Joining the ATC

Joining the Air Training Corps I would say is probably the hardest thing about cadets, as many cadets know, its a new environment with its own life style and ways. For everyone you remember being shy and scared for those first few months, especially if your warrant officer looks and acts very menacing (just like the one in the picture).

 For me my two biggest regrets are that I didn't join as early as I could have and the other being that I didn't take part in as much as I could have because of the fear of putting my self out there and taking myself out of my comfort zone. Because of this I didn't get the rewards that many other cadets did. Once I started taking part, taking my self out of the comfort zone is when the ATC started becoming enjoyable and exciting. Which lead to me becoming noticed by the staff, becoming promotions and a very successful cadet.

The point of this post is mainly for those new cadets that are not getting much out of cadets at the moment, I want you to take your self out of that comfort zone, go on cadet activities and put that time in at home into your uniform or you may end up regretting it later on in your cadet career as it can affect your results during the best cadet selection processes for example.