So, this portion of my page won't be going to the wayside anytime soon (well, at least if you think my entire blog-homepage hasn't gone to the wayside yet; it's been a couple of weeks), since I'm in the ROTC program here at Saint Cloud State now. I need do go through a few more piles of bureaucratic paperwork before I'm actually contracted, but I'm thinking it's just a matter of time.

I have to say, I'm finding a lot of the things we're going over to be interesting. The first section we're dealing with of the material for the year 3 class was all about the natural progression a team goes through when people are first thrown together into a group with a common purpose. I never had quantified the process myself before, but I immediately recognized the veracity of the listed steps by briefly conjuring up my own experiences mentally.

The other side of it has definitely pushed my comfort envelope. Since I'm in the 3 year stage of the program, I've been appointed as squad leader for the 4th squad for the next couple of months. This means trying to motivate and encourage the 1st and 2nd year students to stick with the program and PT via e-mails and phone calls, along with making sure their equiptment issues are handled and whatnot. I've also lead the cadence during PT now. It only takes one brain fart, and you otherwise beautiful cadence becomes crap. I'll tell you right now that two of the three verses I went through weren't exactly outstanding.

I'm hoping my past experience will be useful when being evaluated on our FTXes over the coming months.

posted by Brett @ 1:18 PM