Passing Final Nail, the last couple of weeks were... slightly anti-climactic in my mind. We were still learning and training, but 'Final Nail' had been the last major exercise we had undertaken. We were now, for all intents and purposes, officers. That meant acting like and performing the role. So conducting sword drill was interesting, to say the least, though conducting Drill practice was an enjoyable experience. But the last couple of weeks was more about reports, administration, and readying for ourselves for pass out.

The last night before the pass out parade, it was late at night and we were gathered in my room, sitting back in silence. Finally,...