Cadence calling and marching are huge for getting from point A to point B in Basic. Any where within four miles you’re apt to be walking there as apposed to getting transportation. MY father says that it takes about 18 years to completely forget all cadences. So in about 2026 I will have completely forgotten all of them. There are four very popular cadences that are used all the time plus variations that are spawned throughout the cycles. A cadence isn’t a cadence on the internet… Just words, so I will spare you all the verbage that would leave you wondering how exactly they are called while marching.

Some times the cadences would take a shift to the worse and sometimes things like Chuck Norris jokes would show up in the middle of a perfectly normal cadence… Entertaining after weeks of military monotony.

I am to be on the ready line in front of my battery’s CQ office tomorrow morning at 11:20. I don’t know what my orders are or when I fly out. I think the details at this point are insignificant… You see, this transition is from something that I will hopefully never have to do again, a palpable achievement based on decisive action and personal courage. For those of you who know me you will recall that times in the past I have been rather indecisive and scatter brained about things and even taking this behaviour to such a point that it would ruin perfect opportunities that came up.

I’m out, there’s a sister to say good bye to (she’s taking kids to a party) and a monkey suit to get back into (not literally…).

Love you all, my parents, Timothy, Ponbiki.