Great piece. Paco was a fellow Midshipman (a year behind me) at NROTC Boston University. We produced some amazing leaders from my unit during my time there -a Navy surgeon who reinvented battlefield trauma surgery, a woman Rear Admiral helo pilot who transformed Navy rotary wing and drove the transformation from legacy helos, and one of the most decorated Marine infantry General Officers. An amazing group of humans that I enjoyed watching come of age.
Our small urban (and urbane) NROTC unit in the heart of Boston in the 80's - when we were in an environment that still was uncomfortable with our uniforms - but our unit was tops - as good as Purdue's or Notre Dame's or Villanova's - the Navy ROTC powerhouses at the time.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27604/confessions-of-an-a-6-intruder-pilot
Our small urban (and urbane) NROTC unit in the heart of Boston in the 80's - when we were in an environment that still was uncomfortable with our uniforms - but our unit was tops - as good as Purdue's or Notre Dame's or Villanova's - the Navy ROTC powerhouses at the time.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27604/confessions-of-an-a-6-intruder-pilot