Category: Aviation

  • A Night With The Stars

    April 18, 2012

    By: Cadet Robert Delk


    Hello, Im with the Rocket Battalion ROTC program and we recently had a FTX in which we conducted a night land navigation course. The course was set up with the regular 5 points and to pass you had to get 3/5. When the event started it was kind of still light out, but as it progressed darkness spread and you could see so many stars including Orion's belt, The big dipper, and Taurus. Im from Cleveland so seeing stars isn't a norm for me,...read more

  • Force Management Officer (FA50)

    April 15, 2012

    By: Major Brendan Taylor


    What does a Force Management Officer (FA50) do? In a nutshell Force Management Officers help manage change within the Army. Organizational and or material changes, Force Managers are the experts on the systems and processes that make change happen. FA50s are found at various levels from Division, CORPs, Army Service Component Command (ASCCs) and HQDA G3 and G8 (there are only about 200-300 total FA50s in the Army today). Traditionally FA50's work with Strategy, Planning Programming...read more

  • My story.

    September 13, 2011

    By: Warrant Officer 1 Randy McCall


    I'm Randy McCall and I enlisted in the Army as an 11B (Infantryman) after HS when I was 18. After a deployment and making E-5, I put together a Warrant Officer Flight Training (WOFT) packet and was accepted in November 2009 at the age of 21. I graduated Warrant Officer Candidate school June 3rd, 2010 and now I'm flying the OH-58D (Kiowa Warrior) helicopter here in Flight School XXI (FSXXI). There has been so much in between I'm not gonna type everything I've done and...read more

  • UTSA HACU Tour

    February 9, 2011

    By: Second Lieutenant Charles Stratton


    At the University of Texas at San Antonio, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) is hosting a week long convention to inform high school students the importance of a college education as well as the steps to apply to colleges, financial aid that can be rewarded and the benefits of enrolling into ROTC and the National Guard and Reserves. Students are finding this very informative and inspiring which have led students to be much more interested in ROTC, National...read more

  • Iraqi Strategic Partnership: One friendship at a time!

    January 24, 2011

    By: Major John Tiedeman


    I recently did a tour in Iraq as a military advisor to an Iraqi Army Unit in Baghdad. It was a rewarding but trying experience as cultural differences challenged us in every aspect of our mission. The difficulty mostly lie in the power of soft persuasion as we tried to encourage behavioral changes in the operational processes used by our Iraqi counterparts who were slow or hesitant on the uptake of new ideas. My father also experienced these same issues when he was a MAC-V advisor in...read more

  • Green to Gold Active Duty Option Cadet

    October 7, 2010

    By: Cadet Andy Tennant


    I came to the ROTC program from active duty with the Green to Gold Active Duty Option Program (ADO). This program allows enlisted members of the Army to have an opportunity to go back to school, complete their degree, and return to the Army as a Commissioned Officer. With the ADO, I continue to receive the pay and entitlements I had while serving with an active unit, and my duty station is at the school of my choice. The selection process for this program involves creating a packet that is...read more