The CO then ordered everyone to get ready for morning colors. Morning colors had to be done approximately at 8 am. “Squadron attention!” a Petty Officer stated. Every person of higher rank saluted as the national anthem played over the intercom of the base. “Ready Two” another Petty Officer said. Every person of higher rank put down their hand in which they used to salute.
The Leading Petty Officer gave the command, “Return back to the ready room at 08:15.” I was not used to understanding military time, let alone speaking it. …show more content…
Carry On. Field Day. Overhead. Taps. Classroom time carried on and now the Chief Petty Officer was teaching us terms and other military knowledge. Adrift is referred to as having gear adrift, or having any of your personal belongings out of place. The Chief Petty Officer demonstrated how leaving your gear adrift would cause not only the cadet who misplaced their belongings, but all of the cadets doing more push-ups for the day. He stressed that we must learned to become a team. Carry On is the order given for all to continue with their duties or whatever they were previously doing. The Officer explained to us that when the CO walks in the room for the first time, and after respectfully acknowledging the CO by calling out attention on deck, the CO would respond to us to “Carry On”. Field Day simply means to quickly clean up a room or area. Once more the importance of a joint effort was emphasized to us and by working together we would learn how to clean more quickly and