As the much-anticipated

cold front finally begins to hit us

for the long term, the Guppies

take immediate action by

wrapping up and getting cozy in

their linens. Perhaps the best

example of this practice is

demonstrated by our resident

Coastie, who has taken permanent

refuge in his well-lit Coastie Cave ,

dawning his t-shirt scarf and snugly

tucked into his blanket!

While we’re sort of on the topic of

football, let’s not forget to

mention the outstanding and

undefeated Sprint Football season

that our very own CPL McGivney

contributed to! Undefeated, of

course, also means that they BEAT

NAVY! Here’s to hoping it’s a good

omen for our Army Football team

at the end of their season!

This month, the Guppy finally

received the chance to participate

in the routinely held Mascot Race

at the recent Army Football game

against Easten Michigan! Although

she didn’t win, at least the Guppy

was able to stay out of the

wrestling match between the

other mascots, and at least the

most important rival was left in

the dust: the FROG! (ewww

frogs… )

The Coastie Cave, courtesy of Guppy

Paparazzi (09 OCT)

The G4 newsletter’s very first

edition of Where’s That Gup? (and

pretty much everything else) is

brought to you this month by

USAA and BARRIER ONE

SYSTEMS

Our Guppies on the Army Crew

team recently had their first & only

home regatta! Props to those who

came out to support them!

From left to right: CDT SGTs Kutz,

Jankovich, Kutsch(Army Crew), Warren

The Newsletter’s editor-in-chief

and his partner in crime took a

weekend out of their time to go

check out the annual Fells Point

Festival in Baltimore, MD!

From left to right: CDT LT Collins, super

awesome waitress, CDT SGT Starkweather

Determined to raise morale across

the Corps and convince everyone

to cross-branch into the Coast

Guard, Chief Kloo has agreed to

share with us some words he

routinely recites in order to stay

motivated:

Belay – to cancel an order; to stop;

to secure a line

Scuttlebutt – nautical term for a

water fountain

This month the Newsletter’s

opening photo was one of Chief

Kloo in his natural habitat at the

beginning of the month. In the

spirit of Halloween, he decided to

do some redecorating for a new

horror movie trailer to be released

this winter! Now introducing

Coastie Cave 2.0! Starring Blue

Lights, T-shirt-worn-properly,

Tar-bucked-shaped Eskimo Hat,

and Sheets-broken-for-no-reason!

Coastie Cave 2.0 (31 OCT)

This month’s maze is brought to you

by CDT LT Knepper! See if you can

solve it, and submit your attempts

to him!

How to Submit your Maze Solution:

1) Start button

2) Type “Snipping Tool”, hit Enter

3) Click & Drag around the maze

4) Click the drop-down arrow and

select a pen color

5) Draw a path through the maze!

6) Click File, Select Send to E-mail

Recipient (as attachment)

7) john.knepper@usma.edu

This month, SGT Kates would like to

invite everyone to download his new

hit single from ITunes:

♫ SECURE TUS ♫

COMPUTADORAS Ft. Kanye West, Biggie smalls, &

LT Knepper

While on the topic of security, the

accomplishments of a fellow Guppy in

the name of security should be

mentioned. CPL Gorak & co. worked

together on developing a new Apple

App usable with iPad and iPhone

series products, Securis! This FREE

app uses 256-bit encryption to

securely store multiple accounts and

passwords. This makes for a great

alternative to writing down all your

account passwords, or trying to

memorize them. Additionally, it has a

password generator feature. In case

you’re not an Apple user, there is an

Android-compatible version in the

works. As a side note, however,

Securis was temporarily removed

from the App Store, as the recently

released iOS7 caused compatibility

issues, but stay tuned for its return!

Community Service

Once again, the Guppies became

actively involved in community

service; this time through the

Habitat for Humanity organization.

This month, members of 1st Platoon

with assorted attachments, lead by

LT Tennis and SGT Ramirez, traveled

to Newburgh, NY to help restore

and repair a women’s shelter for

victims of abuse. The main repairs

done consisted of the removal of old

worn windows, and the

replacement of the windows with

bricks.

From left to right: CDT PVT Diulus, CDT CPL

Denehan, CDT SGT Ramirez & CDT SGT Paz

Company Education

This month, the Guppies had a

series of informative training and

classes!

Importance of Proper

Planning (CPL Clark)

Active Shooter & Insider

Threat Awareness (SGT

Kolster)

Respect in a Social Context

(LT Bye)

Responsible Alcohol Use

(TAC Team)

CDT SGT Kolster giving his Active Shooter &

Insider Threat briefing to the company

CDT CPL Clark giving his Proper Planning

brief to the company

CDT LT Bye giving his Respect Briefing to the

company

Community Service took a heavy toll on

some of the Guppies…

G4 TAC Team - CPT Travis & SFC Pakulak

giving training to the Guppies on the

responsible use of alcohol.

This month, the G4 Newsletter

would like to recognize all of the

outstanding Guppies who tried out

for various MIADs, and the even

more outstanding Guppies who

made the cut for different MIAD

opportunities!

CDT SGT Hansen – Georgian

Mountain School

CDT CPL Quinn – French

Commando School

CDT SGT Warren - Sandhurst

This month, the G4 Newsletter

board of advisors scheduled a press

conference with the CEO, founding

member, and only remaining

member of Chaikin Enterprises©,

as all other members either

deserted, or died of excessive

exposure to greetings from CDT

PVT Chaikin. In this press

conference, we asked PVT Chaikin

how he manages to keep high

morale within his units. In

response, PVT Chaikin told us about

his “Word of the Day” routine,

where the word of the day would

start with the first letter of the

current day of the week. This

month, PVT Chaikin’s overall

favorite word of the day was:

MOTIVATION

In celebration of Halloween, PVT

Chaikin informed us that the word

of the day was Hooah! PVT Chaikin

also agreed to submit some Star

Wars trivia for the Guppies!

What is the model of the

Millennium Falcon?

CDT SGT Warren giving it everything he

has for the Sandhurst MIAD tryouts. CDT PVT Chaikin suited up

for Halloween.

Chaikin’s Corner

The last week of October was very

busy for many of us, however,

several Guppies were still took

advantage of the opportunity to

travel to USAFA to support Army

Football! Although Army didn’t come

out on top, the experience, to

include the Halloween festivities

were enough to make it worthwhile.

CDT PVT Diulus in the C-17 Cockpit

From top to bottom, left to right: CDT 1SG Salas, CDT LT Wilde, COL(Ret.) Ragsdale, CDT PVT Diulus, CDT SGT

Hansen, CDT PVT Munsey

CDT PVT Diulus won the Most

Original Costume award from her

host squadron (company) at

USAFA!.... for wearing ACUs.

This month’s sleeping beauty

should look very familiar, from last

month’s Tunnel to Towers photos.

Can anyone name that Guppy?

Up next is the G4 Newsletter’s first

guest story submission! Without

further ado, enjoy the first edition

in what could potentially become a

series, by Tree Frog Jim.

Alright, listen up everyone, I have

something to say. I have been

noticing something that a lot of

cadets do that grinds my gears, and

they probably do not even know

they are doing it. Let’s start by

answering some simple questions.

What side of the road do we drive

on? THE RIGHT! What side does a

ranking officer walk on? THE RIGHT!

So then can anyone tell me what

door you are supposed to walk out

of when entering or exiting a

building? Cause it seems like

everyone likes to just ignore the

rules and walk through the left

door. Don’t do that!!! Just the other

day Cadet John Malcolm almost lost

his hand when entering Thayer

from the Right door while someone

tried to leave through the door he

was entering (i.e. the left (wrong)

door). Fortunately, the door barely

missed him and he is still with us

today. But going through the Right

door is the Right thing to do. You

avoid awkward near misses with

other people and it’s the Right thing

to do. Going through the Right door

is a Constitutional Right! So the next

time you are about to enter or

leave a building, think about which

door you’re exiting from.

Otherwise…Good people get hurt.

Don’t forget to hit up Los Café

Hermanos. Now go forth and live a

righteous life going through the

Right door.

This article is dedicated to LT. Bush

-Tree Frog Jim

TREE FROG JIM, Volume 1 ROMANTIC GUPPY OF THE

MONTH

Guppy cadets are not only scholars

and athletes but also romantics.

CDT LT Choi surprised his girlfriend

with a romantic night out at a wine

tasting. The two enjoyed sampling a

variety of wines as they snacked on

cheese and crackers!

HALLOWEEN!

The final weekend of October was

dedicated to Halloween festivities!

Guppies wasted no time in suiting

up and participating in trick-or-

treating, and costume contests.

Some were kind enough to

celebrate by sharing their candy!

From left to right, CDT PVT Savage &

CDT CPL Zhao.

CDTs Savage and Zhao trick-or-treating

at the SUPT’s house!

CDTs CPLs Zhao & McGivney trick-or-

treating at the COMM’s house!

CDTs Savage, Zhao, & McGivney trick-

or-treating at the DEAN’s house!

CDT SGTs Kutz and Kutsch (left to right)

posing as the Beauty & the Beast!

From left to right: CDT PVTs Muldoon,

Diulus, Paget, Chaikin, Park, & Clukey

The Guppies recently held a

company-wide dodge ball

tournament, by pitting platoons

against one another, and then by

pitting classes against one another!

W L Tie

Flag Football 0 7 0

Basketball 7 2 0

Handball 8 0 0

Ultimate Frisbee 3 5 0

Wrestling 4 4 0

Soccer 4 4 0

8 NOV – Wine Tasting

16 NOV – Company Trip:

Museum of Modern Art

4 DEC – Company Dine-in

Guppy Athletics Monthly

Wrap-Up

As we approach the end of the

regular season of Company Athletics

and start moving towards the

championship games, here is the

current record of each of our teams!

GET INVOLVED! With your help, the

newsletter gets better every edition!

Please do not hesitate to contact

your local Guppy Historian in the

event of an emergency!

Or if you simply have any

suggestions, cool stories, art, or

ideas that you’d like to submit that’s

cool too.

Contact: wilbert.collins@usma.edu

THANK YOU

A very special thanks to all

contributors to the October

Newsletter – it would not be what it

is without you all. By contributing

to the G4 Newsletter, you are also

contributing to the long-term effort

of sustaining the connections

between former Guppies and

current Guppies, as well as friends

and family of the Guppies.