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bottom half of his class at West Point, but now he reigns at the top of Fort Bragg. He also racked up an impressive 185 hours worth of area tours during his time at West Point. "Many were for spirit," he said as he recalled the tales. He was once caught for a mule prank and given a class "two slug", i.e, 20 to 25 hours, for trying to steal and reposition the Army mules from the paddocks and relocate them into the central guard room. The plan was to lock them up with food and barricade the door on the outside. As the half dozen cadets were trying to get the mules out of their paddocks and climbing the planks of the fence with a hood over a mule, Sicinski said, "the hood slipped and the mule realized what was going on and panicked, letting out a huge bray, and went spread eagle from elevation and flipped over backwards on his back. One guy got caught and was asked who was in with him on the prank – that's where the honor code comes in and had the plebes dump the bucket of mule excrement on the Demon Deacon mascot's head," Griggs said. "They did and the corps went wild and then the plebes came to attention and they turned around and pointed at me. I got 20 hours for that." Griggs said he also painted "Go Army" on the roof of the gym, but did not get caught. "It was close though," he said. "We got caught in a related mission where I got four hours for being out aſter TAPS. I also got caught stealing all the plates from the mess hall. We used the plates to spell out "Beat Navy" on the parade ground." John Cook, the pastor at Snyder Memorial Baptist Church and a 1979 USMA graduate, recalled when he held the posi- tion of First Captain during his senior year. The position is the Brigade Commander for the corps of cadets. In that posi- tion, he said he was held to a high standard and as a result had "...the hood slipped and the mule realized what was going on and panicked, letting out a huge bray, and went spread eagle from elevation and flipped over backwards on his back..." all were punished." Another discipline action that he coyly mentioned, with his wife Teresa in earshot, was when he was caught for stay- ing out late at a party at a former girlfriend's house. Col. Ken Griggs has a serious job these days, as the Chief of Radiology at Womack Army Medical Center. But during his days at the USMA he racked up 51 hours worth of area tours — including some for a prank that involved the mascot for Wake Forest University and a bucket of, um, mule manure. "Me and some classmates thought it would be funny if we no area tours. Though he retold a humorous story from his junior year when he was catching a quick nap aſter a parade before dinner and overslept, missing a formation. Though he was not late for dinner, his peers could not believe the lapse in his regimented discipline. Maj. Anthony Randall, now a Chaplain for USASOC, said that during his cow year he had an "over zealous" cadet com- pany commander who wanted to show everyone that theirs was the best company in the corps. He made them perform multiple pass and reviews during drill practice one day, go- 40 | May/June • 2012

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