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So field training is a specific

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developmental event in the continuum of

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an ROTC cadets time while working

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towards their commission that our

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secretary requires in order to

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commission as an Aerospace Force

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officer . Field training specifically

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is intended to evaluate a cadet's

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preparedness to lead at their

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detachments . So what we generally do

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is we take this opportunity while

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cadets are at the same location for a

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period of time , evaluate how well

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prepared they are to return to their

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detachments to serve in the advanced

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training program of Air Force ROTC ,

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which we call the professional Officer

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Corps and further build upon what

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they've already known and what they've

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already learned and what they've

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already demonstrated to further develop

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them towards ultimately being an

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officer of character whom we expect to

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fight and win our nation's wars here .

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It's , it's every single day , you need

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to be an active follower . You need to

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be a leader if that's your position and

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you need to take charge . When the time

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comes , it's definitely made me more

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comfortable accepting that position and

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making the harder decisions when you

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need to , which I think is really

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valuable . It's not exactly what I had

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in mind they give us way more autonomy .

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So we're not having the FTS or the CTS

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on our backs every single day . That's

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on us to keep our flight mates

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accountable and do what we need to do

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to be successful . I think that this

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year there's a little bit more nerves

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because there's so much that changed .

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Um , in the past years , it's been

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pretty set of , this is how it's gonna

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go just about every single day . But

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there are a lot of unknowns coming into

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this field training , especially for

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our first round of cadets at max one .

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But overall they , the feedback I've

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gotten is that they felt well prepared

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based on the training at our

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detachments . And they were excited to

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be here , excited to go back and train

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the new , the next generation of cadets .