Air Force ROTC Detachment 158, 12303 Maple Drive, CWY 407, Tampa, FL 33620- 8475 www.usf.edu/afrotc 813-97 4-3 367 MeetingMeeting thethe ViceVice WingWing CommanderCommander INSIDE THIS ISSUE: My nametag says “Sisto,” budgeting money to each of relationships that will help you and that’s Italian for “I love the groups, organizing color here at Det 158, and on active -Meeting Cadet Sisto 1 bread, pastas, and Air Force guards for special events, and duty. -Major Stallworth ROTC.” Hello and thank you for managing award programs like A senior once told me, reading about me! Life outside Honor Flight and Warrior while I was an AS100, that the -Wing Staff 2 ROTC consists of snowboarding Flight. The CAG staff this se- freshman year in ROTC was -February Events when I can get back home to mester is incredible! I see the best year to have fun in Colorado, playing guitar when great things happen every day the program. Well, they were -Cadets of the Month I’m not reading a book, and behind the scenes that keep wrong! The longer I stay in -Honor/Warrior 3 Flight flying privately when I can find the Wing running. ROTC, the more exciting it the money. This semester, we held becomes! I encourage every -FTP Journey I am privileged to serve as Commander’s Cup with the cadet to take advantage of 4 -Commander’s Cup the Vice Wing Commander help of the JSL’s from each each opportunity for training (CW/CV) and Joint Student Liai- branch. The joint activities will and lead- -Scholarship Recipi- 5 son (JSL) within the Detach- continue soon with “Relay for e r s h i p ents ment. As Vice Commander, it’s Life!” Mark April 13/14th on while you my responsibility to represent your calendars if you are inter- can, be- -Mystery Cadet 6 ested, and visit RelayFor- c a u s e -Monthly Collage the Wing Commander at all times. It’s also my duty to over- Life.org for more info. My goal four years see the Commander’s Action as the Air Force JSL is to pro- will be Group (CAG), which focuses vide quality opportunities for over be- primarily on fundraising to pay cadets to develop joint rela- fore you for events like Military Ball, tionships with all branches – know it! Cadet Sisto

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As many of you may know, this will be thing you have been through up until now the IMT cadets. If you will be completing my final semester in AFROTC. As you near was designed to make you a your first year or first semester, the end of a successful term, I would like to better leader. congratulations! It will soon be leave you with some parting thoughts. You If you are graduating this your time to shine. You all will have had a phenomenal year of train- summer, GREAT! You will be expected to lead the new ing. This semester alone you all have had soon have the daunting and AS100 faces joining the program over 40 hours of leadership, developmental rewarding privilege to lead next Fall. No longer will you and physical training. Think about it… the finest Airmen in the have the option to hide out in that’s over 2,400 jam-packed minutes of World. It is not easy, but if the shadows. An estimated 60- briefings, GLPs, drill, blood, sweat, tears you apply all you have learned during your 70 new students will be looking to you as (and in some cases, vomit)…all before most time in the program, you will be well- the role model of what an Air Force ROTC people even have their first classes of the equipped for the task. Rising 400s, be ready cadet should be…do not disappoint! Your day. It takes a special to lead the Wing with even time will be here before you know it. person to complete the more fervor than your prede- It has been an honor to be around such workload you all take on cessors. For those in FTP, a quality bunch of young men and women weekly. Be proud, and despite what you may feel, who have decided to be part of something make your sacrifices field training is not the end of larger than themselves. I look forward to count! Take advantage of the road. There is still MUCH seeing each and every one of you become every opportunity more work to be done. Em- stellar officers in the World’s Greatest Air Page 1 to learn. Every- brace the opportunity to guide Force within the not so distant future! Meeting Wing Staff

Cadet Corson is the Mission Support the Wing this semester with outstanding ward to experiencing the adventures Group Commander this semester. She special events and to keep everyone ac- the Air Force has in store for her. and her staff plan on creating many fun countable for showing up to required Cadet Corson events for the Wing this semester, in- training. has put in a lot cluding opportunities to participate in Cadet Corson not only has many plans of hard work to intramural sports, tutoring, and commu- for the Wing this semester but also many get to this point nity service. plans following her graduation this May. in her academic Another important mission in this Upon commencement, she will become a and ROTC ca- group falls under the director of person- Force Support Officer and will be sta- reer, and has nel, who keeps track of everyone's at- tioned at Hanscom AFB in Boston, Massa- had many great tendance for required training. Cadet chusetts! She is excited to get started times along the Corson’s goal is to boost the morale of with her active duty career and looks for- way! Cadet Corson

Cadet Jose Alejo is this semester's fun towards the end of the semester! Alejo looks to- Operations Group Commander. His main Though we have all come a long way, he wards his family priority is to outline the entire semester strives to remind us all it is important to when the going alongside each individual trainer to en- continue to try your hardest and not to let gets tough, but sure the Wing is meeting required ob- your foot off the gas pedal half way remembers that jectives. He and his staff then further through the semester. his main goal is breakdown future outlines on a weekly Outside of ROTC, Cadet Alejo is a fan to become an basis to come up with everything seen of the Call of Duty series and an even Air Force officer! at LLAB and PT. bigger fan of soccer. He religiously follows He also wants to Cadet Alejo values the assistance La Liga from Spain, the Barclay's Premier encourage all of from all of his staff in creating "stellar" League, and many other leagues world- GMC to find a Cadet Alejo training every week. He is doing his wide. He is a pilot select, majoring in En- mentor and use best to fulfill all of the mandatory objec- vironmental Science and Policy with plans POC as a resource in becoming suc- tives so that the Wing can have a little on graduating in the Fall of 2012. Cadet cessful! BLIZZARD ARNOLD AIR COMMUNITY SOCIAL SOCIETY SERVICE The Blizzard Social was very February presented many opportuni- On February 25th twelve Cadets successful this semester. We ties to Arnold Air Society. Members took part in a volunteering project had a great turnout from the were able to participate in a number of to remodel a Wing and everybody was able to events ranging from socials, community church into a enjoy a free Blizzard! Events like service events, these community youth and fundraising. are im- center. These They hosted a portant volunteers took to the successful Wing Chili’s fund- time out of their be- raiser; where weekend to com- cause it many people plete tasks rang- gives came out and ing from cleaning to painting. The cadets a chance to relax and get enjoyed a delicious meal alongside fel- volunteers impressed the event to know fellow cadets in a more low cadets, all while helping support casual environment. These so- coordinators with their profession- cials build camaraderie and mo- Arnold Air Society. They were also given alism, work ethic, and motivation. rale throughout the entire De- the opportunity to work jointly with These cadets not only helped im- tachment. other volunteers to remodel a church prove the community but they also into a youth community center. It’s positively represented Det 158. events such as these, that makes Arnold Air Society such a distin- guished or- Page 2 ganization! CADETS OF THE MONTH Page 3

This month there were ten Cadets that displayed outstanding qualities allowing them to be nominated for Cadet of the Month. Cadet Ostoski, Cadet Wilson, Cadet Carr, and Cadet Marrero were nominated for IMT, Cadet Monge and Cadet Duerr for FTP, and Cadet Inness, Cadet Tracey, Cadet White and Cadet Woodard for POC. While all cadets were well qualified, there were three Cadets that stood above everybody else: Ca- det Carr, Cadet Monge and Cadet White. Below these three outstanding Cadets share what they believe led to their success this month.

Cadet Carr Cadet Monge Cadet White

“I have to say I was shocked “ I am thankful to my Flight Com- Cadet White showed an excep- that I won Cadet of the Month. mander C/Torres, for giving me the tional amount of hard work and I was going up against two opportunity to be recognized. One dedication to the wing this [sic] other amazing cadets that aspect that contributes significantly month. He did an outstanding job deserved it just as much as I is getting involved; volunteer, par- in organizing our team for Com- did. But I believe I won this ticipate, and/or join any program, mander’s Cup and participating in honor because of the positive event, or team that you can. The multiple events. He also taught attitude I have brought to best advice I can give is to never Bravo Flight that when goals are every event I partake in and give up; and remember, to be a set you can easily succeed, and always performing acts of good leader you must first learn to with this lesson he guided them wingmenship.” be a good follower.” towards achieving Honor Flight.

HONOR FLIGHT WARRIORWARRIOR FLIGHTFLIGHT With the guidance of Cadet White and the commit- This month Alpha flight was awarded Warrior Flight. ment of his troops, Bravo Flight exceeded expectations Their hard work and dedication to become unified is to win Honor Flight. According to Cadet White, “The big something the entire wing can learn from. Here are a thing we did was start off the semester by coming up few words of advice from the Alpha Flight Commander, with three overall flight goals outlining what we wanted Cadet Mobley: “I believe Alpha flight’s success was in to accomplish for the semester. Honor Flight was one of large part indebted to our pride, confidence, and desire those. What helped us as the semester went on, was to be the best. Our achievement in earning Warrior talking about these goals. After we had everything fig- Flight can also be credited to our warm up tradition be- ured out, the only thing left to do was put in the work fore physical training every morning, in which we form and show up to the events that earn Honor Flight up as a flight and run our warm up lap together while points! It was pretty cool seeing such a small flight hav- singing Jodie’s. As Alpha flight’s commander, I intro- ing the ability to stand out and make a name for them- duced this practice for two main reasons; to boost our selves. I guess the big piece of advice I'd give would be morale and to set our flight apart from others, giving us to always have short and long term goals. Both as a a sense of identity and pride...At the risk of sounding flight and as a person.” Setting goals was the key to arrogant, I must admit, I was dealt a handful of Aces.” Bravo Flight's success and is a simple approach in Utilize Cadet Mobley’s advice and try to grow as a flight achieving success. this semester. JourneyJourney toto FieldField TrainingTraining

When discussing just how much FTP Cadets have more, you're marching in squadrons!" matured Cadet Cannon mentions, "Before your With Enrollment Allocations being announced ROTC careers many of you probably could not within the next month, it is easy to lose sight of all tell the time of day to someone without a cell of these remarkable improvements made in and out phone". Between investing in a watch and of ROTC that will forever change each and every "waking up at 0500 on a weekly basis, simply FTP Cadet. Cadet Steven's reminds all FTP Cadets to work out and go to class, FTP Cadets have that, "For those who earn EAs; it is only the begin- established discipline, character, and a well- ning. Use the allocation to find new motivation and rounded nature in their time spent in ROTC", drive to continue to perform and improve your- Cadet Cannon has observed. selves. For those who do not receive EAs; it is also Though many subtle changes have been only the beginning. You will all be successful in taking place in the lives of FTP Cadets outside of whatever you decide to do, commissioning through ROTC, it's the major improvements made within ROTC ROTC is only one of many career paths. Use what you that have been noticed. Cadet Beightel states, have learned in ROTC and apply it to your lives; "Together this class has transformed from indi- personal and professional. All of you are leaders viduals to a team and/or 'squadron'". FTP Ca- and all of you can make a difference. Also remem- dets are no longer thinking about "the now," ber, 'You are not finished when you are defeated; yet instead are planning days ahead of time you are finished when you quit.' So, whatever your which Cadet Beightel can see in their perform- ROTC journey leads to, continue to work hard and ance and effort put into each PT and LLAB. grow as leaders of character." Many of these improvements can be seen on Congratulations on enduring the challenges the drill pad, notices Cadet Cannon, "When ROTC has presented thus far and keep up the hard entering ROTC none of you knew how to march work, though as Cadet Stevens mentioned this is as a flight…now it seems to come with ease, and even only the beginning!

20122012 COMMANDER’SCOMMANDER’S CUPCUP

Commander's Cup presented a lot of fun for many Veteran participants, includ- ing Cadet Dzyndra and Cadet McAulay, and also many newer participants from the AS100 and AS200 classes. Although Air Force did not win the overall event, there were many individual and team accomplishments, one of which was foot- ball. What was interesting is that Commander's Cup has traditionally consisted of a football tournament, but the Army Battalion put a little bit of a spin on the event this year. The army added multiple track events, a ruck march, and a tug -of-war tournament to Commander's Cup this year. The reception to the changes were positive overall, and all branches had a chance to network in a joint environment, which was the overall goal of the tournament. Cadet White also wants to thank all of those that came out, including not only those that competed, but also those who came out to support the detachment. Along with his thanks, Cadet White also wants to challenge all up and coming cadets to win the cup back next year!

Page 4 February Scholarship Winners

TYPE 1 SCHOLARSHIP

Type 1 scholarship recipients fulfilled re- quirements which included a high GPA and SAT scores, passing the PFA, and are typi- cally awarded to students with technical majors. This scholarship pays college tui- tion in full, most lab fees, and $900/year for books.

TYPE 2 SCHOLARSHIP

Type 2 Scholarship Recipients fulfilled requirements which included a high GPA and SAT scores, passing the PFA, and are typically awarded to students with a technical major. This scholarship pays college tuition and most lab fees with some restrictions and, $900/year for books.

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP

Cadet Santiago and Cadet Mobley both received an academic leadership schol- arship by writing a memo stating why they believed they are active leaders.

Page 5 MYSTERYMYSTERY CADETCADET

LastLast monthsmonths “Mystery“Mystery We all have jobs, hobbies, and in-  I’ve played paintball with pro- terests other then ROTC. The real fessional players Cadet”Cadet” was….was…. question is how well do you know your fellow cadets outside of  I’ve worked in a nuclear phar- ROTC? Each month one POC mem- macy ber will be chosen as “Mystery Ca-  I have never seen snow! det.” If you think you have discov- ered who the “Mystery Cadet” is  I was once rescued from a you can email Cadet Wilson at stuck elevator [email protected] with your  I participated in a full scale guess. If you are the first Cadet to S.W.A.T exercise guess correctly you will receive a prize! The winner and “Mystery Ca-  I personally know a movie star det” will be revealed in next  I played the tuba in a band on Congratulations to Cadet Duerr for month’s edition. Here are a few stage in Carnegie hall clues to get you started! being the first Cadet to correctly  I Experienced an aircraft in- guess the “Mystery Cadet.” She  I Study Professional Aeronau- flight emergency in which the tics will be receiving a special award plane had to turn around and for actively participating in the  I own a yellow lab land after dumping fuel! “Mystery Cadet” section! GLIMPSE OF FEBRUARY

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