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Cadets tour
Learning activities extended beyond
the classroom, when Air Force Jr.
ROTC students participated in field
trips at different air force bases, field
training exercises, and orienteering
meets as extracurricular training.
ROTC cadets took part in field
training and tactical exercises, learning
tactics necessary for a wartime
situation.
Taking a spring field trip to
Barksdale Air Force Base. the cadets
toured the Eighth Air Force Strategic
Air Command Headquarters.
M/ Sgt. Ed Ballard, leadership
instructor , and Lt. Col. (ret.) Frank
Schmidt, aero-space education
instructor, worked with drill team
commander Peggy Copeland. as well
as teaching the science and sociology
curriculum.
RIGHT: Col. Schm1dt relaxes during a discussion with
h1s AE I class. BELOW: lectures and notes are part
of ROTC education as well as the pictures and
literature that are available to the students.
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tra1n1ng
M/Sgt. Ed Ballard lectures on taking roles of authority m h1s
leadership education course.