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fun and debauchery, while class-
mates called each other out for
their less than stellar cadet mo-
ments.
So let us reminisce on this aca-
demic year and remember the
good times while we learn from
the bad. And may we never for-
get the bonds that we have made
in this company.
This semester‟s dining-in was a
great time! With the year wind-
ing down, Firsties can see the
light at the end of the tunnel,
Cows are ready to get their rings
and finally be Firsties, Yearlings
are ready to stop being plebes
with privileges, and Plebes are
excited to be real people again.
This year‟s dining-in was to serve
as a bonding experience for all
the Gamecocks. People took the
time out of their busy schedules
to sit down and spend time to-
gether on a Friday night.
The night was led by Matt Sime-
one „11, playing the role of Mr.
President while August Pope „11,
as Mr. Vice, served as his en-
forcer. The night was filled with
As promised, C-3 has transi-
tioned to wearing the new com-
pany patch on the Black Jackets!
New patches (top right) are
available at the Cadet Store for
purchase. To add to the new face
of C-3, Spiritivities Staff has pro-
vided the company with a couple
additional spirit items.
Even though they‟re not the
iconic rubber chickens of the
past, the new generation of
rubber chickens are travel size
and entertaining (top right).
In addition, C-3 cadets were
able to purchase customized
Gamecock “Hoodies” (bottom
right). The new hoodies are
both eye-catching and fresh.
Watch out corps, the new C-3
Gamecock image is here!
C3’s Company Dining-In By Sarah Florer ‘11
I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
Spirit Mission? 2
C-3 Brothers 2
TAC Trouble 3
Mascot Outfit 3
Thanks Dictator 4
Restrictions 4
Fighting Cocks 5
TACs of C3 5
Sandhurst 6
Brigade Staff 6
Leadership 7
Optimism 9
Perspective 9
Editor’s Letter 10 New C3 Spirit Items
C H A R L I E C O M P A N Y ,
3 R D R E I G M E N T , U S C C
amecock
azette A P R I L 2 0 1 1 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 3
S N I P P E T S
O N P A GE S :
2 - C3 Beer Mug
4 - Army-ND Game
5 - C3 Saber
6 - Brigade Champs
8 - History Author
Comic Strips related to
Cadet Life – See Page 8
Left: C-3 Cadets enjoy a group photo after the Dining-In. Right: Mitch McDonald „11 and Tori Prohoda „11 prepare for the toasts.
P A G E 2
Snippet #1
“I was in C-3 when it
decided to be
known as the
Fighting Cocks… I
still have my beer
mug with the
Fighting Cocks
logo.” (bottom, far
left)
-Robert Jetland „68
C3’s attempted
Spirit Mission on the
Plain
Fighting Cock Brothers by JP Phillips ‘96
C-9 Spirit Mission? By Anonymous, C3 Class of 2005
If you look really hard at the
grass between Washington
statue and the apron, you'll see
a dark pattern on the grass
that looks like a "C" and a "9."
As you may have guessed by
now, it was supposed to be "C
-3."
During our yearling year, my
plebe told me about this prank
he pulled at his local golf
course. They gradually added
fertilizer to an area of the golf
course, so after several weeks,
the grass in that area grew
thicker and darker than the
rest. Our plan was to do that
behind Washington Statue.
Unfortunately, several factors
doomed our mission. Fertil-
izer was far cheaper than we
anticipated, so we bought way
too much. We didn't read the
directions closely, so we just
filled up a bunch of trash cans
and off we went. One of us,
who was a bit disoriented at
night, started to make the C
where the three should be,
and the extra length turned
the three into a nine. The
next morning, we could see
large clumps of fertilizer
mounded above the grass. By
day two, the grass had started
to die. We had completely
burned a C-9 into the grass by
day four. The plain mainte-
nance crew dug up the dead
grass, but the new sod was a
different color, so we did
achieve our goal.
Although we had very clearly
(but unintentionally) destroyed
a section of the second most
expensive lawn in America,
none of us got in trouble. It
wasn't until a few years ago I
found out our cadet company
commander took most of the
heat for it.
No, I will never forget the day
because the night before, 5
plebes came into my room,
drug me into the latrines, and
put me face down in the
shower. I was screaming that
my roommates would kill them
only to see my Fightin' Cock
brothers Brett Brewer and
Josh Hobson smiling back at
me.
Then a "2" was written in
EDGE DRESSING on each of
my exposed gluteus maximi.
The burn went away (after a
long time), the picture was
lost, but thanks to my C-3
Fighting Cock brothers, I will
NEVER forget the date that I
proposed!
I proposed to my wife on April
22, 1995. I will NEVER forget
the date. Not because it was
Sandhurst Saturday and I blew
post in the morning to go to
the city to buy the ring. Not
because I came back, signed
out "legally" and took my girl
to the top of the Empire State
Building to propose.
Historical Timeline of Company C-3’s Logos and Icons — Images supplied by the West Point Howitzers
Continued on next page –>
Hours of TAC Trouble By Stephen King ‘89
P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 3
You asked about hours. I served 82
hours, spread out from my plebe year to
my firstie year more or less evenly. Big-
gest punishment was a 25/20, and I did lots
of 8/4s and 8/8s.
My TAC hated me, first because of all the
little trouble I got into (I was the plebe
who started an ice fight at breakfast, back
when plebes had to go to breakfast, by
using a spoon and salt shaker as a make-
shift catapult for an ice cube...landed the
my second shot right in Lynette Bruecker's
plate, and she threw it back at me).
My cow year started with me "making
headlines" according to him because while
I was in Germany on CTLT I managed to
bounce a check to the PX at the post near
Mannheim; the routing slip contained the
initials of the entire COC up to and in-
cluding the CG-USAREUR, across to the
Supe, and back down the COC at West
Point. Oopsie.
Then, over Thanksgiving that year, I got
caught with a plebe girl in my room in the
barracks (hey, we were just eating pizza,
really!) and I ended up getting out of it
with just an 8/8 due to the timing of the
regimental boards and the plebe's regi-
mental TAC being sympathetic...seemed
like I'd presented him with a mortal insult
that time.
What most of my classmates still probably
don't know is that at one point in my sen-
ior year I got out the regs book and
checked off every one I'd broken, and
made a point of breaking the rest of them
that year just because it sounded like a
challenge. I even managed to miss taps by
20 minutes the night before my class's
graduation...but the regimental CIC had
gone to bed so there was nobody to re-
port me to.
Mascot Outfit By Tom Eisiminger, Jr. ‘84
Left is the 1984 Firstie Photo
that was published in The
Howitzer – believe it was the
only picture with a company
mascot pictured. I am the
guy in the C-3 Fighting Cock
outfit. You may also
recognize the 7th guy from
the left as COL Dan Rice
from the Law Dept. Two of
our members are deceased –
Don Little 2nd from Right
top row and Todd Moriarity
2nd from Left.
Historical Timeline of Company C-3’s Logos and Icons — Images supplied by the West Point Howitzers
P A G E 4
Snippet #2
“As plebes in 1969,
our first trip outside
the gate was to
New York City and
Yankee Stadium.
The entire Corps went
down for the Notre
Dame game. It was
memorable for lots of
reasons: history, bus
ride, march on the field
etc. This past
November, I got
together with my old
C3 roommate, Bill
Dougherty, and the 2
of us made the trip to
Yankee Stadium to
watch the Army- ND
rivalry renew in the new
Yankee Stadium.
Other than the $40
parking outside the
Stadium, it was quite
nostalgic and a great
memory. Go Army!!!”
- Mike Colbert „73
Anastasio Somoza
Debayle (above)
ruled Nicaragua
from 1967 to 1979
Hours and Restrictions By Scott Hamilton ‘96
Thanks, Dictator By COL(R) Lucas Brennecke ‘70
Here‟s a unique story about
rule-breaking and redemption
involving a couple of C-3
“Cocks” as we were known
back then.
In 1970, another C-3 classmate
(name withheld) and I (along
with other regimental staff
members) were serving on 3rd
Regimental staff. Coming back
(perhaps a bit tipsy) from a
rare off-post “outing”, we
were observed (by the MPs)
doing something we “allegedly”
should not have been doing.
As we ran up the ramp to
what was then known as “New
South Barracks” (barracks
were much later changed to
“Lee” and “Sherman”), the MP
car was unable to pursue be-
cause someone “allegedly”
pulled the stop sign across the
ramp. Loudly verbalizing while
chasing us on foot, the MPs
aroused the ire of some cadets
who “allegedly” yelled and
threw things out their win-
dows at the MPs.
The next day, several of us
were called to the TAC‟s office
and informed that we were
being written up for: (1)
Gross lack of judgment, (2)
Resisting arrest; (3) Destruc-
tion of government property;
and (4) Inciting a riot. I don‟t
remember the bottom line of
the “slug”, but needless to say
we would still be walking the
area.
It just so happened that we
had a classmate who was a
foreign cadet from Nicara-
gua. He happened to get in
trouble for an unrelated
event. Back then, if a foreign
head of state visited West
Point, he could petition the
superintendent to pardon all
cadets serving punishments.
Our classmate‟s uncle was
Anastasio Somoza, the brutal
dictator of Nicaragua and a
1946 West Point grad. So-
moza, in response to the re-
quest by his nephew, immedi-
ately visited West Point for an
“unofficial” visit during which
time he petitioned the superin-
tendent to grant general am-
nesty. The Supe, thankfully,
obliged.
Bottom Line: None of us
ever walked an hour thanks to
the actions of a Latin American
dictator.
victories, which seem to be
lacking since I left. I was also
scheduled to help with the
Goat "cadet borrowing" esca-
pade in '96. Unfortunately, my
hours were extended for some
long hair demerits or blowing
post.
While I was at the academy,
I was in A-3 "animal house"
and the C-3 fighting cocks. I
Pertaining to the area of "the
area," I was one of two De-
cember Grads from the class
of '96 (Rob Griffin being the
other). I can't even remember
the number hours I walked
(20,40,60,90 for the big
boards, not to include the 5-
10s here and there), sat, and/
or "work detailed" (i.e. - re-
graveled flirty walk). Not to
mention the months of restric-
tion. Room restriction was
built in to the Officer-in-
Charge and Non-
commissioned Officer-in-
Charge‟s schedule and I would
have smoke breaks with the
OIC and NCOIC during room
checks.
One of the positives results
from all that is I was present
for five straight Army/Navy
did have one semester on
brigade staff as a color ser-
geant and carried the Army
flag. And for your information,
animal house changed to assas-
sins after my first semester
yuck year due to the number
of boards and hours. There
were some weekends where
we had almost 90% of the
company on tours...
(Left) The
entrance
to Flirta-
tion Walk
and its
gravel
pathway
Fondness of Name Fighting Cocks By Marc Erlandson ‘71
P A G E 5 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 3
Count me among those upset with chang-
ing the name from Fighting Cocks to
Gamecocks. I know that the words are
synonymous, but Gamecocks sounds more
like a dish in a fancy restaurant than a
group of warriors. I read your explana-
tion, but I suspect there is a lot more to
the story.
I think it is a little sad. Did you know that
the Fighting Cocks is the name of the old-
est pub in England? (Bottom Left)
It is also the mascot of one of the
most storied Army Air Corps
fighter squadrons of WWII that
provided the first ground based
fighter support for the Guadalca-
nal campaign. Check out the
patch of the 67th Fighter Squad-
ron. (Right)
There is nothing I know called the
Gamecocks other than a bunch of
rummies from the University of
South Carolina.
Good luck with this project. I‟ll
look for some stories and pictures for you
to share in futures issues. It was fun to
see a lot of folks I knew in those early 70‟s
team photos.
Schwar and his wife took them in.
(I had the opportunity to meet then
- Secretary of State Powell when he
visited Poland in 2004 and he still
fondly remembered the Schwars
and their kindness.)
Our Tac for my Yearling and Cow
years was MAJ William Scudder, IN
(USMA '60). MAJ Scudder became
the (unwitten) model for a bit char-
acter in Lucian Truscott IV's con-
troversial novel, Army Blue; the
character was a Tac who nick-
named his daughter "Rangerette"
and loved the way that Ty-D-Bol
turned the water in the toilet bowl
"Infantry Blue."
For my Firstie year, our Tac was
MAJ Dan Schroeder, EN (USNA
'61) who went on to become the
highest-ranking Naval Academy
graduate to serve in the Army,
retiring as Deputy Commanding
General of USAREUR as a LTG.
I thought you might be interested in
a few vignettes about the three
Tacs of C-3 when I was a cadet
from 1968-71. My Plebe Year, our
Tac was MAJ Joseph Schwar, IN
(USMA '58). In GEN Colin Powell's
autobiography, My American Jour-
ney, he relates how, when he and
his wife reported to Ft Benning
during the days of segregation, they
were unable to find adequate hous-
ing in the area and that then-LT
Tactical Officers of C3 By Jim Bond ‘71 Snippet #3
“I know the
origin of the C3
saber. It goes
back to 2000-
2001
academic
year. I was in
C3 as the Spirit
Officer and my
Spirit NCO of
whom will soon
be a TAC here
bought the
saber.”
-MAJ Pope „01,
DMI Instructor
P A G E 6
(from left to right)
CDTs Xin ‘11, Fer-
nandez ‘11, Tata ‘14,
and Gregor ‘11 run
through the cold win-
ter air in preparation
for Sandhurst
Working for Brigade By Laquesha Fraser ‘12
Prep-ing for Sandhurst By Steven Tata ‘14
Since January, the C-3
Sandhurst team has been
working hard in prepara-
tion for the upcoming
competition. Members
of the team are squad
leader Steven Gregor,
Richard Coleman-
Dodson, Tyler Feder-
wisch, Kevin Magdiel,
Steven Tata, Christian
Reeves, Tianyi Xin, Mi-
chael Tougher, Aaron
Fernandez, Matthew
Burke, Nathan Ryba, and
Kirk Brandenburg. Over the
course of the season we have
come a very long way, becom-
ing a stronger team and tight-
knit group of friends. The
practice atmosphere is focused
and intense, but never lacks
humor. The dedication and
talent of each member has led
to vast improvements over the
course of the year. At the
beginning of the year many
members did not know each
other too well, but the team
has become a family. Overall it
has been a great experience
for every member and our
progression shows this. From
morning gear runs to hallway
ab workouts, every member
has become better in multiple
aspects. The competition will
be held from April 15 – 16,
2011 and will include teams
from all 32 companies and
several foreign military acad-
emies. The team has practice
every day of the week after
classes, and in addition goes to
a minimum of three workouts
at 0520 during the week.
Workouts typically consist of
MOLLE gear runs, weight lift-
ing in Arvin Gymnasium, and
practicing skills used in the
competition such as the one
rope bridge, land navigation, a
boat site, and knowledge of
combat first aid. We also
spent time practicing assembly,
disassembly, and functions of
various weapons, including the
M240B, M249 SAW, M9 pistol,
and AK-47. Throughout the
season, the team went to the
range several times to improve
marksmanship on the M4 as-
sault rifle. After months of
practice, the C-3 Sandhurst
team is certainly ready for the
competition and is expected to
perform incredibly.
ing excel files for computer
training, and updating the
programs on the MACOM
radios in the Corps. Unfortu-
nately next year I will not be
in the company again be-
cause I just got the position
of Respect Information Sys-
tems Officer on Brigade Staff;
dealing with even more
computers and websites. In
my free time I enjoy listening
to music, watching comedy
movies and documentaries.
When I tell people I like to
watch documentaries they
never fail to ask what kind,
but I honestly don‟t have a
preference. I just go on Net-
flix and browse around. In a
very small nutshell that was a
brief description of me.
Last semester I was not in a
company leadership posi-
tion, so I wanted to formally
introduce myself to the
“Gamecock Community,” To
get the basics out of the
way, here are a few things
about myself:
Hometown: Fort Hood, Texas
Major: Psychology
Sport: Rabble Rouser
Height: 4‟ 10 ¾”
As most of you know, from
my constant recycling up-
dates, I am the community
service NCO this semester.
The position that detached
me from the company last
semester was Brigade A/S-6.
My job for the most part con-
sisted of fixing printers, creat-
Snippet #4
“C-3 won the Brigade
Basketball Champion-
ship in 1966. Me, one
Yearling, and the rest
plebes. Great
team… C3 also won
the brigade champi-
onship in Lacrosse in
1977.”
- COL(R) Don
Kotchman „79
Leadership Page from BS&L By Nick Hochertz ‘11
P A G E 7 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 3
So funny thing, there is a LEAD-
ERSHIP major at West Point. I‟ve had peo-
ple ask “wait, aren‟t we all supposed to be
leadership „majors‟ ?”. Yes and no. A true
professional will study his/her field in a
systematic and factual way, not just by war
stories or trial and error. There is a very
large body of research on leadership, how
many cadets and even officers have studied
this huge body of literature? No, Band of
Brother‟s does not count, but it is a great
mini series. There are surprisingly few
people who go beyond anecdotal examples
of leadership. War stories are great. When
a veteran talks about amazing experiences
about saving a man‟s life we can learn a
great deal. However there is always that
one individual who will recount his war
story and you‟re left thinking, “Wait you
did what?! Is that even legal? That‟s not
legal. Whoa, that is messed up!” This is
where research comes in handy. If a com-
mander thinks that a distant authoritarian
approach is always better, then us cadets
can look at what we‟ve studied and think,
“Well the Hawthorne effect says that
genuine compassion for followers will elicit
greater trust, commitment, and purpose,
and has proven to reduce PTSD by 70% in
some combat units….” then maybe a Cap-
tain Sobel- type leader will be developed
by his followers‟ feedback and knowledge.
So I am actually going to get to
the point I wanted to make. Don‟t worry
this long diatribe does have a thesis…well
no not really I‟m just highlighting some
interesting leadership lessons I‟ve learned
through intensive study (by intensive study
I also mean by making a lot of mistakes!).
So if you‟re still interested, I‟m amazed,
thanks for reading. Here‟s what I‟m going
to talk about: self insight, humility, and the
developmental relationship between a
leader and a follower (for you paper writ-
ers who are wincing at my thesis formula-
tion, I‟m sorry, it is terrible, but this is a
Gamecock article; I do what I want).
The first and probably the last
thing a leader will do in his or her life is
exploring self insight. It‟s a continuous
thing. We will never stop learning about
ourselves or life. Self-insight leads to self-
identity which is the path West Point
wants to set us on. The Cadet Leadership
Development System (CLDS) is a docu-
ment that is the foundation for leadership
development at West Point that no one
knows or follows. There are some high
quality stuff in there; reading it made me
less cynical. To help us with understanding
ourselves we need feedback and reflection.
Tools that aid this are active listening,
AAR‟s (not the crappy kind that spend a
whopping 68 seconds on), and my favorite
is ask “why” about everything big and
small. When we get to know ourselves
better then we can understand others
better. When we have a concrete self-
identity we can then be ourselves in any
situation. We aren‟t fake, we become
principled which leads to adaptive leader-
ship, others perceive us with a sense of
authenticity which is essentially the defini-
tion of “Leader of Character”.
Don‟t worry the next two points
are shorter. We must be humble. We are
servants. This is key. Humility will take us
from being prideful and abrasive. We are
open to learning and becoming much bet-
ter. Relationships will flourish, we become
more transformational because we em-
power others and are able to influence
them more. Think of it this way, if you are
not humble then you will probably be that
guy that apparently knows everything, was
born perfect and has a defensive annoying
answer for every mistake. So don‟t be that
guy!
The last thing I‟ll say is about the
relationship between leader and follower
then I‟ll get off the soap box. People have a
tendency to think that all power and
knowledge resides in the leader. That is
not so. You know a good bit, you can help.
A leader may be trying to develop you, but
you as a follower also develop the leader.
A good leader will realize this and encour-
age feedback from his team so he can
become better. Feedback doesn‟t have to
be a “Periodic Development Review” in
fact that system is almost useless besides
some paper pushing bureaucracy (it‟s in
part useless because we make it useless).
Feedback can be a five minute conversa-
tion or hundreds of different things. Our
job as followers is to help our leaders
become better through our feedback and
support. If a leader is sucking hard at his
or her job, then help them do better!
Nick Hochertz „11 dresses up as his
favorite superhero for Halloween
Nick Hochertz „11 (in white) sets the
example as the Judo Team Captain and
prepares to throw his opponent.
P A G E 8
The Funnies Page Related to Cadet Life… Kind of…
Snippet #5
“Where the
heck did you
find that his-
tory?” (Referring
to last issue’s ar-
ticle, The Start of
C3) My memory
may be weak,
but am pretty
sure I wrote that
back in 85-86 for
MAJ (now LTG)
Durbin who was
our TAC at the
time. Many
hours spent cull-
ing the registry
of graduates…
oh what fun to
be had.”
- LTC(R) David
Chapman „88
Making the Best of Things By Tian Tian Xin ‘11
P A G E 9 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 3
It was a dark and stormy night. A
harsh and unforgiving wind swept up from the
Hudson River and lashed the bare, gray gran-
ite walls of Eisenhower Barracks into submis-
sion. Three plebes sat huddled in their room,
impounded into their rooms by the threat of
upperclassmen on the prowl in the hallways
and the cruel elements lurking outside their
windows. Deprived of external sources of
entertainment and their lives void of any sem-
blance of joy, the three plebes looked around
their room in desperation to find amongst
their only haven in hell a scrap of fun or an
inkling of delight.
“I am SO BORED!” said Leeann.
“There‟s nothing to do and we have nowhere
to go,” said Tian Tian. “But there must be
something for us to do in this room,” mut-
tered Carissa, looking across her room from
her desk, scanning up and down across the
cabinets and the bureaus. “There‟s nothing
here but a bunch of wardrobes, cabinets, and
furniture. What could we possibly do with
that? Pretend to go to Narnia?” asked
Leeann. And suddenly, inspiration struck-- a
juvenile sense of daring and adventure rushed
over the three girls. “I bet you can‟t fit in
those overhead cabinets,” taunted Tian Tian.
“Oh I bet you I can,” replied Carissa.
Carissa, Tian Tian, and Leeann leapt
up from their desks and ran to the other side
of the room. Looking up at the overhead
cabinets and the wardrobes, they quickly
devised a game to fit into as many of the
compartments in their room as possible. The
following pictures document their adventures:
“I bet you can’t fit in those
overhead cabinets...”
Tian Tian Xin, C3 ‟11 (wearing the white USMA sweat-
shirt) and Carissa Hauck, F3 ‟11 (wearing black USAA t-
shirt) hanging around and having fun as plebes.
Moral of the story: West Point is what you make of it. For those of you with more than double digits
left, have fun while you’re here! Sometimes it’s cold, damp, and dreary… but with a few good friends, a
little bit of creativity, and the willingness to not act your age, there’s always a silver lining to be found :D
An Outside Perspective By Sang-won Jung ‘12
I respect West Point cadets‟ passion to pursue
knowledge, physical excellence and military
skills. The Middle Age scholars noted that the
purpose of liberal education is not to make
money, but to be free people. It‟s a well-
known fact that cadets have such a heavy
schedule based on many core classes, including
math, english, psychology, philosophy, physics,
chemistry, foreign language, politics, interna-
tional relations, geology, and history. Some
cadets don‟t sleep much to finish their essays
and projects. Other cadets take in all different
kinds of caffeine such as coffee, soda, and en-
ergy drink to push through their day. But, I
respect their efforts to strive for knowledge.
Not only do cadets strive to be smarter and
obtain knowledge, but also they endeavor to
be better future military officers. Cadets have
far less summer and winter breaks than nor-
mal college students and don‟t have many
chances to freely go out during weekends as
well as weekdays. Instead, it is routine for
cadets to lift weights, play their sports, per-
form their duties, and conduct military train-
ing. Everyday I see cadets absolutely deter-
I was privileged to attend the United States
Military Academy during my sophomore year
from the Korean Military Academy. It was very
difficult to describe how thrilled I was since I
knew that the United States had one of the
mightiest armies in the world. I was very ex-
cited about receiving American military train-
ing, education, and leadership experiences at
West Point. Studying at West Point and inter-
acting with outstanding cadets has been such a
pleasure for me.
mined and motivated to conduct vigorous
physical and military training.
More importantly, I highly respect
the cadets‟ patriotism. Every single cadet
knows that he or she will get deployed at
some point in their career, lead soldiers, and
fight for America. They also know they might
get wounded or even killed, because it‟s part
of warfare. But they all know that their sacri-
fice is not for themselves, but for all the be-
loved American people in order to defend
their way of life. Without their noble sacrifice,
no one in the United States would be able to
soundly sleep at night and enjoy their freedom.
Aristotle highlights that virtue, the essence of
the perfect life, can be attained through habit
and the repetition of similar activities. West
Point is the very place where all the cadets
refine their skills, receive knowledge, and pre-
pare to lead for a better American future
through the repetition and their efforts. I‟m
honored to study with these extraordinary
American cadets, build relationships, and pur-
sue to better serve respective countries.
(Left to right) Matt Burke „12, Adam Despang „13, and
Sang-won Jung „12 share a Christmas Dinner together.
Since I am about to graduate and leave C-
3, I am passing off the reins of this news-
letter to the next generation of C-3 ca-
dets. CDT Alexis Salmon „14 will be tak-
ing over the Gamecock Gazette and will
start off by heading up this semester‟s last
issue. We ask Old Grads to send advice
for the Class of 2011 as they join the
ranks of US Army Officers. In addition to
publishing those graduation hints, we will
also provide company superlatives and
memoirs from the graduating class. Now
a few words from next years editor:
“Hello Gamecocks!
My name is CDT
Alexis Salmon and
since CDT Fong will be
leaving USMA this
summer, I will be
taking over as editor
of the Gamecock
Gazette. I am very
excited to become a
part of this paper, and
I have a lot of con-
cepts and ideas for the
upcoming issues. Please feel free to contact
me with any future comments or suggestions
My West Point experience is quickly
coming to an end, and while I look for-
ward to leaving this stony prison, I can‟t
help but fondly remember the great times
I‟ve had as a member of the C-3 Game-
cocks. This last semester has been ex-
tremely busy with balancing the demands
of a mechanical engineering major with a
new capstone project, club volleyball, and
my job as the company historian. How-
ever, the work that I‟ve done as C-3‟s
historian has been one of the best pro-
jects I‟ve done at West Point. I often find
myself working on the Gamecock Gazette
rather than working on my homework. I
can definitely say I‟ve left my mark at
West Point.
While creating a new company patch was
a great experience, this newsletter is the
project that I am most proud of. I‟m able
to connect multiple generations of C-3
graduates and cadets and share their ideas
and experiences. It has been great to read
all the crazy stories of the past as well as
the achievements of C-3 graduates today.
I hope to see this newsletter continue on
so that one day I can write back to C-3 to
share my cadet experiences.
you may have pertaining to the gazette.
Thank you for your time and look out for
some great upcoming issues!”
As the outgoing C-3 Historian, I would
like to thank you all for reading and con-
tributing to the Gamecock Gazette be-
cause it wouldn‟t have been possible with-
out you. I hope you‟ve enjoyed reading
this issue and keep an eye out for the
next issue.
Respectfully,
CDT Kyle Fong
Company C-3, USCC
Class of 2011, USMA
Company C-3 TAC Officer:
MAJ Arthur Rutnarak
(845) 938-2101
arthur.rutnarak@usma.edu
Company C-3 TAC NCO:
SFC Scott Swanson
(845) 938-2694
scott.swanson2@usma.edu
Just like the last two issues, The Gamecock Gazette solicits you to
share more of your stories about your cadet, military, and civilian
experiences. The Gamecock Gazette connects current C-3 Cadets
with the Old Graduates of C-3, keeping people informed with a
few good laughs. This newsletter will also document C-3‟s history
in the making.
For May’s Issue, we ask graduates to send in helpful points of
advice for the graduating class of 2011, from leadership hints
to housing and finance advice. Help the Class of 2011 start
their careers off right.
If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions for the news-
letter, please get in touch with C-3 through any of the contacts to
the left.
Thank you for all of your contributions and stories. This newsletter
couldn‟t have worked without your help and support. We hope
you‟ve enjoyed another issue of the Gamecock Gazette and its new
format… Publisher just made it easier to create the newsletter.
GAMECOCK GAZETTE
Charlie Company, 3rd Regiment, USCC
Letter From the Editor by Kyle Fong ‘11
GG‟s new editor:
Alexis Salmon „14
Company Historian:
CDT LT Kyle Fong
P.O. Box 1255
West Point, NY 10997
(845) 515-4467
kyle.fong@us.army.mil
Next Year’s Editor:
CDT PVT Alexis Salmon
P.O. Box 3586
West Point, NY 10997
(845) 515-5485s
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