2008 Woodie Awards
ROTC's Silver Wings takes flight
Danielle Cloyd
Issue date: 10/19/07 Section: News
- Page 1 of 2 next >
|
This organization works in conjunction with the Arnold Air Force Society (AAS). It is a organization made up of students not in ROTC.
"Silver Wings is up and coming here on campus and is a compliment to the Arnold Air Force Society," sophomore pre-business major Jordan Anderson, who is also director of public affairs for Samford's AAS, said. "It will allow civilians to work alongside and aide cadets in several aspects of community service projects."
Samford University has been the host of the Birmingham Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment (AFROTC) since it was founded in 1972.
Detachment 012 has trained cadets who are Samford students as well as students at Alabama A&M, Birmingham-Southern College, Jefferson State Community College, Miles College, University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of Alabama at Huntsville and the University of Montevallo.
Graduates who experienced training for Detachment 012 now serve throughout the United States as medical officers, navigators, pilots and nurses.
The premier program is the Arnold Air Force Society, which is an elite service organization dedicated to enhancing leadership and professional qualities in all of its candidates. The cadet members of this respected service organization have experienced intense candidate training and are known as "Arnies."
The society has established a reputation for being involved with and promoting various service projects that benefit university campuses and the community as a whole.
"Becoming a member of Silver Wings is a fun, rewarding and an educational process," Jacob Meins, senior political science major and Squadron Chief of Protocol for both AAS and Silver Wings, said.
"As far as service opportunities that are available for civilians who join up with Silver Wings, the sky is the limit. We provide some guidance through AAS, as we work hand-in-hand with Silver Wings. But anything that is possible and helpful to the community, we will do all in our power to make it happen," fifth-year computer science major Benjamin Dennis, the squadron commander of Arnold Air Society, said.