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In Arnold Air Society?
By Daniel Toftness
As a new member of
Arnold Air Society I am very excited to get started on the projects for
this semester. Last semester as a candidate for the class I was able to
get a pretty good feel for what AAS is all about. We were involved with
things such as Bingo at the Senior Citizens Center, a Habitat for Humanity
Project, a clothes drive, we put together the Homecoming Carnival over
Homecoming weekend, and more. All of these events were very successful and
we were happy to be able to make a difference. This semester we hope to
make even better than the last one. So
far we have quite a few projects planned.
If all goes well, AAS will be involved in such things as, highway
cleanup projects, Valentines for Kids, the second annual spaghetti dinner
in April, soup kitchen, more Habitat for Humanity projects, a blood drive,
Veterans Data Entry project, and work at the Richard A. Bong Heritage
Center over the course of this upcoming semester.
We are also very excited about the National Conclave meeting coming
up in April. We currently have airfare for two members to attend the
conclave in Houston, Texas, and are working with the detachment at
Michigan Tech to arrange for a C130 flight so that more members can
attend.
This semester we have eleven members in AAS, which is the largest Detachment 420 seen in a while. This is largely due to the great leadership AAS has. A special thanks goes to Captain Loughran, Cadet Patten and Cadet Dobbe for all their work. The jobs held by our members are as follows:
Amanda Patten – Cadet Commander,
Suzanne Dobbe – Deputy Commander, Ellen Czarneski – Director of
Operations, Daniel Toftness – Public Affairs, Jessica Melchior –
Historian, Jacob Fulgham – Financial Management, Peter Willis –
Assistant Financial Management, Jonathan Stojan – Information
Management, Timothy Zbaracki – Director of Support
Mandatory Fun
by Jason R. Miller
On Friday, 21 February, Det 420 held our Dining In. The cadets get together about this time every year to have a formal dinner with a guest speaker and other activities. While attendance was mandatory for the cadets, the fun was outrageous!
We were lucky to again have Lt Gen Bruce Carlson as our guest speaker. General Carlson is a Det 420 graduate and is Commander, 8th Air Force, Barksdale, AFB, Louisiana. The three-star general often comes back to speak with and inspire students at his alma mater.
The dinner took place at the Air Force Reserve base at the Twin Cities international airport. This year was a little different: we joined up with students from two other AFROTC detachments, Det 410 at St. Thomas University in St. Paul and Det 415 at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus.
As
the night pressed on and after experiencing the “grog bowl” ceremony,
students tormented each other and det wars broke out. The students were
encouraged by their own detachment to bring their ammunition. Anything
from silly string to toilet paper right down to nerf toys were prime
weapons of choice. Once the
wars ended, the winners went home spoiled and the losers of the war went
home to plan for next year’s revenge. The cadets of the three
detachments had plenty of fun and can’t wait for next year’s
Dining In.
Lt
Gen Carlson Bruce Carlson
at the Twin Cities Reserve Base