Looks like we have more in common than I thought.
I'm a high school senior now, but I decided to give AFJROTC a shot this time(meaning I'm undergoing my first year). Liking it so far(especially since I get to go on trips on occasion, like the time where I went to an AFB to fly in a C-130 simulator!), though drill team practice eats up a lot of my free time(Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, from 3:30 to 5:00, or 1530 to 1700 hours if you prefer). (And, speaking of drill team stuff, we're heading to the AF Nationals in late March...does that mean I should look out for scary black men with giant meathammers, now that I know that someone else here is also in the program?)
I was the first to get Cadet of the Month, and also one of three people in my entire flight to pass the first promotion test(to E-2/Cadet Airman; another cadet promoted to the same rank, and my Flight Commander moved up to Cadet 1st Lieutenant). The only thing I'm miffed about is that EVERYONE gets to become a Cadet Airman when school resumes in January; to compensate, I have the opportunity to promote directly to Cadet Senior Airman.
Oh, and just so you know, it's not like we have much of a choice in which branch of JROTC we want to participate in. You attend which branch happens to be at your school-in my case, that's the Air Force.
(On another note, it's too bad that I didn't manage to get a copy of IL-2: 1946 for everyone to enjoy before the break began, as a little Christmas gift to the whole squadron. I figured that since we were going over WWII, and that we have a nice CH FS Yoke and Pro Pedals setup, maybe we could take part in some re-enacted battles and have something else other than bloody MSFS2004....)
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