Firstie Year - Issue 81 - Surprise Parking Inspections

Obviously, once I became a Firstie, I was more sensitive to the parking nonsense at West Point.

Firstie Year - Issue 80 - Dean and Com in New Films

I know I went a little overboard with Photoshop...

Firstie Year - Issue 77 - Napoleon Finally Defeated

As a European History major, I had this idea for long time, but needed to wait until it matched up with the Mil Art syllabus.

Firstie Year - Issue 71 - Army Football and SAMI

We would manage to win a few games my firstie year, provided that we scored the game as per the instructions in this article.

Cow Year - Issue 63 - Regime Change Threatened

April '03 and I think we all had a pretty good idea what things were headed.

Cow Year - Issue 60 - The Brooks Brothers

A few loyal readers in CENTCOM made sure that the Com's brother, BG Brooks (2) got a copy of this article - you may remember him as the media briefer in early OIF.

Cow Year - Issue 55 - No Snow Days at West Point

A snow storm left more than a third of the Corps stranded somewhere other than West Point...how horrible.

Cow Year - Issue 54 - CPT Standards

I backed down from my initial idea for this article to be a taste of investigative reporting...but I'm sure that Brigade Staff got their Dave Matthews tickets while the rest of went to breakfast...

Cow Year - Issue 45 - Motivational Posters

This was the Supe's first appearance in an article. For the record, it was the Com who was off on the Rocket.

Cow Year - Issue 42 - Brigade Spirit Posters

Up until this article, the Com hadn't seen any of my work because none of his staff would forward it to him. This article apparantly made its way to his wife and she posted it on their fridge.

Cow Year - Issue 34 - Hooahs Restaurant

One of my favorite articles. I actually created 'Hooahs' t-shirts to go along with this article. Obtained a license from Hooters, who had no problem at all with the idea - unfortunately, the trademark obsessed Army Athletic Association had a problem with me using 'West Point, NY' - I'm not kidding. Maybe somebody can help me out with that one because I'd love to sell these again. Oh, and MAJ Paredes scared the crap out of me.

Cow Year - Issue 32 - The 75th Cadet Regiment

BG Brooks, the new Com, arrived at West Point with big ideas to toughen us up. PT in the morning before classes?! Not a chance with the Dean backing us up.

Yearling Year - Issue 18 - Boo for Battallion T-Shirts

This is the very first appearance of BG Brooks. Ironically, it was his appearance in this article that saved me since the Battallion staff didn't appreciate my support of the mandatory t-shirt idea. I had to claim to Battallion staff that Center Stall had value in sharing 'important news' with cadets. right...