Nateman15
5-Year Member
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- Feb 19, 2010
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This past week I made the stupid decision to ride my Calc assignment up to campus on my motorcycle without wearing my helmet.
And as fate would have it, my COC just happened to be running on the side of the road I was riding on. AND I just had my motorcycle safety briefing the week before and was explicitly told that it was against regulation to ride without a helmet.
I was told to report into my COC's office the next day where I was ripped harder than I ever have been ripped by anyone besides my parents. The main issues were disobeying direct orders from Cadre and disobeying Air Force Regs.
As an ICSP cadet, I have worked my butt off at building a reputation for myself and what kind of cadet I am. I am one of 5 scholarship cadets in my Det and I have one of the highest AS200 wing positions in the Det. This one dumb decision has threatened everything I have worked for this past year and half. My class ranking has almost certainly taken a big hit and I am still waiting to hear about what my further punishment will be.
Thankfully, I made the good decision to go in the next day in full service dress and have a conversation with my COC after the dust had settled a little. I didn't try and defend what I had done, but I defended my character and judgement. My COC looked very highly on me having the guts and determination to come back in and defend myself. So I feel like I have handled it as best as possible.
I just wanted to get my story out to you all, especially cadets. Dont get comfortable and complacent. That is when you get yourself in trouble. Learn from my mistakes and always keep yourself sharp.
Air Power
And as fate would have it, my COC just happened to be running on the side of the road I was riding on. AND I just had my motorcycle safety briefing the week before and was explicitly told that it was against regulation to ride without a helmet.
I was told to report into my COC's office the next day where I was ripped harder than I ever have been ripped by anyone besides my parents. The main issues were disobeying direct orders from Cadre and disobeying Air Force Regs.
As an ICSP cadet, I have worked my butt off at building a reputation for myself and what kind of cadet I am. I am one of 5 scholarship cadets in my Det and I have one of the highest AS200 wing positions in the Det. This one dumb decision has threatened everything I have worked for this past year and half. My class ranking has almost certainly taken a big hit and I am still waiting to hear about what my further punishment will be.
Thankfully, I made the good decision to go in the next day in full service dress and have a conversation with my COC after the dust had settled a little. I didn't try and defend what I had done, but I defended my character and judgement. My COC looked very highly on me having the guts and determination to come back in and defend myself. So I feel like I have handled it as best as possible.
I just wanted to get my story out to you all, especially cadets. Dont get comfortable and complacent. That is when you get yourself in trouble. Learn from my mistakes and always keep yourself sharp.
Air Power