gigabrain

Well its official, we are members of the Regiment. We got woken up at about 4:30 this morning and went outside for....VIKING BATH!!!!!!! we spent an hour running around inside the company just getting warm, then we ran outside and into the bay! my legs froze up and i completely fell foward into the water. they told us that it was about 19 degrees outside and the water was around 42, but it was more like 10 degrees and 36 in the bay. im still kinda cold (going to formation today didnt help) but it feels good. last night they gave out our ROTC crests. that ceremony was pretty cool as well. the guest speakers were really interesting, but the best part was the actual awarding of the crest. all the freshmen formed up into a line and stood there as our upperclass advisors pinned the crest onto our uniforms. then they all formed a line and walked down our lines. they stopped in front of each freshman and pounded the crest into our chests. (mind you we hadnt gotten to put the frogs onto the back). after about 5 minutes they finished, and we all faced the audience and gave a mighty, thunderous HOOAH!!! i went back to my room after dinner and found that i had two big holes in my undershirt. it was awesome. there were a few guys who joined too late in the semester to get their crests, but next semester we get to pin them.