As commander and vice commander, Gunn and Blankson will be responsible for organizing and overseeing the school year activities of the unit during the year.
The two have learned a lot about how to lead a ROTC unit, partly from some poor leaders they've had along the way. The detachment commanders during the freshman year were especially uninspiring, they say.
"They weren't good leaders or role models," Blankson says. "That's changing. We're going to be part of that change."
Over the summer, the two plan to spend a lot of time organizing the coming semester's activities.
"We're going to be planning this summer, and all the semester will be is executing our plan. Meticulously," Blankson says.
The Controversy
In 1993, the Faculty Council voted to stop paying MIT for its ROTC program, in protest against the military's "don't ask don't tell" policies toward gays. An independent trust fund established by alumni began paying MIT for Harvard's students.
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