We started off this semester with recognizing academic and field training achievements from the spring semester and the summer. Awards ranged from academic honors to the completion of field training. Numerous cadets received multiple awards, and others received long awaited scholarships! Here at Det 440, we are constantly being reminded that academics always come first, and the Awards Ceremony greatly evidenced that, with a large portion of cadets taking home honors for their outstanding academic achievements.
During our third LLab of the semester we saw firsthand why flexibility is the key to Airpower! Originally, the IMT were scheduled to make a trip to Alpine towers, while FTP were scheduled to be shown some dorm maintenance procedures in preparation for field training. However, the IMT were not able to make to Alpine towers this week, so we had a little change of schedule. We worked on drill out at Stankowski Field, teaching the new IMT, and new FTP some basic drill and ceremonies procedures. They learned some stationary facing movements, parade rest, raising and lowering the flag procedures, and how to present arms. After a short amount of time the newer cadets were really getting the hang of it, and ended LLab looking pretty sharp!
