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Combining Artificial Intelligence and drone technology for some autonomous programming and flying in our Aviation program. I will truly miss this part of teaching as I’m leaving Choctaw. @mdchambers25 @bagboy801 @ChoctawHS

Choctaw AFJROTC Aviation is ready for the new school year! We have added two new simulators to our ERAU Flight lab. Also, congratulations to Cadet Aris Braxton for earning his private pilot license over the summer through our CSAF Flight Academy scholarship.

Congratulations to Quin Gable! Bit-Wizards’ Be the Magic Foundation Provides $7,500 in Scholarships to Students Tied to Local Area destinchamber.com/news/details/b…

Congratulations to our Choctaw AFJROTC Corps of Cadets for earning the Distinguished Unit Award. This represents the highest level of achievement for Air Force JROTC units across the globe. Our unit alone had over 3,000 community service hours! Great result for a great year!

Pass In Review 2022 is in the books! Our Corps of Cadets showed off their skills to families, admin and active duty evaluators. Special shout out to our outgoing and incoming cadet leaders. We are proud of you and wish you the best! @OCSD1 @ChoctawHS @bagboy801 @mdchambers25

Honored and humbled to be a part of the Doolittle Raiders 80th anniversary flyover on Okaloosa Island this evening. We all were filled with pride as those aircraft went by. Awesome event honoring our heroes! @OCSD1 @bagboy801 @HQAFJROTC @mdchambers25

Career Exploration happening today here at Choctaw AFJROTC. We are Zooming with the Capital One Cybersecurity panel of experts to understand their job and pathway to their career. What's in your wallet? @OCSD1 @mdchambers25 @bagboy801 @ChoctawHS

Community Service day here at Choctaw AFJROTC. 1st Period Leadership class was focused on moving desks for Carver Hill. Looking forward to coming back to a clean campus after Spring Break! @mdchambers25 @ocsd1 @ChoctawHS

New twist on Fly-Day Friday with the Oculus. Now THIS is flight simulation! Our Choctaw JROTC Aviation students are taking this opportunity and improving it. @ERAU_ACA @ocsd1 @mdchambers25 @ChoctawHS @DavidMoorefiel3 @Kmbarnette16

#FlyHighGAI Wow! Fantastic visit to @ChoctawHS AFJROTC @ERAU_ACA Dual Enrollment Pgm! Thank you @BatesJROTCSASI and Principal Heck for the opportunity to meet such outstanding students and a senior accepted to @ERAU_Daytona. @conklin4kids @DavidMoorefiel3

Fly-Day-Friday with Choctaw JROTC Aviation. Cadets are flying drones that they built which are supplied by ERAU. We are pursuing our USINS001 Small UAS Safety certification through Unmanned Safety Institute! @OCSD1 @mdchambers25 @bagboy801 @ERAU_ACA

Honored to support Emerald Coast Exchange Club Salute-A-Vet event this morning at the USAF Armament Museum. Awesome military community! @mdchambers25 @bagboy801 @OCSD1 @MichelleHeck7

Fly-Day-Friday with Choctaw AFJROTC ERAU Dual Enrollment cadets. We are learning about lift, drag (induced and parasitic) and center of balance. STEM is cool! @mdchambers25 @OCSD1 @ChoctawHS @MichelleHeck7

Choctaw's JROTC-ERAU Aviation Program has taken flight! We are super-excited...even Mrs. Heck is logging flight time on the Gleim Virtual Flight Simulator! @OCSD1 @CteOcsd @mdchambers25 @MichelleHeck7 @ChoctawHS @ChoctawJROTC

FEA Pres @andrewsparfea spoke to Marion ESP leaders earlier. “Public school educators care for the whole child regardless of race, ability, socioeconomic status or identity.We care about them all becoming their best selves and get what they need to thrive.This is what unites us.”

Zoe Racz (pictured right) from Choctaw HS passed her FAA check flight this morning at Purdue University Aviation via the 2021 AFJROTC Flight Academy, earning her a FAA Private Pilot License.

Mealtrain for one of our Okaloosa County School District teachers and her family. Let's load them up! mealtrain.com/trains/1or0qz

Choctaw AFJROTC is proud to announce a new partnership with ERAU Gaetz Aerospace Institute. We will be offering 3 new Dual Enrollment, fully weighted courses: AS 120 Principles of Aeronautical Science AS 220 Unmanned Aircraft Systems AS 121 Private Pilot Operations

@CteOcsd @SPIB_FL @mdchambers25 Great collaboration! Thank you, Steve!

Steve Barroga w/ Southern Pine Inspection Bureau donated this haul of lumber to the Choctaw High School Carpentry Program! We are so blessed to have partners like Steve & his team! Students & community will benefit greatly from the donation! #mycteworks @SPIB_FL @mdchambers25

Congratulations to Cadet Peter Skehan (primary) and Cadet Zoe Racz (alternate) on earning the 2021 AFJROTC Flight Academy scholarship. They're 2 of the 230 cadets selected out of 1,340 applicants for this $22.5k scholarship that culminates in a private pilot license. Great job!