Pima
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Okay I was wrong to say love, I should have said happy or content or whatever you want to place in for love. You all get my point, and it appears you don't disagree, that it is just part of the path that the SA/SMC/ROTC program demands.
~~~~ Something Bullet said to me when he was an O1....This decision was made at a higher pay grade than mine. My job is to salute sharply.
~~ That is his new reality regarding the process.
My point was, and is, at the end of the day facing this head on will give him a sense of accomplishment, and will make him a better cadet, a better officer.
As an MSIII or IV they will have a command position with I and II's somehow reporting to them.
Your child will be an MSIII or IV, and there will be a cadet like him as an MSI. This is something he has to think about. This is something to ask....pretend you are that MSIII, what would you do differently? Would you now, 1 yr out from going AD, say have the folks bring the weights to the room, run on your own, go to the college gym at 8 when you know nobody is there so it is easier?
What is his career aspiration? Flying a Helo? SA is huge! What they are doing will be an asset when it comes to UPT. Flying world is cut throat to get that airframe? Tanks? Isn't it a close quarter world inside the tank that you need to do your job, and also be cognizant of what everyone else is doing at the same time. Med. field...same thing, you are working on members in combat to save a life, and it is noises, voices, upheaval, one slip is life or death.
I am not trying to make light of this, but I have to say, I think this is more about finding his footing at college and ROTC than Situational Awareness at the Gym.
OBTW, I know I shaded, but I was trying to make a point, that even those cadets at an SA leave. IMPO, kids entering college in Aug. think they are a failure if they leave, when in fact it happens ALOT!
For me that is the time parents step in, and remind them, they are 18, and it is better to leave now than live for 9 yrs this life (college and AD).
~~~ It is the only time to step in.
~~~~ It is also why I sit here and scream from the rooftops as an ROTC scholarship recipient talk to the folks about finances before matriculating. If a child feels the only way to attend their dream college is to stay in ROTC because of fiscal issues, than it usually doesn't end pretty. It is a pressure they will feel for @ a decade.
OBTW, our DS commissioned from the Number 1 largest AFROTC unit in the nation, including SMCs.
~~~ At his det. Every 100 aka MSI was assigned to an 300 aka MSIII until the 100 became a POC (300) as a mentor. Someone they could go to ask privately what to do.
~~~ They had GMC (MSI/II) nights every week at the det. to hang out and bond. Ask your DS if they have that at his school.
Just saying if he sticks with it, later on he can show leadership by suggesting programs like this that do not cost a penny, but bonds new cadets.
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