Word: afrotc
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...attend a weekly class, meet for marching drill, and participate ina seminar program called "Leadership lab." But drill now meets only four times a semester rather than once a week, and the curriculum of the class has been reworked to include current topics international relations and military strategy, which AFROTC officials call "more relevant" to everyday life. "These days, rather than filling their heads with ideology we concentrate on getting our students thinking," says Col. Joel Hetland, professor of Air Science at MIT and instructor for the program's freshmen...
Clifford Russell '85 spent most of last summer behind the controls of an airplane. For 189 hours he practiced spins, approaches, and take-offs to finish a licensing course in two months that usually takes twice that time. Joining AFROTC seemed to be the obvious next step. "I love to fly," he says simply, "They gave me a pilot slot...