I don't understand what it means when you say it is 9,10, 11 or 12 for the academic year? And I also don't understand the A,B, C or D part either?
Please explain...
Thanks, batmom
batmom, for BCT, the squadrons are given an alphabetical name--A (Aggressors), B (Barbarians), C (Cobras), etc. until J (Jaguars) for a total of 10 BCT squadrons. Each of these squadrons is broken down into 4 flights--A, B, C, and D, for a total of 40 flights in BCT. My son said most things in BCT are done with your flight, some are done with your whole squadron, a few things are done with your element (an even smaller division of your flight--maybe 6 to 8 basics), and a few things are done with the entire incoming BCT group.
A basic's BCT squadron and flight determine what squadron they go to for the academic year. For example
Aggressors BCT squadron (being the first letter in the alphabet) will split into squadrons 1, 2, 3 and 4 for the academic year (flight A goes to 1, flight B goes to 2, etc). Barbarians will go to 5, 6, 7, and 8; Cobras will go to 9, 10, 11, and 12; and so on up to Jaguars who will go to 37, 38, 39, and 40. The academic year squadrons are numbered, but also have interesting names (for example, squadron 1 is Mighty Mach One). When the cadets go to their academic year squadron, they will be with approx. 25 cadets (their flight) that they spent most of BCT with.
Then like Mikeandcris said, at the end of their first year, the cadets are reassigned to a new squadron where they will spend the last 3 years.
Hope this helps!
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