Warrior Competition!

Our week at Detachment 415 started off with some fun and invigorating drill and ceremony 

practice. This week we spent our time reviewing a lot of marching movements that we had 

done in the past. This included an ORI (Open Ranks Inspection), which is a very tedious 

procedure to conduct as there are so many steps to it. We spent D&C reviewing this because on 

Monday during lead lab we had a detachment wide "Warrior Competition.” This is competitive 

event that tests each flight in our detachment on everything: warrior knowledge, basic 

knowledge, marching, physical fitness, and anything else that we have covered over the past two 

months. A certain point amount was given to the flights that took first, second, third, and fourth 

in each event, and at the end of leadlab the points were tallied. It was a close competition in 

which Delta Flight just barely took home the gold! HUA! 

PT this week was light. JMAC teams practiced during each of our morning PT sessions while 

everybody else tapered for the FA (Fitness Assessment) set for next week. We have been training 

for this all year so hopefully we have a lot of people max the test, especially the Phase 0 and 

ST (Special Tactics) Prep teams. From what I have heard from some of the upperclassmen, the 

FA is actually one of the easiest days of PT that we have since we only have to do our minute 

of pushups/sit-ups and then we’re done! On Saturday the Arnold Air Society cadets had their 

annual ARCON (Area Convention) event. It was a great opportunity to meet AAS cadets from 

other detachments. There were also two distinguished guests present. Brig. Gen. Dennis W. 

Schulstad was the guest speaker and he gave a very motivational speech about being in ROTC. 

The other guest was Brig. Gen. Daniel P. Woodward, Executive Director of Arnold Air Society,

who spoke during many of the briefings throughout the day.

In other exciting news, the 100s’ uniforms have arrived and will be picked up this upcoming 

week! It’s been a long wait but worth every second of it! Wish us luck in the next week!

-Cadet Hubbard

Homecoming Week!

This week Det 415’s schedule began with LLAB, as always.  We formed up in the gym, reported in, and separated into our respective rooms to carry out the tasks of the day.  We had our midterm, which most of us took at the position of attention, yet we emerged victorious by surpassing our expected average scores.  At drill and ceremony selected cadets were asked to give certain commands while marching our flight. 

At PT this week we performed AMRAPS, which means “as many reps as possible.”  The workouts have been getting harder and demand more mental strength, and thankfully, the motivation was really high this week.  I’m confident all of our hard work will show in our FA scores!

Phase 0 had another weekly training session, helping those cadets hone in on their physical and mental strength and develop qualities demanded of Special Forces officers.  Arnies training candidates met for another training session Wednesday morning, meaning there is one less week till pledge night!

The homecoming game against Purdue gave the detachment another opportunity to work CSC and Color Guard.  It was an exciting game and an excellent closure to another Air Force ROTC Det. 415 week!

-Cadet Warren

Busy Bees

Lead lab begins, as it usually does, with the escalated heart rate of GMC and the forming up of the four flights in the gym. Once attendance has been reported, we move directly into training time, which consists of Drill and Ceremony practice as well as academic hour. Drill and Ceremony is a time to practice our marching skills, which consistently proves to be more difficult than it sounds. This week, in between D&C and academic hour, we were presented with the challenge of moving our flight across a minefield without the use of sight or verbal communication. With the flight commander being the only one who could see, the importance of “following the leader” and trusting your wingmen was extremely apparent. In academic hour, a game of jeopardy prepared us for next week midterm. We also received a powerful briefing on the importance of motivation within the detachment. Lead lab ended with a meeting among mentors and mentees, further driving home the close knit community that AFRTOC creates.

At PT this week, we preformed AMRAPS, rolling of the dice workouts, and- as always- ample running. With the FA fast approaching, everyone is working harder than ever at PT. At PT and in one of the 100’s AS classes, Lieutenant Fontenot visited, who assists Lieutenant Johnson with recruitment for the Detachment. Phase 0 met again this week, giving the new members a glimpse of their swimming workout. Arnie’s trained together bright and early for their second session this week, which brings the pledges one step closer to being initiated members. This weekend brings two CSC events, The Gophers vs. Northwestern and The Vikings vs. The Lions.

-Cadet Weingartner