My nametag says “Sisto,” and that’s Italian for “I love bread, pastas, and Air Force ROTC.” Hello and thank you for reading about me! Life outside ROTC consists of snowboarding when I can get back home to Colorado, playing guitar when I’m not reading a book, and flying privately when I can find the money. I am privileged to serve as the Vice Wing Commander (CW/CV) and Joint Student Liai-son (JSL) within the Detach-ment. As Vice Commander, it’s my responsibility to represent the Wing Commander at all times. It’s also my duty to over-see the Commander’s Action Group (CAG), which focuses primarily on fundraising to pay for events like Military Ball,

budgeting money to each of the groups, organizing color guards for special events, and managing award programs like Honor Flight and Warrior Flight. The CAG staff this se-mester is incredible! I see great things happen every day behind the scenes that keep the Wing running. This semester, we held Commander’s Cup with the help of the JSL’s from each branch. The joint activities will continue soon with “Relay for Life!” Mark April 13/14th on your calendars if you are inter-ested, and visit RelayFor-Life.org for more info. My goal as the Air Force JSL is to pro-vide quality opportunities for cadets to develop joint rela-tionships with all branches –

Cadre Corner with Major Stallworth

relationships that will help you here at Det 158, and on active duty. A senior once told me, while I was an AS100, that the freshman year in ROTC was the best year to have fun in the program. Well, they were wrong! The longer I stay in ROTC, the more exciting it becomes! I encourage every cadet to take advantage of each opportunity for training and lead-e r s h i p while you can, be-c a u s e four years will be over be-fore you know it!

As many of you may know, this will be

my final semester in AFROTC. As you near the end of a successful term, I would like to

leave you with some parting thoughts. You

have had a phenomenal year of train-

ing. This semester alone you all have had over 40 hours of leadership, developmental

and physical training. Think about it…

that’s over 2,400 jam-packed minutes of

briefings, GLPs, drill, blood, sweat, tears (and in some cases, vomit)…all before most

people even have their first classes of the

day. It takes a special

person to complete the workload you all take on

weekly. Be proud, and

make your sacrifices

count! Take advantage of every opportunity

to learn. Every-

thing you have been through up until now

was designed to make you a better leader.

If you are graduating this

summer, GREAT! You will

soon have the daunting and rewarding privilege to lead

the finest Airmen in the

World. It is not easy, but if

you apply all you have learned during your time in the program, you will be well-

equipped for the task. Rising 400s, be ready

to lead the Wing with even

more fervor than your prede-cessors. For those in FTP,

despite what you may feel,

field training is not the end of

the road. There is still MUCH more work to be done. Em-

brace the opportunity to guide

the IMT cadets. If you will be completing

your first year or first semester, congratulations! It will soon be

your time to shine. You all will

be expected to lead the new

AS100 faces joining the program next Fall. No longer will you

have the option to hide out in

the shadows. An estimated 60-

70 new students will be looking to you as the role model of what an Air Force ROTC

cadet should be…do not disappoint! Your

time will be here before you know it.

It has been an honor to be around such a quality bunch of young men and women

who have decided to be part of something

larger than themselves. I look forward to

seeing each and every one of you become stellar officers in the World’s Greatest Air

Force within the not so distant future!

Cadre Corner with Major Stallworth

Cadet Sisto

Meeting the Vice Wing Commander Meeting the Vice Wing Commander

-Meeting Cadet Sisto

-Major Stallworth 1

-Wing Staff

-February Events 2

-Cadets of the Month

-Honor/Warrior

Flight

3

-FTP Journey

-Commander’s Cup 4

-Scholarship Recipi-

ents 5

-Mystery Cadet

-Monthly Collage 6

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The Blizzard Social was very successful this semester. We had a great turnout from the Wing and everybody was able to enjoy a free Blizzard! Events like these are im-portant to the Wing be-cause it gives cadets a chance to relax and get to know fellow cadets in a more casual environment. These so-cials build camaraderie and mo-rale throughout the entire De-tachment.

the Wing this semester with outstanding special events and to keep everyone ac-countable for showing up to required training. Cadet Corson not only has many plans for the Wing this semester but also many plans following her graduation this May. Upon commencement, she will become a Force Support Officer and will be sta-tioned at Hanscom AFB in Boston, Massa-chusetts! She is excited to get started with her active duty career and looks for-

ward to experiencing the adventures the Air Force has in store for her. Cadet Corson has put in a lot of hard work to get to this point in her academic and ROTC ca-reer, and has had many great times along the way!

fun towards the end of the semester! Though we have all come a long way, he strives to remind us all it is important to continue to try your hardest and not to let your foot off the gas pedal half way through the semester. Outside of ROTC, Cadet Alejo is a fan of the Call of Duty series and an even bigger fan of soccer. He religiously follows La Liga from Spain, the Barclay's Premier League, and many other leagues world-wide. He is a pilot select, majoring in En-vironmental Science and Policy with plans on graduating in the Fall of 2012. Cadet

Cadet Jose Alejo is this semester's Operations Group Commander. His main priority is to outline the entire semester alongside each individual trainer to en-sure the Wing is meeting required ob-jectives. He and his staff then further breakdown future outlines on a weekly basis to come up with everything seen at LLAB and PT. Cadet Alejo values the assistance from all of his staff in creating "stellar" training every week. He is doing his best to fulfill all of the mandatory objec-tives so that the Wing can have a little

Alejo looks to-wards his family when the going gets tough, but remembers that his main goal is to become an Air Force officer! He also wants to encourage all of GMC to find a mentor and use POC as a resource in becoming suc-cessful!

Meeting Wing Staff

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Cadet Alejo

Cadet Corson

Cadet Corson is the Mission Support Group Commander this semester. She and her staff plan on creating many fun events for the Wing this semester, in-cluding opportunities to participate in intramural sports, tutoring, and commu-nity service. Another important mission in this group falls under the director of person-nel, who keeps track of everyone's at-tendance for required training. Cadet Corson’s goal is to boost the morale of

BLIZZARD

SOCIAL

COMMUNITY

SERVICE

ARNOLD AIR

SOCIETY

February presented many opportuni-

ties to Arnold Air Society. Members

were able to participate in a number of

events ranging from socials, community

service events,

and fundraising.

They hosted a

s u c c e s s f u l

Chili’s fund-

raiser; where

many people

came out and

enjoyed a delicious meal alongside fel-

low cadets, all while helping support

Arnold Air Society. They were also given

the opportunity to work jointly with

other volunteers to remodel a church

into a youth community center. It’s

events such

as these, that

makes Arnold

Air Society

such a distin-

guished or-

ganization!

On February 25th twelve Cadets

took part in a volunteering project

to remodel a

church into a

community youth

center. These

volunteers took

time out of their

weekend to com-

plete tasks rang-

ing from cleaning to painting. The

volunteers impressed the event

coordinators with their profession-

alism, work ethic, and motivation.

These cadets not only helped im-

prove the community but they also

positively represented Det 158.

“ I am thankful to my Flight Com-

mander C/Torres, for giving me the opportunity to be recognized. One aspect that contributes significantly is getting involved; volunteer, par-

ticipate, and/or join any program, event, or team that you can. The best advice I can give is to never

give up; and remember, to be a good leader you must first learn to

be a good follower.”

“I have to say I was shocked

that I won Cadet of the Month. I was going up against two [sic] other amazing cadets that deserved it just as much as I

did. But I believe I won this honor because of the positive attitude I have brought to

every event I partake in and always performing acts of

wingmenship.”

Cadet Monge

CADETS OF THE MONTH

Cadet White

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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 White showed an excep-

tional amount of hard work and dedication to the wing this month. He did an outstanding job in organizing our team for Com-

mander’s Cup and participating in multiple events. He also taught Bravo Flight that when goals are

set you can easily succeed, and with this lesson he guided them

towards achieving Honor Flight.

WARRIOR FLIGHT WARRIOR FLIGHT HONOR FLIGHT HONOR FLIGHT With the guidance of Cadet White and the commit-ment of his troops, Bravo Flight exceeded expectations to win Honor Flight. According to Cadet White, “The big thing we did was start off the semester by coming up with three overall flight goals outlining what we wanted to accomplish for the semester. Honor Flight was one of those. What helped us as the semester went on, was talking about these goals. After we had everything fig-ured out, the only thing left to do was put in the work and show up to the events that earn Honor Flight points! It was pretty cool seeing such a small flight hav-ing the ability to stand out and make a name for them-selves. I guess the big piece of advice I'd give would be to always have short and long term goals. Both as a flight and as a person.” Setting goals was the key to Bravo Flight's success and is a simple approach in achieving success.

This month Alpha flight was awarded Warrior Flight. Their hard work and dedication to become unified is something the entire wing can learn from. Here are a few words of advice from the Alpha Flight Commander, Cadet Mobley: “I believe Alpha flight’s success was in large part indebted to our pride, confidence, and desire to be the best. Our achievement in earning Warrior Flight can also be credited to our warm up tradition be-fore physical training every morning, in which we form up as a flight and run our warm up lap together while singing Jodie’s. As Alpha flight’s commander, I intro-duced this practice for two main reasons; to boost our morale and to set our flight apart from others, giving us a sense of identity and pride...At the risk of sounding arrogant, I must admit, I was dealt a handful of Aces.” Utilize Cadet Mobley’s advice and try to grow as a flight this semester.

more, you're marching in squadrons!"

With Enrollment Allocations being announced within the next month, it is easy to lose sight of all of these remarkable improvements made in and out of ROTC that will forever change each and every

FTP Cadet. Cadet Steven's reminds all FTP Cadets that, "For those who earn EAs; it is only the begin-ning. Use the allocation to find new motivation and drive to continue to perform and improve your-

selves. For those who do not receive EAs; it is also only the beginning. You will all be successful in

whatever you decide to do, commissioning through ROTC is only one of many career paths. Use what you

have learned in ROTC and apply it to your lives; personal and professional. All of you are leaders and all of you can make a difference. Also remem-ber, 'You are not finished when you are defeated;

you are finished when you quit.' So, whatever your ROTC journey leads to, continue to work hard and grow as leaders of character." Congratulations on enduring the challenges

ROTC has presented thus far and keep up the hard work, though as Cadet Stevens mentioned this is

only the beginning!

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When discussing just how much FTP Cadets have

matured Cadet Cannon mentions, "Before your ROTC careers many of you probably could not tell the time of day to someone without a cell phone". Between investing in a watch and

"waking up at 0500 on a weekly basis, simply to work out and go to class, FTP Cadets have established discipline, character, and a well-rounded nature in their time spent in ROTC",

Cadet Cannon has observed. Though many subtle changes have been taking place in the lives of FTP Cadets outside of ROTC, it's the major improvements made within ROTC

that have been noticed. Cadet Beightel states, "Together this class has transformed from indi-viduals to a team and/or 'squadron'". FTP Ca-dets are no longer thinking about "the now,"

yet instead are planning days ahead of time which Cadet Beightel can see in their perform-ance and effort put into each PT and LLAB. Many of these improvements can be seen on

the drill pad, notices Cadet Cannon, "When entering ROTC none of you knew how to march as a flight…now it seems to come with ease, and even

2012 COMMANDER’S CUP 2012 COMMANDER’S CUP

Journey to Field Training Journey to Field Training

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!

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February Scholarship Winners

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

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 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.

TYPE 1 SCHOLARSHIP

TYPE 2 SCHOLARSHIP

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP

SCHOLARSHIP

I’ve played paintball with pro-fessional players

I’ve worked in a nuclear phar-macy

I have never seen snow!

I was once rescued from a stuck elevator

I participated in a full scale S.W.A.T exercise

I personally know a movie star

I played the tuba in a band on stage in Carnegie hall

I Experienced an aircraft in-flight emergency in which the plane had to turn around and land after dumping fuel!

We all have jobs, hobbies, and in-terests other then ROTC. The real question is how well do you know your fellow cadets outside of ROTC? Each month one POC mem-ber will be chosen as “Mystery Ca-det.” If you think you have discov-ered who the “Mystery Cadet” is you can email Cadet Wilson at megwilson9@gmail.com with your guess. If you are the first Cadet to guess correctly you will receive a prize! The winner and “Mystery Ca-det” will be revealed in next month’s edition. Here are a few clues to get you started!

I Study Professional Aeronau-tics

I own a yellow lab

MYSTERY CADET MYSTERY CADET

Congratulations to Cadet Duerr for being the first Cadet to correctly guess the “Mystery Cadet.” She will be receiving a special award for actively participating in the “Mystery Cadet” section!

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Last months “Mystery Cadet” was….

Last months “Mystery Cadet” was….

GLIMPSE OF FEBRUARY