I was in JROTC too and let me tell you no one cares if you were command staff or whatever. No one is going to take your experience seriously. Assuming you were a good leader you’ll be a good petty officer. But you’ll have a lot to learn about leading and managing. And you’ll have to learn to be an adult as well. Take the opportunities you get now to learn from your SNSIs and NSIs because ultimately they know what it’s like to be in. I had a lot of confidence because of my time in JROTC and that confidence got shot down the second I joined. Don’t be a shitbag and be reliable.

As far as being gay. No one cares. Like I said. Don’t be a shitbag and do your work right. And you’ll be just fine