By Sachin Kumar Mishra. (GP 25)
On the day of induction Director, Akhil Ahmed
Syed elevated about in-house activities of the
academy where all 40 trainees will compete on
various events to inculcate team spirit among the
trainees.
When he is explaining about the
necessity of team spirit I never paid any attention
at that time. On the same day evening we all
trainees have been asked to muster at place of
muster point and divided into four groups,
namely PORT, STARBOARD, FORECASTLE and
QUARTERDECK.
During my schooling days though we are divided
in to different
house,
but
names
of
houses used to be of prominent personalities across India. But
here in CAAMN the names for houses looks something typical and
different. Later I happened to learn that they are the different parts
of a Merchant ship and felt very appropriate name for the houses
related to the industry where our basic training was given.
As the weeks are passing, not even a single event was conducted. I
used feel how the things are going to be? One fine day the Estate
Administrative
Officer
announced
during evening
muster
that
coming
Saturday
the
competition of
Cross Country
(Running for a total of 5 kilo meters distance) will be
conducted and all team members must participate in
the event. The event is going to be conducted sharp at
6 am. We have only 7 days for practicing of running.
Our training schedule was so tight that hardly we got
any time to practice for running. Late in the evening
around 10 minutes we used to get time for practicing
the running. Some of my co-trainees are very serious
about competition and some as usual as I am.