem to find the satellite dish.

The group in front of the USS Massachusetts's turret number three.

Pretty sure that the human leg isn't supposed to bend like that!

The group in front of the sail from the USS George Washington, our first fleet ballistic missile submarine.