In all honesty, I actually didn’t choose JROTC as a class in my freshman year; my counselor decided to put me in one of their classes since P.E. was already full at that moment. However, as I spent more time within the JROTC community, I developed a sense of support and motivation from the wonderful Staff and Army Instructors, which actually became my reason to stay in the program. Before I became S3, I started as an S4 assistant in my freshman year. My duty usually included helping out in issuing uniforms to all the cadets in my class period. Then in my sophomore year, I was soon promoted to S1 for an entire semester and then promoted to S3 at the end of the school year. Throughout my freshman year, three of my friends and I decided to form a robotics team under JROTC. I am the first sergeant and notebooker of the team! We were actually the first JROTC Robotics team that was ever created within the district! We’ve competed in 2 National Competitions so far and have gotten 2 awards!!!