Before retiring from the Southern Regional School District in June, at the end of the last school year, Col. Joseph Potts brought Junior ROTC cadet Chloe Furlong into the sky in a plane, mostly to make sure she wouldn’t throw up while flying. Essentially, it was a precursor for what she was about to experience come the following week.
Thankfully, she didn’t vomit or pass out, and on June 12 Chloe was just one of 200 Junior ROTC cadets from around the world to check into an Air Force Junior ROTC Flight Academy…
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