KNOWLEDGE PACKET

FOR KLEIN AFJROTC TX-20005 DRILL TEAMS

AFJROTC CHAIN OF COMMAND

  1. Whois the President of the United States of America/Commander in Chief of United States Armed Forces?

The Honorable Barack Obama

  1. Who is the Vice President of the United States of America/leader of the US Senate?

The Honorable Joseph Biden

  1. Who is the Speaker of the House?

The Honorable John Boehner

  1. Who is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?

General Martin E. Dempsey

  1. Who is the Secretary of Defense?

The Honorable Chuck Hagel

  1. Who is the United States Secretary of State?

The Honorable John Kerry

  1. Who is the Governor of Texas?

The Honorable Rick Perry

  1. Who is the Secretary of the United States Air Force?

The Honorable Deborah Lee James

  1. Who is the United States Air Force Chief of Staff?

General Mark A. Welsh III

  1. Who is the Chief Master Sergeant of the United States Air Force?

Chief Master Sergeant James A. Cody

  1. Who is the Commander of Air Education Training Command and Public Affairs (AETC)?

General Robin Rand

  1. Who is the Commander of HolmCenter?

Brigadier General Robert D. Thomas

  1. Who is the Commander of AirUniversity?

Lieutenant General David S. Fadok

  1. Who is the Commander of AFJROTC?

Colonel Bobby C. Woods Jr.

  1. Who is your Senior Aerospace Science Instructor (SASI)?

Major Edwin Reyes

  1. Who is your Aerospace Science Instructor (ASI)?

Master Sergeant Michael Fuentes

  1. Who is your Group/Unit/Corps Commander?

Cadet Lt. Col. Zachary Tamayo

  1. Who is your Vice/Deputy Group/Unit/Corps Commander?

Cadet 1st Lt Maddison Hicks

  1. Who is your Unarmed Drill Team Commander?

Cadet Master Sergeant Alex Singletary

  1. Who is your Armed Drill Team Commander?

Cadet Senior Master Sergeant Alejandro Hinojosa

  1. When was the Air Force officially established?

September 18, 1947

  1. When was AFJROTC officially established?

In 1911 by Lieutenant Edgar Steevers

RANKS/INSIGNIAS

  • Airman Basic
  • E-1
  • No rank insignia
  • Airman
  • E-2
  • A chevron of one silver stripe, centered around a silver star, in a field of blue
  • Airman First Class (A1C)
  • E-3
  • A chevron of two silver stripes, centered around a silver star, in a field of blue
  • Senior Airman
  • E-4
  • A chevron of three silver stripes, centered around a silver star, in a field of blue
  • Staff Sergeant
  • E-5
  • A chevron of four silver stripes, centered around a silver star, in a field of blue
  • Technical (Tech) Sergeant
  • E-6
  • A chevron of five silver stripes, centered around a silver star, in a field of blue
  • Master Sergeant
  • E-7
  • A chevron of six silver stripes, one of which is inverted, centered around a silver star, in a field of blue
  • Senior Master Sergeant
  • E-8
  • A chevron of seven silver stripes, two of which are inverted, centered around a silver star, in a field of blue
  • Chief Master Sergeant
  • E-9
  • A chevron of eight silver stripes,

three of which are inverted, centered around a silver star, in a field of blue

  • Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
  • A chevron of eight silver stripes, three of which are

inverted, centered around the U.S. Seal, in a field of blue

  • First Sergeants
  • Same rank insignia, with an added diamond in the field of blue
  • Same pay grade
  • 2nd Lieutenant
  • O-1
  • One golden bar
  • 1st Lieutenant
  • O-2
  • One silver bar
  • Captain
  • O-3
  • Two connected silver bars
  • Major
  • O-4
  • One gold oak leaf
  • Lieutenant Colonel
  • O-5
  • One silver oak leaf
  • Colonel
  • O-6
  • One silver eagle
  • Brigadier General
  • O-7
  • One silver star
  • Major General
  • O-8
  • Two silver stars in a line
  • Lieutenant General
  • O-9
  • Three silver stars in a line
  • General
  • O-10
  • Four silver stars in a line
  • General of the Air Force/Army
  • O-11
  • Five silver stars forming a pentagon
  • Can only be made during a time of war
  • Only one man has been promoted to this rank

Information current as of September 11th, 2014