I can’t believe this year is almost over! Each week brings
us closer to finding out whether we will make it into Honor Guard, but after
last night I’m really disappointed in my performance. I made some stupid mistakes, for example, I
recited knowledge while at Present Arms which you are definitely not allowed to
do. One of the good things is that I
know what I did wrong and for the makeup evaluation, because I almost certainly
failed, I will know enough not to make the same mistakes. We are ranked on a scale of 1 to 7 in several
categories including bearing, knowledge, marching, attitude, and others that
are not coming to mind at the moment. The
way our evaluations work is that for the first evaluation only one judge needed
to pass you to pass entirely. For the
second evaluation you need to be passed by all judges present to pass entirely,
and if you fail you have one opportunity to be reevaluated. For the third and final evaluation you also
must be passed by all judges present on the first try. Overall I feel we have made strides as a
flight and individually. I was god-awful
when we started and the two other members of Gladius flight love to remind me
whenever the chance arises. It’s going
to be tough these next five or six weeks with finals galore going on. I’m also going to post some photos with this
blog if I figure it out. There are three
photos in mind that I want to include, such as our rock-climbing flight event from
two weeks ago, our sharp looking Honor Guard bulletin board that is in the
Detachment, and also a photo of our Gladius flight emblem. The emblem is essentially a multiple layer iron-on
transfer that I cut out by hand and ironed on our red pennant, or flag for
those of you who aren’t sure what guidons or pennants are.
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