I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Quarterbacks of Life 2

Give Us Credit 2

Spotlight on JROTC 3

Tng & Ops-Transition 3

Tng & Ops-What’s New 3

Tng & Ops-Expectations 4

CyberPatriot IV 4

rifle, JCLC, raider chal-

lenge) are the hallmark of

JROTC. Let’s make sure

our Cadets get the full

experience of the program.

I look forward to seeing

each of you on the high

ground.

By the time you receive

this newsletter School

Year 2011-2012 will have

been in session for well

over two months. That

said, I am a little late con-

gratulating you for a suc-

cessful 2010-2011 School

Year. I joined the team

during the middle of the

school year and was im-

mediately impressed with

the level of commitment I

observed by the Instruc-

tors and Cadets during my

initial travels to the field. I

had the opportunity to visit

several high schools in 2nd,

4th and 6th Brigades. The

Cadets and Cadre I met

during those visits were

absolutely phenomenal

and set the bar pretty high

for future visits. I have no

doubt however, that fol-

low-on visits to future high

schools will be equally

impressive. My first nine

months as the Director

were fast paced and ac-

tion packed, but one thing

came across LOUD and

CLEAR during those

months - there is no better

team than you “To Moti-

vate Young People to be

Better Citizens.”

As we execute our mission

this school year, I ask that

you apply the same level

of commitment to our

Cadets and program as

you did last year. The key

to successfully preparing

our Cadets to meet life’s

future challenges is to

ensure we execute a bal-

anced program. Both aca-

demics (curriculum) and

extra-curricular activity

(i.e., drill competitions, air

CMv2 Patch 4 and Patch 5

are now available for

download! Patch 4 installs

the ability to print Personal

Skills Maps (PSMs) after

students have taken the

Success Profiler with their

clickers. Now it’s as easy

as going to the Reports

module and in just a few

clicks you can print your

entire class of PSMs and

reprint anytime you need

to.

Other improvements in-

clude the Question Delivery

Preferences, you can now

check a box to Auto Ad-

vance the questions during

a test. Games played with

CPS have been updated to

recognize different versions

of the USB IR CPS clickers.

Clicking the Clear Process

button now closes open

sessions of CM, CPS, and

Continued on page 2

D I R E C T O R ’ S C O R N E R

S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

First round of JLAB

begins TODAY, Octo-

ber 4th;

www.cofcontests.com

CM can be updated

on any computer with

an internet connec-

tion; no plug-ins or

updates needed

CM Patch 6 is

planned for Friday,

October 7th

Basic Instructor

Training Class seats

have been increased

for FY 2012

C M V 2 P A T C H 4 A N D P A T C H 5

U S A R M Y J R O T C

JROTC Matters October/November/December 2011 Volume 1, I ss ue 1

COL Hubert E Bagley

JROTC Director

Quarterbacks of Life

(QBOL) teaches Cadets

that success in school and

life is attained most often

by people who have

dreams, high self-esteem,

are responsible decision-

makers, accept team sup-

port, and have a positive

mental attitude. Essential

to QBOL are true heroes

who have overcome life’s

adversities to succeed

whether in their original

dream or a new dream.

Quarterbacks include

Adam Taliaferro; an in-

jured football player given

a 3% chance of walking

again, Rocky Bleier; a pro-

football player who lost his

foot in the Vietnam war

and returned to profes-

sional football, and Beth-

any Hamilton. She is a

professional surfer whose

left arm was bitten off by a

shark. She was deter-

mined to surf profession-

ally again. The movie

“Soulsurfer” released this

summer is about her story.

QBOL is integrated into the

JROTC curriculum accord-

ing to Dr. Steven Dunn’s

four phase lesson plan

with lesson plans, student

learning plans and learn-

ing activities in six lessons

with an introductory lesson

to the QBOL concept and

five lessons according to

each of the five stepping

stones. Videos of the

Quarterbacks can be

found in Global Resources

> Videos 1 in each lesson

on the CM. Lessons for

QBOL are: U3C1L5,

U2C3L2, U3C1L1,

U3C4L3, U2C4L4, and

U2C1L5.

cuting Reports from the

Menu button, taking atten-

dance, et al.

Unfortunately, there was a

problem with test results

when clickers above num-

ber 33 were used; when

the results were retrieved

the students’ names were

not associated with their

PowerPoint. Additionally,

Appendix C for printing

Personal Skills Map re-

sults was added to the

User’s Manual and Help

Videos were added for:

adding a URL, changing

the selected period, delet-

ing resources, printing

Personal Skills Maps, exe-

test results and the clicker

numbers were 32 off.

Patch 5 fixes the test re-

sults for tests taken with

clickers numbered above

33; now the reports can be

retrieved and the correct

clicker number and stu-

dent name will be indi-

cated.

S P O T L I G H T O N C U R R I C U L U M ; Q U A R T E R B A C K S O F L I F E

C M V 2 P A T C H 4 A N D P A T C H 5 C O N ’ T

tomize the content and

submit the course syllabi

through the College

Board's "AP Central" page

to gain approval. The Col-

lege Board awards AP

credit when students re-

ceive a passing grade on

the exam. AP courses and

exams are available for

public review on the web-

site as well. For more

details visit

www.collegeboard.com

and click on the "AP" tab.

JROTC will also begin de-

veloping syllabi by LET

level that align with the

International Baccalaure-

ate (IB) program stan-

dards. Our Cadets are up

to the challenge...and so

are we!

G I V E U S C R E D I T

A growing number of in-

structors are seeking to

support their principal's

mission by providing Ad-

vanced Placement (AP)

credit opportunities.

JROTC will develop AP

syllabi for U.S. History and

Government courses. Then

all the instructor needs to

do is work with their

school leadership to cus-

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A JROTC Cadet at JCLC

crosses the one-rope

bridge with encourage-

ment from her team-

mates

AnnaSophia Robb

portrays Bethany

Hamilton in

“Soulsurfer”

The College Board

awards AP credit

when students

receive a passing

grade on the [AP]

exam.

be mission essential to our

transition and on-going

work in the Training &

Operations, Instructor

Management & Pay, and

Education and Curriculum

divisions. Additionally,

JROTC added 43 new

school units for the School

Year 11-12 Expansion

Program, bringing the total

number of funded units to

1731. Supporting this

expansion and the bri-

Several new personnel

have joined our division,

and we will have a few

more adjustments to

make as we settle in and

get down to business for

FY12. For the near-term,

we actually have Active

Duty Soldiers assisting us

with the mission. They are

fulfilling a number of valu-

able jobs within the Direc-

torate, and have proven to

gades entrusted with spon-

soring and managing

these units has been a

tremendous learning ex-

perience considering the

70% turn-over in staff dur-

ing the transition to Fort

Knox.

T R A I N I N G A N D O P E R A T I O N S — W H A T ’ S N E W

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JROTC Cadets

take part in the

Presentation of

Colors on 9/11

JROTC Cadets

during the 9/11

ceremony at Red

Bank HS, Red

Bank TN

“...no matter what

it takes, this

country will still

be up and running

as you left it for

us, and we will

leave it for our

children as well”

Hundreds of students at

Red Bank High School in

Red Bank, Tennessee

honored those who lost

their lives on September

11th, 2001. Members of

the Army JROTC held a

ceremony in the gym on

the tenth anniversary.

Glenda Evitt was in second

grade when she witnessed

two 767 planes slam into

the Twin Towers. She

attributes that day to why

she joined the Army JROTC

program and took part in

the Presentation of Colors

along with hundreds of

other students. Now, Ca-

det Colonel Evitt, the sen-

ior officer for her battalion

reflects back that “a lot of

us are really interested in

the Army and protecting

the community...I wish I

could have [helped] pro-

tect the community in that

way,” said Evitt, the Colo-

nel Cadet of Red Bank

High School JROTC.

One cadet says he’s learn-

ing how fragile our country

is and what it takes to

protect it. “…no matter

what it takes, this country

will still be up and running

as you left it for us, and we

will leave it for our children

as well,” said Mark Coo-

bret, the Battalion Com-

mander for Red Bank High

School JROTC.

The ceremony was broad-

cast throughout the school

so other students could

share the experience.

S P O T L I G H T O N J R O T C U N I T ; R E D B A N K H S , R E D B A N K , T N

mation technology and

systems management

team, a logistics and sup-

ply team, and a budget

management team. In

conjunction with the rest

of the Command, we have

completed our transition

from Fort Monroe, VA to a

temporary building at Fort

Knox, KY, and finally into

our own our permanent

location in building 6573,

Libbey Hall. We are look-

ing forward to conducting

classes, workshops, and

other learning sessions in

our own innovative, “high-

tech” classroom.

T R A I N I N G A N D O P E R A T I O N S — T H E T R A N S I T I O N

The Training and Opera-

tions Division of US Army

Cadet Command’s Junior

ROTC Directorate is just

one of the Directorate’s

assets that conducts the

JROTC mission of motivat-

ing young people to be

better citizens. This divi-

sion includes training and

operations teams, an auto-

394 2nd Dragoons Rd

Bldg 6573

Ft. Knox, KY 40121

Fax: 502-624-1768

Phone: 1-800-347-6641

U S A R M Y J R O T C

who will participate in Na-

tional Harbor, Maryland

from 22-23 March 2012.

CyberPatriot IV will be the

second full-scale national

deployment with a target

of 250 team enrollments

from each service JROTC

program and from the Civil

Air Patrol (CAP). Over 660

teams registered for Cyber-

Patriot III with the US Army

JROTC team from Sierra

Vista winning second

place. Each member of

that team received a

$1500 scholarship.

Each service fielding at

least 30 teams will be

guaranteed a minimum of

two team slots at the Na-

tional Finals Competition.

The Army can send 2

teams in the service com-

JROTC has entered into an

agreement with the Air

Force Association (AFA) to

allow cadet teams to par-

ticipate in this competition

that runs from May 2011

to March 2012. It culmi-

nates in the National Fi-

nals Competition in Na-

tional Harbor, Maryland in

conjunction with the Cy-

berFutures Symposium.

The goals for CyberPatriot

IV are to “excite, educate

and motivate the next

generation of cyber secu-

rity professionals and

other STEM-trained indi-

viduals that our nation

needs.”

The good news is that the

AFA has waived the $350

entry fee for Army teams

and that Cadet Command

will fund the finalist teams

petition and 2 teams in

the open competition.

The Practice Round for all

services has passed,

Round 1 runs from 28-29

Oct, Round 2 from 2-3 Dec

and Round 3 from 13-14

Jan. Teams are provided

1-3 virtual machines that

contain several vulnerabili-

ties. Students must clean

the image and teams that

find the most vulnerabili-

ties pass to the next

round. Coaches and men-

tors can be used to sup-

port the cadet teams when

JROTC instructors aren’t

Cyber SMEs.

Registration ends mid-

night EST 7 October, so

don’t delay!!! Sign up at

http://www.uscyberpatriot

.org.

C Y B E R P A T R I O T I V

To Motivate Young People

to Be Better Citizens

Visit the portal!

www.usarmyjrotc.com

T O M O T I V A T E Y O U N G P E O P L E T O B E B E T T E R C I T I Z E N S

structors for the 43 new

and other replacement

schools; assistance visits

to the brigades and units

by the JROTC staff to in-

crease our awareness of

their extremely tough jobs

and improve communica-

tions; asking representa-

tives from the brigade

teams to come in and

assist us with putting to-

gether operations orders

and MOIs for JROTC activi-

ties; a more dynamic and

participative edition of the

new JROTC Advanced

Course – an innovative

tool in our program geared

towards improving Instruc-

tor teaching, facilitating,

and technology skills in

the classroom in FY12 and

FY13. There’s much more

to come, but that’s a

whole new article.

T R A I N I N G A N D O P E R A T I O N S — E X P E C T A T I O N S

The seven Brigade Chiefs

and their Training and

Operations personnel

came to Fort Knox to par-

ticipate in a Brigade Chiefs

Training Workshop 13-15

September. Their input is

invaluable and will en-

hance the FY12 and FY13

programs. As a result of

the Workshop, look for the

following: more Basic In-

structor Training Course

classes to train our In-