AETC commander commissions ROTC cadets at country’s largest senior military college Published May 17, 2016 By Capt. Jose R. Davis Air Education and Training Command Public Affairs COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, commander for Air Education and Training Command, visited Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, May 13 to speak at the Detachment 805’s commissioning ceremony. The general also had the opportunity to commission the 32 new Air Force second lieutenants. Texas A&M’s Corps of Cadets commissions more military officers through ROTC than any other institution in the country, other than the service academies. “We’re going to ask you to learn and fly airplanes and do some specific things, but the biggest thing we need from you is your leadership,” Roberson said. “We are the smallest Air Force our nation has ever had, right now. So, every single one of you is going to a position that is critical for our Air Force.” Texas A&M’s Corps of Cadets is the largest of six senior military colleges in the United States. More than 14,000 Texas A&M Aggies served in World War II, more than the combined total of the United States service academies at that time. “It was a lot of hard work,” said 2nd Lt. Daniel Bosworth, who was selected for remotely piloted aircraft training. “All of us are really proud to not only graduate from this great university, but to be a member of the world’s greatest Air Force.” Roberson also attended the university’s graduation commissioning ceremony, congratulating all the newly commissioned Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy officers from across all of Texas A&M’s ROTC programs.