We lost Randall a few years ago. That one hit me hard. I knew him from 4th grade. We played at each others houses in elementary school. We were close until he moved away during High School.
Completely understand how you feel. Over my working career, I watched many people wait too long before retiring and then pass away rather suddenly without having a real opportunity to enjoy retirement.
I only just finished my sophomore year in high school but I’m already thinking about college and even videos like this make me excited! Although these cadets are walking off to a very long hard day they’re so excited to be a part of something! I may end up at A&M in a few years and if I do I will absolutely be joining the corps.
This is an absolutely superlative Aggie Band parade video, and should be shown to every high school band kid in Texas, to show what she or he might later become: Best in The World. Col. E.V. Adams retired at the end of my fish year. He did not care much for parades. Adams once said that all he ever wanted in parades was for the Band to be marching in front of any horses in the procession.
I’m sure final review is an insanely incredible experience for all cadets especially seniors. I’m considering going to A&M in a couple years when I graduate and if I do I look forward to this experience myself! Being a part of something so amazing will be well worth all of the work it will take.
Hurst had it right. If the video hadn't said Final Review, I'd have thought that it might have been from early in the year when there was still an excuse for new cadets struggling a bit. I'd have still been thrown by the initial color guards who all looked as if they were just taking a stroll. At one time, I saw TA&M as a western version of the Citadel or VMI. That hot mess will make me completely revise my opinion and accept that it's just another ROTC college, but with a good history.
...fantastic way to learn discipline and maybe even some band skills as a young adult.So what if it has a military bent to it. The structure and discipline aspect of this corp will have lifelong benefits for these young people regardless of their career choices...good on them!!
The Corps of Cadets members form the largest uniformed body of students outside of the United States service academies. While Texas A&M’s Corps of Cadets consistently commissions more officers into the country’s armed forces than any other school in the nation except the service academies, membership in the Corps carries no military obligation.
Members of the Cadet Corps have served in every major conflict fought by the United States since the Spanish-American War. During World War II, Texas A.M.C. produced 20,229 Aggies who served in combat. Of those, 14,123 were commissioned as officers, more than the combined total of the United States Naval Academy and the United States Military Academy during the same timeframe.[24][25][26] Over 250 Aggies have served as generals or flag officers,[27] and eight alumni have been awarded the highest United States military award, the Medal of Honor:[
Thank you. I needed to hear "But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him. He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted."
(BQ '76) Drum-major Mic Comley '76 wrote the arrangement. We practiced in secret and then played it at the Bonfire build-site (back then, it was across the street from the Quad where the Corps lives). The Red Pots went nuts!
I want freedom from your religion. I don't want to see it hear it or be exposed to it. I don't want my tax dollars going to it. I don't care what you like or don't like. go back to your church and stay there. religion has caused more crimes against humanity by any other and i don't believe in your mythology or lies.
