FTX Weekend

Hello,

This weekend and last weekend were the spring FTX weekends.  FTX stand for Field Training Exercise.  Each ROTC branch does something different, Navy went to the Maritime Academy in Massachusetts, Marine Corps went to Camp Edwards in Cape Cod, Army sophomores and juniors went to Fort Ethan Allen in Northern Vermont, Army Freshman and Seniors went to Payne Mountain just across State Road 12 here in Northfield, and Air Force went to Colchester, VT.  For our FTX we got to go do paintball for the day yesterday.  It was a lot of fun, I had never done it before.  It rained and was muddy, but that made it a little more challenging when running behind all the structures trying to avoid getting hit.  There were speed ball courses that we played elimination on, which is just until one side wins by eliminating all of the opponents.  We were broken into four teams by flights, until the end when we had two sides on a hill and you went until you were either out of paint-balls or were tired of being hit.

The juniors in AFROTC also found out what their jobs would be upon commissioning.  From what I've heard this is earlier than the other branches, some not finding out till their senior year, and others not until after they have commissioned.  This year there were about 4 or 5 pilots, a couple of nuclear engineers, a couple of space and missile officers, as well as other jobs.  In the Air Force, there are many career fields, medical, maintenance, public affairs, developmental engineering, communications, logistics, intelligence, pilots, security forces, as well as others.  For those of you considering the Air Force, but don't know what jobs there are besides pilots, check out afrotc.com or contact an AFROTC detachment.  Another great thing about AFROTC is that if there is not a detachment at a school you are considering, check to see if the university has a cross-town program, which is when you can go to another nearby university to take ROTC classes.

This week I think is going to be mostly tests over the most recent material covered and preparation for projects.  Well I have to go work on a paper, but I'll probably post after Junior Ring weekend this weekend.

Thanks for Reading,

Seth

Hello,

This weekend and last weekend were the spring FTX weekends.  FTX stand for Field Training Exercise.  Each ROTC branch does something different, Navy went to the Maritime Academy in Massachusetts, Marine Corps went to Camp Edwards in Cape Cod, Army sophomores and juniors went to Fort Ethan Allen in Northern Vermont, Army Freshman and Seniors went to Payne Mountain just across State Road 12 here in Northfield, and Air Force went to Colchester, VT.  For our FTX we got to go do paintball for the day yesterday.  It was a lot of fun, I had never done it before.  It rained and was muddy, but that made it a little more challenging when running behind all the structures trying to avoid getting hit.  There were speed ball courses that we played elimination on, which is just until one side wins by eliminating all of the opponents.  We were broken into four teams by flights, until the end when we had two sides on a hill and you went until you were either out of paint-balls or were tired of being hit.

The juniors in AFROTC also found out what their jobs would be upon commissioning.  From what I've heard this is earlier than the other branches, some not finding out till their senior year, and others not until after they have commissioned.  This year there were about 4 or 5 pilots, a couple of nuclear engineers, a couple of space and missile officers, as well as other jobs.  In the Air Force, there are many career fields, medical, maintenance, public affairs, developmental engineering, communications, logistics, intelligence, pilots, security forces, as well as others.  For those of you considering the Air Force, but don't know what jobs there are besides pilots, check out afrotc.com or contact an AFROTC detachment.  Another great thing about AFROTC is that if there is not a detachment at a school you are considering, check to see if the university has a cross-town program, which is when you can go to another nearby university to take ROTC classes.

This week I think is going to be mostly tests over the most recent material covered and preparation for projects.  Well I have to go work on a paper, but I'll probably post after Junior Ring weekend this weekend.

Thanks for Reading,

Seth