My name is Jacob Starett. I am a cadet
Lieutenant Colonel here in the Corps of
Cadets. I'm currently the deputy brigade
commander for operations, otherwise known
as brigade XO. And this week I got the
privilege to be the FROG Week
commander. FROG Week, it's always
something new. I came from basic training
so I thought I knew it all when I came
to the FROG week but it's a whole new
learning experience, learning how to be a
student, how to be a cadet and also going
from high school and just the
challenges of being a college student,
learning military tactics, history. I
think it's an awesome thing, they're
learning so much every day. It's a lot of
great training. They learn a lot and they
just learn how to balance their lives
and it's the introduction to how
to become a leader. Pine Valley is really
our first I say hands off day. The cadre
they kind of step back and the FROGS
take charge. They go through what's
called leadership reaction courses
kind of like obstacle courses that it
takes something to get to get through so
we kind of just let them loose and we
see leaders emerge from each group. I
think it's a really cool thing.
My favorite part of FROG Week has been
just the camaraderie that everyone has
come together. A lot of the guys from
coming from different backgrounds, from
different areas of the country have all
come together. I definitely say there's
no other way to do it. UNG's a great
school.
You gotta train, you got to work hard. You
got to come here with a hard work
ethic, that's the only way to do it.
So I think what makes North Georgia so
good at producing leaders is that we
make them lead. We don't just talk about
leadership theories. Yes, we learn about
them, but we execute them every day from
being a squad leader all going to being the
brigade commander. You're thrown into
the mix. Obviously you have active duty
and military science cadre helping you
but ultimately if you're given a task
it's your job to figure out how to do it,
your job figure out how to lead your
troops to accomplish a mission. And I
think that's what makes great leaders
from this school.