[upbeat string music] - Serving my country means a lot to me.

It's a big deal and I think it's an honorable thing to do for anyone that wants to do it.

I think it's part of my legacy.

A lot of my family members have served in the military, so I think it was just the right thing to do.

And it was something that I was always destined to do.

I think it's in me to do, just following in that lineage and doing my part.

Growing up here in Fayetteville, my dad was in the 82nd Airborne, so I've always had paratroopers and military members around me.

When the time came, I was like, "I think I wanna fly."

And from that, I've been able to gain a pilot slot, which is a really big thing in the Air Force.

From that, I plan to go over to Air Force decides to send me.

And wherever they send me, I wanna do my best and just carry on that legacy.

- Using this as a security element, the alpha team leader will come up here to the LDA, and they will push across the road to establish security on the far side.

Facing out down that side of the road, two individuals on this side, facing out this side of the road.

Bravo team leader will then do the same thing, but on the near side of the road.

- I believe that we do a very good job at creating tomorrow's leaders, not only with the different trainings and different opportunities that are afforded to us, but by the amount of cohesion that we have and the amount of competitiveness that is in the program and the atmosphere around here.

- I chose FSU because I am prior service at Fort Bragg, so I was already established here.

But I specifically wanted to come to FSU Fayetteville State University because it's an HBCU.

I definitely love the community, the minority community, and bringing that experience in when what I gained from that into the army.

- What I enjoy about the ROTC program is the competitiveness.

It also allows me to tie the technical and tactical proficiencies that are found in a leader and connect them with anything that I may have not known as prior enlisted.

It also gives me the opportunity to provide leadership and mentorship to newer cadets.

- All right, no, I want to provide them with those tools to be successful.

So, in a group like this with consistent prior service, with a population of underclassmen that need that enrichment, I think we have the clear opportunity to give them that teaching, that coaching, that mentorship to allow them to be successful.

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