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Earning the Name
It was not just another regular day at Gibbes Middle School when I had to attend a special school assembly. It started with a boring speaker, but near the closing was a surprise that would entertain everyone. A group of JROTC members dressed in red, white, and black uniforms was about to perform. These cadets were dressed with ribbons and metals decorating their starch ironed white shirts and shiny shoes. As I looked at them they were together from their head to their feet, with nothing out of place. At their sides, they gripped black 30-inch rifles. My friends and I knew something fantastic was about to happen. When the cadets approached the platform, the speaker introduced them as the Eau Claire High School drill team. I was very surprised to hear that those students were from the high school that I would be attending next year. Waiting patiently I was sure this group’s performance would be fantastic.
Finally, the leading cadet gave a command, and immediately the rest of the cadets followed his command by throwing and spending their rifles as part of the entertainment for the audience. As they spun, they marched in one accord stepping with harmony as one. The way they performed had the audience going wild with every dramatic spin and making it look like the rifles were going to drop at any second. The finale of the whole performance was when the cadets on the end and the beginning of the line threw their rifles back and forth to each other. It was amazing to see that they did not hit any one or dropped the rifles.
On that day I made a new goal to become a member of the drill team when I advanced to attend Eau Claire High School. I continued to think about the cadets and how sharp they looked in their uniforms and how well they performed in the assembly program when they came to school. I thought to myself in order to perform with the steps and handling the rifles like those cadets did it would...
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