Teaching AFROTC was the gem of my career. As commandant of cadets, I taught, trained, led, coached, and inspired hundreds of future officers. They came into the Air Force right after a huge reduction in force, so they enjoyed great careers. Colonels everywhere. I, on the other hand, was a part of that reduction just a few years after I left my teaching post. I retired a a run-of-the-mill captain. So, I was never a colonel, but I got to create a bunch of them For that I will always be proud.
Teaching AFROTC was the gem of my career. As commandant of cadets, I taught, trained, led, coached, and inspired hundreds of future officers. They came into the Air Force right after a huge reduction in force, so they enjoyed great careers. Colonels everywhere. I, on the other hand, was a part of that reduction just a few years after I left my teaching post. I retired a a run-of-the-mill captain. So, I was never a colonel, but I got to create a bunch of them For that I will always be proud.