Fish Final Review

One of the best things about Final Review was getting to put on the uniform for the next year. The transition from freshman to sophomore wasn’t very noticable to outsiders, but to us it was a very big deal. Sophomore uniform shirts were essentially the same as freshman shirts, but you were allowed to have military creases ironed in which made them look much sharper. Sophomore biders had the brown trim which was what stood out the most in distinguishing fish from pissheads. But the belts too were different. They were made of nylon, instead of cotton, and were easier to take care of. Also, the sophomore belt buckles were one piece, instead of two, easier to shine and generally looked better.


Soon-to-be Pisshead Mike Thomas practices his “serious” look to use on next year’s freshmen.


Bryan Todd looks sharp in his new pisshead duds.

Baby Zips

The gang's all here at final review in 1986 as we all don our senior boots together for the first time.
L-R: Brian Watson, Greg Mendenhall, Troy DeHart, Mike Thomas, David Lewis, Jose Castro, Duane Looka, Bryan Todd, David Johnson, Dean Neeley, Brian Neumann and Mike Miller.

Proud white belts

Our first time to wear the white belts at final review in 1985. Life was goooood from then on.
L-R: David Lewis, Mike Miller, Bryan Todd, Troy DeHart, Greg Mendenhall, Jose Castro (kneeling), Duane Looka, Brian Watson, Dean Neeley, Brian Neumann, David Johnson and Mike Thomas.

Final Review '86

Squadron One made the front page of the Bryan-College Station Eagle during Final Review for 1986. You can see me at the far left of the picture just cut off. The picture centered on Cliff Bland and he was so delighted by it that he went around autographing everyone's copies.
To our great sorrow, Cliff was killed a few years later when the plane he was co-piloting crashed during the early stages of Desert Storm. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.