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[0:07] I have a little brother and he tells me every single day that he's so proud of me.
[0:11] For me, the uniform, I mean with my friends, it doesn't make a difference.
[0:16] When you have that uniform on, you are representing the ROTC program.
[0:22] It's not a track to go into the military, like I don't really have an interest to go into the
[0:26] military.
[0:29] One of the best things about ROTC that I think is the community.
[0:33] Ready, roll, arms.
[0:36] I came to ROTC.
[0:37] I had like a bunch of friends that I knew.
[0:39] Because most of my friends that I was in ROTC class with,
[0:41] I knew from middle school.
[0:43] Off right!
[0:44] I see myself being a very high ranking officer
[0:49] in the Air Force.
[0:50] I could become a pastor.
[0:51] In 10 or 12 years, I might see myself
[0:53] working for political office.
[0:54] I'm not only in Joe to see.
[0:55] I'm in theater.
[0:57] I'm in band.
[1:01] I went and joined the drill team.
[1:02] And that's a lot of fun.
[1:03] And now I'm one of the commanders.
[1:04] and I'm having a blast.
[1:05] I spent some of my Saturdays going to Jill Meathie
[1:07] doing community service.
[1:09] We
[1:15] will be joining the courts with TC3.201.5,
[1:18] respectful, professional, mission-like,
[1:19] spiritual areas, sir.
[1:21] At the award ceremony, I got the rank
[1:23] and I was honestly crying.
[1:25] We make sure that 100% of our seniors graduate
[1:27] and move on to our institution of higher learning,
[1:29] whether it's college, the military, the training
[1:31] school.
[1:34] We're actually a really fun and a really inclusive family.
[1:38] And it's honestly just a huge group
[1:40] people who love each other. I think ROTC really prepared me for becoming a
[1:44] citizen. And so ROTC, I like to think about it as a school inside of another
[1:49] school.
[1:51] I have really enjoyed it. We want to represent the best of society, like the
[1:56] best the new generation can be.