Only the best cadets are chosen to lead and mentor the AS-1 flights! These Flight Commanders are the initial impression that all new students to the AFJROTC program encounter daily. They wear their uniforms proudly, train their flights with perfection, and exude the highest standards of what it takes to be a "Red Raider Cadet"! The listing below is this year's AS-1 Class of Flight Commanders for the 2025 - 2026 school year.
C/2nd Lieutenant
Peter Cote
Unarmed Drill Team: Admin
Honor Guard
C/2nd Lieutenant
Yasmin C. DeMello
Raiders
Honor Guard
C/2nd Lieutenant
David Morais
Armed Drill Team
Honor Guard
C/2nd Lieutenant
Lily Kin
Unarmed Drill Team
Honor Guard
C/2nd Lieutenant
Ashley Zaruma
Unarmed Drill Team
Honor Guard
C/2nd Lieutenant
Nariya Haley
Armed Drill Team
Honor Guard
C/2nd Lieutenant
Anna Samel
Honor Guard
Flag Detail
C/2nd Lieutenant
Azalea V. Rodriguez
Unarmed Drill Team: Junior Captain
Honor Guard
C/2nd Lieutenant
Lara Rosa Ciriaco Otoni
Armed Drill Team
Honor Guard
C/2nd Lieutenant
Thais Victoria Rozendo Leite
Raiders
A Gateway to New Horizons
Focuses on how airplanes fly, how weather conditions affect flight, flight and the human body, and flight navigation.
LE 200: stresses communications skills and cadet corps activities. Much information is provided on communicating effectively, understanding groups and teams, preparing for leadership, solving conflicts and problems, and personal development.
C/2nd Lieutenant
Sarah Olu
Unarmed Drill Team
Honor Guard
C/2nd Lieutenant
Lisa Rath
Unarmed Drill Team
Honor Guard
C/2nd Lieutenant
Eliza Siek
Unarmed Drill Team
Honor Guard
C/2nd Lieutenant
Sophy Lymeng Chhung
Armed Drill Team
Honor Guard
C/2nd Lieutenant
Hemmily Godoi
Unarmed Drill Team
Honor Guard
It begins with the study of the space environment from the earliest days of interest in astronomy and early ideas of the heavens, through the Renaissance, and on into modern astronomy. It provides an in-depth study of the Earth, Sun, Stars, Moon, and Solar System. It investigates the importance of entering space and discusses manned and unmanned space flights.
C/2nd Lieutenant
Maryeliza Lachapel
Unarmed Drill Team
Honor Guard
C/2nd Lieutenant
Alexander Jimenez
Raiders: Captain
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