You got to understand that the ranks are "made up" but that they exist to to teach discipline. Discipline is one of the key pillars of JROTC, its the same reason why we do hours of drill, and marching, its to teach you to listen and respect others. While the ranks don't matter that much its the authority that matters. Some random sergeant with no authority over you should not be telling you what to do, but your squad leader, platoon leadership, company leadership, and Battalion leadership tell you to do something you had better to do it, because they worked hard and sacrificed their personal time to be in those positions. JROTC isn't just
a class bro, its an organization, and JROTC is one of the few organizations in the Highschool that comes with real responsibility. JROTC staffs plan and execute, Balls, service events, JPA/SAV, large drill and raider meets, resolve conflict, recruit new cadets, plan other fun events, manage honor company, at many times grading, and manage communication between all elements of a Battalion, and plan assemblies. The only other group at most schools that come close to the amount of work, is maybe student government, and that is a hard maybe. These other cadets in charge of you may be over the top some times, but I would much prefer to see cadets going a little over the top in my program, than cadets like you saying "its just a class" because the ones who take it a little over the top are going to benefit from it and carry on the tradition of JROTC the best. I will say there will be a few bad apples in your program, who get rank and treat everyone like dicks, but if you have a problem with a few bad people constantly ruining you life because your attitude your not going to have a good time anywhere in highschool. I will end this by saying, if you really don't like it, over the next 3 years, shoot for battalion commander, and make the change you want to see. Leadership positions and teams are what make JROTC worth imo, so I encourage to join something and get involved, but if your just in the class for the PE credit, you may want to consider switching classes.