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Army Day
Who’s the real trooper? Only the road mar chers, who finished their hike by crossing the stream, left, know for sure. But Sgt. 1st Class Tom Teel, right, accepted 82nd Airborne lookalike Tony Yannone’s help and company.
It is a celebration that starts with a march /^^rmy day, the celebration held after the Command In spection, continued the unity from that event. And when one is on a six-mile road march led by Sgt. 1st Class Tom Teel, formerly of the 82nd Airborne, unity is a must. While Sgt. Teel set a good pace, the corps kept up by singing mar ching ditties, many of which had been learned by cadets at the Fort Leonard Wood ROTC summer camp. Water also was a favorite companion on the march. Can teens were called upon repeatedly, and a flooded roadbed and the traditional stream crossing gave all a chance to get wet. Those with dry fatigues, such as Ashok Bokde and Maurice Johnson, were given road-march baptisms, and no one escaped the baptismal groups except Sgt. Teel. He jumped before they could get to him. Halfway through the march, the cadets were overflown by a National Guard Huey helicopter, which was on static display during the day. When the marchers saw it parked on Colonels Field, they knew it was time for a change of clothes and for a steak lunch. While all cadets got their fill, MMA’s new mascot, Bear, a Labrador puppy, was in puppy heaven. And he has learn
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ed enough in his short time on campus to stay out of the way when the games began. While the games were fun, they also were serious. The Gold Boot, the trophy which goes to the winning company, was at stake. Bravo, the Junior School, missed it by one point in 1984, and they were out to get it this year. The first contest pitted two cadets with three legs bet ween them against four other sets like them. After running 30 ya* _s and staining a multitude of non-reg costumes green, Bravo came out the winner with Alpha second. Alpha, determined to keep the Gold Boot, added even more grass stains to clothes, and cut a little grass, by winn ing the wheelbarrow race.
T^lpha picked up its second win of the day in the pony
express race, and Bravo stayed in contention by placing second. All the jockies, including Alpha’s William Walker and Bravo’s Dan Swartzendruber, survived the three trips around the football field. Izzy Dizzy was for officers only, and Alpha proved it had
