It's a scary thought, but yeah. Already spent a good 5 years as a Cadet NCO long ago as well. Royal Canadian Air Cadets Cpl-WOII (Second highest achievable rank in the RCAC), plus a 3 year stint as a Naval Officer.
I am a cadet Master Sargent. I am surprised to see that there are a lot of newbies on this forum. I came from the gruntsmilitary.com forum and most of those cadets are c/ officers.
My 2 years at AFJROTC...
I think I made it to cadet E-5.. lol
My 2 years at NMMI...
Recruit at Training -> c/Private -> c/1LT (Charlie troop XO) -> c/CPT (Charlie Troop Commander) -> c/MAJ (Regimental Operations Officer)
Hardest job (if you do it right) at NMMI would be squad leader.. being in charge of the smallest element is hardest cuz u cant delegate LOL! (well Team Leaders but no such thing at NMMI lol)