First Snow First Shirt

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Someone's first shirt on the first snow day
Someone's first shirt on the first snow day

First Snow First Shirt or First Shirt First Snow is an "operation" conducted by fourth class cadets against the squadron's Cadet First Sergeant. On the night of the first snow of the season, the smacks storm the first sergeant's room, kidnap him, strip him down to his boxers and carry him outside to drag him around in the snow. Much like nuking, the severity of the operation often depends on the standing of the first sergeant in the eyes of the smacks. A well-liked or well-respected cadet first sergeant will normally not get much more than the cermonial dragging-through-the-snow. A less-liked or less-respected first sergeant may be bound, nuked in addition, or brought to near-hypothermia.