Before coming here a was a cadet in the Civil Air Patrol for several years, and throughout my time there I was able to observe many different leaders, good and bad. However, one of the squadron commanders still stands out in my mind. His name was Sam, and only fifteen years old when he became the squadron commander. He was perhaps the best leader the squadron had while I was in it. Before he took over the previous commander lacked the motivation to do anything, therefore the squad was in disarray, and no one else had the drive to try to fix the problems that keep arising either. When Sam assume the leadership, he had a monumental task to complete, put the squadron on track to be number on in the state. The first thing Sam tried to tackle was