<p>ds - How funny you are. Too funny! I am just cackling!</p>
<p>Redhead, you must seriously know you are greatly loved on this forum, maybe even by your fellow cadets. 
Coming from your eloquent writing skills and being female and often kind in spirit and thought when the opposite gender tends to be more blunt, and for all those other wonderful excuses that keep anyone from accusing YOU of grandstanding, we are so appreciative of your sharing of your experiences just as we are of ALL the cadets doing so. So…thank you for your insight. Same to all of you other cadets.</p>
<p>I also know, from all the posts on this forum and from all the years I have been reading these posts and know of these “kids”, some personally, this CC group is tight! To all incoming Basic Cadets - you will be protected by this group if you need protection. You will be guarded, helped, defended and cared for as needed. “Reprimanding” by any of the CC’ers should be taken in the spirit given - “we are all in this together”. They want you to succeed.</p>
<p>Just my 2cents and I’m sticking to it!</p>