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Welcome to beautiful Vermont in the Northeast United States where I'm standing on the grounds of Norwich University, America's first and oldest private military college.
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Founded in 1819, no other university combines two centuries of military tradition with a population of civilian college students all sharing one campus.
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I'm taking you behind the scenes of this legendary university to show you the campus, the traditions, and most importantly, what life is like here as a student at the nation's first and oldest private university.
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military college.
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We create educated, strong, true Americans.
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They're ready for the challenges and the opportunities that we have in front of us.
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206 years ago, US Army Captain Alden Partridge had an idea.
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What if you mixed military training with civilian education to shape what he called the Citizen Soldier?
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Well, from that idea came Norwich University, the birthplace of ROTC and the foundation for countless leaders who have served our country ever since.
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And today, here at Norwich, that mission continues to live on in two distinct paths, the Corps of Cadets and the civilian student body,
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all sharing this incredibly unique and picturesque campus in the Green Mountains of Vermont.
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So Norwich University is a campus that's made up of two different lifestyles.
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We've been anchored in our Corps of Cadets, educating our students in a military lifestyle, but we add in this civilian component,
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and it's about 50-50 right now.
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We have about, you know, half of our student body is in the Corps of Cadets, half are civilian, and they come together in this really vibrant lifestyle in the classroom,
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on the academic field, in all of the extracurricular activities that we do.
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The lifestyles are pretty integrated between the Corps of Cadets and civilians.
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We sit next to each other in class, we sit next to each other at the dining hall, sporting events, extracurriculars, so it is very intertwined.
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The only difference might be sometimes when the day's over civilians are going to extracurriculars,
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whereas the cadets are going to their ROTC classes, or maybe they have a specific military-related event that they have to participate in.
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But I'd say 90% of the day, we are pretty intertwined.
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The Corps of Cadets represents a unique lifestyle to achieve a college education in.
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Hurry, rest.
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You know, when you spend four years knowing you still got to get up, put a uniform on, wear it the right way, go to formations, march down to football games,
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go to physical fitness, maintain a certain set of standards, That degree of discipline, that degree of regimentation appeals to some people.
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The reason that we have successful military officers coming out of the Corps of Cadets
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are the same reason we have really successful people in all walks of life coming out of the Corps of Cadets.
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They've learned about leadership, how to develop character in themselves, self-discipline, they learn time management.
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Essentially, they learn the building blocks of success.
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It is a great environment to test all those things,
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to get feedback on all of those things and try to become the person that you aspire to be.
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We've got all three branches of ROTC here, so the Navy and Marine Corps.
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We've got Army ROTC and then we've got the Air Force and now Space Force, so we cover the gamut.
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We also have a Coast Guard auxiliary program that allows future Coast Guard officers to to train in a separate,
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not ROTC, but a separate program to become a Coast Guard officer.
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A common misconception of joining the Norwich Corps of Cadets is
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that you might be required to serve in the military after your four years here.
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That's not true, and it's not true if you even join any of the ROTC programs.
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You aren't required, however, a lot of our cadets end up joining the military after their time here.
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Coming over!
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Coming over!
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Coming set!
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Now here at Norwich, you don't just show up and immediately become a part of the Corps of Cadets.
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You start as a Rook.
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The newest members of the Corps who are at the very bottom of the hierarchy.
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It's a title that comes with strict rules, tough expectations, and a lifestyle unlike anything most college freshmen could imagine.
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From the way you wear your uniform, to how to keep your room clean, to the way you greet upperclassmen, every single detail matters.
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Now the journey to becoming a full-fledged member of the Corps
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of Cadets actually kicks off before the academic year even begins In what's known as Rook Week, a seven-day crash course into the military lifestyle that pushes you physically,
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mentally, and sets the tone for everything that comes next.
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Rook stands for recruit.
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You're not yet a part of the Corps of Cadets.
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You've got to almost prove yourself to be a part of that.
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Rookdom is an immersive experience from day one.
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You get up at 5 in the morning and you go out and you PT every day.
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You have to live a very regimented lifestyle.
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You have to wear your uniform a certain way.
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Whenever they get to a corner, they'll have to do a facing movement, whether it's a left face, right face, an about face.
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They have to greet everyone that they know.
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They're not allowed to go on their phones.
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They're only authorized one 10-minute phone call every week.
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In our main dining hall they have to sit upstairs and they have to eat at attention.
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They can't look around, they can't have small talk.
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It's building this professional development that they wouldn't get anywhere else.
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It teaches you how to give of yourself to a broader organization,
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how to follow, and then as you get to the later stages you're learning how to then lead.
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So Rook Week is that initial orientation.
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It's when you leave your past life behind and you go through a pretty intense first week here at Norwich.
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And it culminates with something that is very special and that's the Dog River Run.
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When we first started planning this Norwich video, everyone said you've got to see Dog River Run.
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I said, what the heck is Dog River Run?
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Well, this is Dog River Run.
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Saturday night I was downtown
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It's the culminating event of Rook Week
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and one of the longest standing traditions here at Norwich For
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decades every single class of Rooks have come to these fields
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into this river It's part initiation part rite of passage
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and today I'm suited up ready to go through it with these Rooks.
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Let's see what they're made of
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Essentially is our tradition that culminates the end of Rook Week right
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so to kick things off if we start off with physical training.
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The high intensity tempo is just to build stress, right?
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We're trying to build resilience through the stress.
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Then after PT, all the platoons, they form up together and they go through the warm pits.
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That is kind of like, you know, the appetizer before we go into the Dog River where, you know, it ends this day.
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Like many things, the Dog River Run has become a tradition.
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It wasn't always a tradition.
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We didn't do the Dog River Run when I was here.
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We got into the Dog River to break in our old leather boots and all the rest, but it wasn't that big motivational effort that you see today.
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What it's become is that culmination of that tough week that you just went through.
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It's a wonderful way for young people to learn how to take a group of people, build them into a team, educate them, give them certain skills,
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build their confidence so that sometime near the end of the first semester or the beginning of the second, we can put our stamp and say, that person is now a Norwich cadet.
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Park!
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So phase one, PT is now complete.
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The energy out here, it's electric.
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Definitely a bit tired, but I gotta lock in.
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Because next up is the Worm Pits.
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Oh D1,
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D1, D1, D1, D1, D1, D1, D1, D1, D1.
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All the way, down to the river.
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Let's go!
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Let's go!
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Let's go!
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Go on, go on, go on!
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Let's go, Dump to One!
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Norwich forever, songs and old cheers, Memories that fade not through the changing years.
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Norwich forever, through rain and shine,
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Sunset and dawnings, still we are fighting in defeat or in victory we shall Let's go,
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let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go.
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Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go.
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If you find one of those, keep it.
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It's really cool, understood?
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Yes, sir!
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Find your rock, let's go!
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Yes, sir!
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P.T.
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Stations now come from the city of the city of the city.
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We're going to be the city of the city of the city of the city.
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PT station is now complete.
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Worm pits are behind us.
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Now these rooks have earned the right to take on the final challenge.
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This is the Dog River.
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Once they make it to the end, they'll have completed a rite of passage, one that connects them to every single rook class who's come before them.
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I'm looking for the best rock.
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As the Rooks maneuver through the river, they're asked to find a rock.
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Come on, Wayne, find the Rooks!
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That rock is going to be a monumental thing to them, right?
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It's supposed to envision their transformation from where they first came into Norwich,
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and then the culmination of all the Ardress training that they've been through up until this point.
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I've got my own Dog River rock.
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It's on the other side of the desk there, and now I've got three more more being the commandant here because I run it with new rooks.
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All right, I think I'm going to go with this one right here.
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I like the texture.
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I like the colors.
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Might be on the smaller end, but I got to travel home with it.
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So I think this will do the job.
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Why'd you choose this one?
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Because it's big, and it's very nice.
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So you think that would make it harder going through this train with that one?
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You like the challenge.
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The better the challenge, the better the do.
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The better the fall, right?
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You guys know what a sugar cookie is?
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Let's find out.
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D1, get on your back!
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Yes!
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Ellie!
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Max!
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Ellie!
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Max!
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Ellie!
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Let's go, move it!
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I need it, everyone!
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Oh!
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Hey, Delta 1, I just want to say thank you so much for letting me hang out with you.
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I think there's a reason they paired me with the best platoon out here, huh?
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Yeah!
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I know this is the end of one challenge and you're about to start another with the academic year.
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So I just want to say thank you again and uh...
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Delta One, what do we do?
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Win!
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Hit it!
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Kill!
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Hit it!
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Kill!
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Hit it!
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Kill!
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Let's go!
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Our motto here at Norwich is, I will try.
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It represents a grit to say, I'm going to step outside of my own boundaries right now.
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Somebody that's coming to an institution like this and get challenged with the saying,
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I will try, as the whole reason for why you're here and what you're doing.
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Welcome everybody to our 2025 New Student Oath Ceremony.
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This is a very revered tradition here at Norwich.
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A lot of traditions come and go, but this is one that has stood the test of time.
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You gotta turn high school folks into rooks, you turn rooks into cadets, and you turn cadets into citizens and leaders.
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That's the process.
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You're about to take an oath to our way of life.
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This is not something to be taken lightly.
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You are now pledging to yourself to follow the ethos of this school.
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Today, these recruits will swear to the principles that will come to define who they are and who they strive to become.
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And your completion of Rook Week signifies that you are ready for that challenge.
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Moving forward, continue with your head held high and do not be afraid to seek help.
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In summary, stay the course.
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Recruits, it is now time to administer the oath and to continue your training into the next phase.
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It's a group of people that have to figure out how do they operate most effectively together.
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Recruits, raise your right hand and repeat after me.
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I state your full name.
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I will live.
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We'll henceforth strive.
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We'll henceforth strive.
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To live by the Norwich Creed.
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To live by the Norwich Creed and to uphold the tradition of my alma mater.
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In all my endeavors, from this day forth,
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I will reflect the spirit of the Norwich motto.
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I will try!
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It's been a whirlwind of a day here for these rooks that started at 5.30 this morning, and with the oath ceremony now complete, it officially marks the end of Rook Week.
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While that chapter is closed, the real test is just beginning, making it through the incredibly rigorous academic year.
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And that's where our story continues.
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Because just like these rooks, our journey here at Norwich University has only just begun.
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We are an institution of higher learning.
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What happens with the Corps of Cadets is incredibly important, but what also happens in the classroom is equally important.
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Here at Norwich, we have 38 majors, 42 minors.
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So I study environmental science, and my initial decision to do that was from high school.
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And coming up here in Vermont, where we're surrounded by such beautiful scenery, beautiful forests, it's the best place to study it.
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We also have graduate education.
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We have some programs that are offered on campus architecture and nursing, but we also have a very robust online educational platform.
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When you come to Norwich, you're going to be known.
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Our classroom ratio is 16 to one.
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That's important because your education then can be fitted to who you are as a person, how you want to be challenged,
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and also what you're interested in doing.
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The academic side of Norwich is spectacular.
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The faculty, from my experience, have always just been willing to go the extra mile.
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They're always available for help.
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They have open office hours.
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The classes are really small.
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It allows the students and faculty to get to know each other and actually work together.
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So it's really an environment that conducive to working through some of the challenges in academics
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but also just striving to figure out how you're going to use your degree once you graduate.
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Some of the facilities here that assist with academic education but also experiential learning it's on site.
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So Mack Hall
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which is a state-of-the-art facility it has an amazing amphitheater we have something called the War Room and the Digital Forensics Lab.
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We have a new building that's being built, the Cyber Fusion Center, and this is going to be a building that's designed specifically for the cyber space,
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which translates just unique opportunities and educational opportunities for our students as well as research.
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So I was just given a copy of the schedule for
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a typical day in the life of a Rook here at Norwich, and it's pretty crazy.
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It starts with wake up at 0500, so 5am, followed by physical training from 515 to 615, then personal hygiene, uniform change,
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and Reveille formation at 730.
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Then they go to breakfast.
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Then you have academic classes for the entire morning and afternoon, followed by second mess, which is lunch.
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Then you've got varsity, club sports, student activities, ceremonial and specialty unit training, followed by third mess, which is dinner.
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Then you've got study time, finally before lights out, which they call TAPS, at 21.30, which is 9.30 p.m.
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We wake up in the morning for PT.
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We're college students in the daytime.
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We go back to training.
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We do homework.
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Then we stay up, do more homework, and do whatever is required of us.
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Uniform readiness, rack readiness, everything.
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And we do it all over again.
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We choose to do it for four years.
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We're not asking you to fail.
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We're not asking you to succeed.
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All we're asking, every single day you wake up, you try.
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Whether it's, I will try to finish my homework today.
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I will try to not mess up my greetings.
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I will try to salute every officer I pass today.
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Just that little sentiment of trying is the best thing that anyone could give a cadet.
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Buy into it, put everything into it you have, you'll come out fine.
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There definitely can be misconceptions to being a civilian student at a senior military college.
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One of the biggest ones that's asked is, why are you here?
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Being able to be surrounded by students who have a level of self-discipline and professionalism that I want to also have.
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When I look at Norwich and especially the alumni connection, even for civilians there's alumni who've been in the military
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and have since retired or left to service
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but they still want to give back and
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that alumni connection offering students both in the Corps of Cadets
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and civilians an opportunity to step out into the workforce in those advanced areas is something that I haven't seen anywhere else.
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So I'm now standing outside of the Wise Campus Center one of the newer buildings here at Norwich
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that serves as the main social hub.
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In here you'll find the university bookstore, mail room, lounges, meeting rooms, and most importantly the campus dining hall, or as they call it, the chow hall.
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Which speaking of, these campus videos can be pretty exhausting to film, and I'm hungry, so I say we go test out the food here at Norwich, because if I was considering coming to a university like this,
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that's the first thing I'd want to find out.
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Good evening, sir!
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Good evening.
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Excited to join you.
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So I'm here with the Rooks of Foxtrot Company 2nd Platoon and I've got a question.
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How is the food here in Norwich?
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Outstanding, sir!
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So Cadet Staff Sergeant Gagney is a squad leader here.
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You're a junior.
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Can you kind of explain this whole eating process?
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I guess the rooks have to be at attention.
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Is that throughout the entire year?
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Yeah, so until the rooks here are recognized and they finally become cadets, they eat at attention.
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So their heels are together.
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You can see that they are sitting at the edges of their chairs.
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Their hands lay flat on their thighs until they are ready to eat something
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and they return there and then they start chewing until they stay there until they swallow.
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Well, for the viewers watching, I've got pulled pork, pulled chicken.
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Take the first bite.
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Honestly, it's pretty good.
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Respect Norwich.
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So with the Chow Hall rush now complete, I wanted to bring you to a pretty special spot here on campus.
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This is the Class of 1959 bridge, which serves as the connection between the Upper Parade Ground, where the Corps of Cadets reside, and South Hall, where the two civilian dormitories are located.
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Now, two of the most notable individuals from the Class of 1959, one went on to become the president of NBC
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and the other became the chief of staff of the United States Army and that's what this bridge is here to symbolize, the connection between civilian and military lifestyles.
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And no matter what route you take here at Norwich University, the opportunities are endless.
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Yeah so here on the UP we have eight Corps of Cadets dorm buildings.
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We're in a Rook barracks right now which there are four of those.
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This is alumni hall, it's biggest hall on campus.
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Most of the rooms are set up as triples but there's a couple quads in there too.
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This is one of our Rook barracks rooms.
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As you can see everything's really neat and tidy and clean.
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That's the key part of Rookdom is being clean.
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Rooks keep their shoes up on the top shelf here aligned to the front as best as they can.
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Shoelaces tucked in.
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You can see this is a Rook rack.
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All of these hospital corners have to be at a 45 degree angle and the sheet has to be flat underneath.
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So you guys actually sleep on these beds and then every morning you remake them?
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Theoretically.
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Most of us will make it
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and then try to keep it as neat as we can for as long as we can
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but you know you have to go to bed at some point so you just kind of huddle up.
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If you guys didn't catch that, that's not just Rooks.
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All four years you guys are having these beds made nicely.
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Monday, Wednesday, Friday we have this which is called a white collar.
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Specific dimensions too for this section right here and then on Tuesdays
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and Thursdays we have a dust cover where we take the yellow blanket we put it over the pillow
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and tuck it in.
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And are there room inspections that happen weekly, daily?
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So So for a Rook, they happen almost daily.
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A squad leader or a platoon sergeant will come and peek in their room, make sure that everything's clean and tidy.
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Thursdays are our big room inspections where everyone gets inspected across the Corps.
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So rate this room for me right now.
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Is it passing inspection?
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Oh, definitely.
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Is that because we're here filming?
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Well, as a Rook, yes, of course.
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It's always inspection ready.
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Upperclassmen, different lifestyle for sure.
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So as you can see, this is one of our upperclassmen rooms.
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Things are a little bit different in these rooms as compared to a Rook Room.
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Like a Rook Room though, we still have to have our beds SOP'd.
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So this morning we have a white collar on, sometimes we'll put the dust cover on.
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Somewhat another difference is that we're allowed to have civilian clothes.
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So in this particular wall locker, we have all of our civilian clothes, whereas in the other wall locker we may keep all of
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our uniforms still SOP'd the exact same way the Rook Room was.
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As we go back here, you can see we have a fridge, and that's dependent on your year because you get different privileges every year.
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So starting sophomore year, you can have like a hot water pot for making coffee in the morning.
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You get one flag, that kind of thing.
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And then by the end of your senior year, you can have a fridge, a microwave, a hot water pot, two flags, a poster.
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Things get a lot nicer, yeah.
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These are the things like every college student just assumes they're going to have in their dorm.
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And for you guys, it's privileges every year.
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Make it one more year, you get a fridge.
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Another year is a coffee pot.
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Exactly.
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And you have to check because you never know what's going to update and change.
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Now, as someone who went to a military academy myself, I am all too familiar with the number of uniforms you are issued as a cadet.
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If you can't tell already, it is a lot.
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On one hand, it's pretty nice to know what you have to wear to school every single day, but on the other hand, making sure they're neat and tidy and fit can be worn at a moment's notice.
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Now that is a little bit challenging.
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Here at North University, we have a lot of uniforms for a lot of different purposes, starting with our PT uniform.
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Our full PT uniform consists of a long sleeved jacket and long pants.
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PT stands for physical training.
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Moving on to our Rook OCPs.
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Our Rook OCPs consist of our name tape and their no rank rank insignia.
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Moving on to our super summer bees.
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We wear them every single day except for Wednesdays.
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In the winter months we move on to our winter super summer bees.
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Super summer bees are still worn every single day except Wednesday.
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Our underclassmen wear full gray tunic and our upperclassmen wear salt and peppers.
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On special occasions we add in our full regalia with our red sash.
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And last but not least we have my favorite uniform our blues.
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Our blues consist of our top coat tee and white pants and for females there's a white skirt option.
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You wear your blues for the most special occasions like regimental ball or any of the military balls that happen on campus.
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We also wear them when we do volunteer service off campus for very special occasions.
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Now a common phrase you'll hear here at Norwich is that the Corps runs the Corps.
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And what that really means is that the cadet regiment isn't just for show.
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Students are the ones training, leading, and holding each other accountable.
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Every rank, every formation, every tradition you see is driven by the cadets.
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And within that system, some cadets take things a step further, joining unique specialty units that keep some of Norwich's most time-honored traditions alive.
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So at Norwich we have two very distinct special groups of cadets here.
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We have our specialty and our ceremonial units.
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Our specialty units include the Mountain Cold Weather Company, the Norwich Artillery Battery, and the Ranger Company.
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So, Mountain Cold Weather, it's an Army ROTC program that we allow other cadets to come in and partake in.
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They learn what it's like to see the Army challenge themselves in difficult environments so that they can still achieve their mission.
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But it goes way beyond that.
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Our Norwich Artillery Battery, you learn how to fire an artillery piece, but it's more than that.
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It's bringing that team together to do it the right way.
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It's not just pulling a lanyard and firing the battery.
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They learn from the Army Cadre how those howitzers work, how to move them, how to clean them, how to make sure that they're safely utilized.
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Another confidence builder.
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For those who seek more opportunity to learn in something they're interested in, whether they want to go infantry in the Army, they might join the Ranger Company.
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We have some Marine options that are in the Ranger Company.
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Anyone who wants that extra developmental opportunity, they might join those programs.
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It's for those students who have more to give.
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Basic ROTC, they're left hungry for more.
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They want to give of their time, they want to be extra challenged, they want to learn skills beyond what they normally get.
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And the Ranger Company is a great spot for them to do that.
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Our ceremonial units, which include our band, our cavalry unit, and our drill team, are also extremely strong resources and they help us with all of our events here.
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So Norwich has the nation's oldest collegiate marching band.
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We're very, very proud of that.
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But it's steeped in a lot of tradition.
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We've marched in a number of inaugurations and a huge sense of pride in standing up there
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on the podium near the president watching the Norwich band march by in the presidential inauguration.
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And that's the history of this band.
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That wasn't the first and it won't be the last.
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So we also have our Calvary troop.
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Norwich is a Calvary school.
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And it is a huge way that people can develop
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and build confidence to spend time with an know how to communicate with it, know how to saddle it, know how to bridle it, know how to feed it,
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know how to care for it, check its hooves, all of those things.
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It's another way to develop leaders of character.
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And we've got our drill team, recently inducted into the U.S.
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Drill Hall of Fame.
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That's how they show their love for the school, spending a lot of time practicing those drill moves and looking for perfection.
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Looking to find we're at 99 percent.
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How do we get to 100?
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Looking after all the fine details.
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So cavalry speaks to a group, the band speaks to a group, and our drill team speaks to a group.
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From the Rook experience to the Corps of Cadets to the thriving civilian student population, tradition and opportunity run deep here at Norwich.
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But there's one symbol that ties it all together.
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The maroon and gold colors and the Norwich logo at the heart of it all.
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This logo represents the pride and spirit of this university.
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University and nowhere is that pride felt more than where we're headed next.
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So get ready for Norwich athletics Here at Norwich athletics are critically important
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35% of our student body participate in varsity athletics So, you know physical culture and training really underpins everything we do here on a regular basis
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So we have 23 varsity teams competing in Division III athletics, and that includes over 600 athletes.
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Norwich Hockey is probably the most well-known.
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Six national championships, four on the men's side, two on the women's.
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We've had great success here over the years with our hockey programs.
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There's 16 club sports at the time, ranging from airsoft to ski and snowboard to the powerlifting club.
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Intramurals kind of go by students' interest, and those change from year to year.
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Some of the notable
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facilities at Norwich include Kreitzburg Arena where our hockey teams play, Andrews Hall with our basketball gyms, the Goodyear Pool, Sabine Field,
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our turf football field which we also play other sports on, 1200 seating capacity.
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We have the Shaw Center, which is our outdoor playground.
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We have a thousand acres of land over there with multi-use trails for biking, skiing, hiking, you name it.
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And our rugby pitch now, which we call the graveyard pitch, one of the nicest rugby pitches in the country,
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and that's where our national championship level women's and men's rugby teams play.
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Here at Norwich, the physical culture, physical education is really built into everything we do here.
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From the Corps of Cadets to athletics, everyone is doing some sort of physical training.
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I'd say that our students do more before 6am than most college students do all day.
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So our alumni parade is designed to welcome home our reunion classes.
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Those from the years ending in 5 and 0 from the class we're in now.
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And what that will do is we will all march out on Sabine Field, then the alumni will march right past us in their own formations.
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They'll go up onto the stage and watch the rest of our ceremony.
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Good morning ladies and gentlemen.
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Welcome to Norwich University and beautiful Northfield, Vermont.
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Today's parade is in honor of all our alumni and to also pay tribute to those alumni who have passed before us, leaving a legacy of service to our nation,
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to their communities, and to their families.
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We begin by welcoming our oldest alumnus attending today, Gene Ward, class of 1949.
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Welcome home to Norwich for your 76th anniversary, sir.
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It's a small team in a small town
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that brings a huge crowd of alumni and supporters into this beautiful little stadium and watching some really good hard-nosed football,
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especially at this time of year when alumni are coming back for homecoming.
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Now when you first clicked on this video, I bet you had no idea that a private military College, located in the mountains of Vermont, would have a college football program like this.
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Welcome to Sabine Field, home of Norwich football, and if you didn't think a Division III school would have a strong fan base, take a look behind me.
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This also happens to be the homecoming game to cap off alumni week here at Norwich, which means hundreds of graduates back in attendance to celebrate their alma mater,
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reconnect with old classmates, and cheer on the cadets to victory.
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There's always a lot of energy at the games.
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We get a lot of people involved and it's always intense.
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And it makes you proud to be part of Norwich and to be there at the football games.
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Holy forever!
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Let's get tough!
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Let's go!
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Now if you aren't impressed with Norwich yet, just wait because we've got one more surprise in store.
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Here at military academies, pre-game flyovers are a big deal.
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What we've got coming up soon is just about the coolest thing out there.
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I can't believe I'm saying this, but get ready for the B2 stealth bomber.
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Whoa!
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What makes
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Norwich so special is how personal it becomes.
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And because of you, and because of these coaches, and because of our alumni, I get to call my dad and I get to tell you!
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You come here either as a rook or as a civilian student
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and you get into this environment that immerses you in an education.
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And that creates a bond.
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It creates a bond with your classmates.
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It creates a bond with the dorms, the barracks that you live in, the environment here.
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But more importantly, it creates a bond with the ethos and the values that are Norwich University.
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This oath represents a commitment to this university, to your fellow students, and most importantly, to yourself.
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And who you want to be.
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I wanted to see that I could challenge myself, that I could grow, and especially that I could become a leader and help others.
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And Norwich provided that for me.
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I'm honored to stand here today to administer the cadet oath to the Military College of Vermont Class of 2029.
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And you may not think about it when you graduate, but they realize after a while that you took
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from this school more than just an education and that's what makes Norwich very special.
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When you decide to come to Norwich you're deciding to take
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on a challenge whether it's in the Corps of Cadets
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or as a civilian and Norwich will test you it will make you realize
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that life isn't easy and and there are challenges, but Norwich gives you the tools to overcome them and allow you to grow.
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I think the thing that makes it special is the comradeship that's developed
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and the fact that you're committed to one primary objective and that's serving your country as a graduate of this university.
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Well, that officially caps off our time here at Norwich University.
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And as I close out, I'm excited to be joined by Foxtrot Company.
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As I reflect back on my time here at this university, I keep going back to one phrase.
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Their motto, I will try.
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It means doing the right thing, not when it's easy, but especially when it's hard.
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This is a small school, but with big opportunities.
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And I hope this video has opened up your eyes to just how special of a place it is.
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So that's it from here in the beautiful green mountains of Vermont.
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Guys, you ready?
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Join us forever!
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