USAF ROTC Missing days ?!

Eqpilot

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<removed personal info> I have a question about attendance. I'm ashamed of this and understand im letting everyone down including myself but i just cant seem to wake up at 0500 to be at pt or leadership lab. I have missed 3 pt and 4 leadership labs and was wondering what is the max allowed missed days. For a 100 not on scholarship?
 
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The AFROTC programs at this point of this semester hasn't had many days of active AFROTC leadership labs and PT. Missing the described number of PT and leadership labs is akin to missing a significant percentage of those activities so far.

I think confirming how many more meetings you can miss ahead is not the right question to ask. It's out of focus on the acute issue-at-hand.

I think it's time for the OP to have a chat with the man in the mirror to come to a conclusion - What-Do-You-Want? Do you want to serve? Are you willing to do what it takes to be a part of that prestigious program and the Air Force? Are you committed/ excited about being a future leader in the AF and serving? Are you committing to see it through? Yes, or, no? If yes, then make a commitment and don't miss another meeting this semester. Dive in and put this nonsense of "just can't seem to" excuses in your rear view mirror.

As a bit of history, the Vietnamese mounted a massive offensive on Christmas one year during the Vietnam conflict, when for morale and because they had a special meal planned, US leaders were hoping for a quiet day. The enemy isn't scheduling the needs of an allied/ American response around your sleep needs. You can't hit snooze and have them come back in a few hours. They are just not that courteous, most usually. The folks in this line of service and the people they lead need to know they can count on the people above and next to them, on the ground, in the Air traffic tower, in the refueling rig, in the chow hall, coordinating supplies, or loading armaments for the next mission. You as a future leader need to be reliable. Hopefully this is a turning point in your very young AFROTC career, where you'll go for it, and be able to look back as a tough start but a GREAT turnaround. I hope you post in a few weeks that you're kicking *ss and taking names and showing what you are capable of.

Hope this perspective helps. Good luck.
 
0500 was sleeping in at both BMT and OTS for me.

Deployed, your shifts will be all over the place. At home station, you will just as easily be working 1st, 2nd, or 3rd shift, often flipping shifts from week to week, depending on your AFSC.

Buy an alarm clock, kid.
 
0500 was sleeping in at both BMT and OTS for me.

Deployed, your shifts will be all over the place. At home station, you will just as easily be working 1st, 2nd, or 3rd shift, often flipping shifts from week to week, depending on your AFSC.

Buy an alarm clock, kid.

One of our exchange students consistently overslept (gamed all night...would have to uber to school because he missed his ride). He bought a watch that actually administered a shock. That worked!
 
@Eqpilot

Either this is important to you or not.

If it’s important, you will discipline yourself to do whatever it takes to roll your butt out of the rack and get to your commitments on time. Old-school loud alarm clocks (plural), set up out of arm’s reach, getting enough quality sleep the night before and not charging up your brain with blue light screen time, asking a buddy to back up your systems. Getting yourself up to face obligations is an adult skill and a habit that can be learned. Just do it.

You choose not to get up, let’s be clear about that, which is a passive way of letting yourself be at risk for being rolled out of the program. Is that what you want?

Military life means being able to be up and about, ready to go, at oh-dark-thirty or whatever the mission demands, learning how to nap in full gear sitting up in noisy situations, operating on little sleep, being someone who can be relied on by teammates.

My first department head, a salty sea dog prior enlisted, told me when I was 2 minutes late, “Ensign, there might be good REASONS, but there is (string of f-laced profanity) EXCUSE, do you understand me?”

You have no excuse, so think about your reasons and act accordingly.
 
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