leadership excellence jrotc camp news starts here fort ... · the camp commandant, colonel kevin...

JROTC Camp News Leadership Excellence Starts Here

Monday’s weather: hot and dry in the 80’s.

Fort McCoy, WI Volume 2005, Number 1 Sunday, June 19, 2005

JROTC Camp opens at Fort McCoy

Cadets at the JROTC Cadet Leadership Challenge camp can look forward to a full week of training activities that will test their physical fitness and challenge their self-confidence. At the end of that time, those who try to do your best will be able to take pride in accomplishing things that most young people never get to do.

Some training events for the week are: Conditioning Course: Think you’re in

shape? Want to find out how good? Then the conditioning course is for you.

You’ll have to get over, around, under, or through a series of obstacles with strength, balance, agility and speed to come out on top in this event.

But, even if you’re not first, you’ll still have a chance to challenge yourself and find out how good you are.

Confidence Course: Life is full of obstacles, and in order to make it through, you need self-confidence.

Part of that comes from telling yourself that you can do things that are pretty tough. At the Cadet Leadership Challenge Camp, you can do even better — on the Confidence Course, you will face a variety of obstacles and challenges. As you work your way through them, you’ll get to know yourself better and you’ll become more confident in your friends and yourself.

Land Navigation: Make sure you don’t get lost in the woods.

For this event, you’ll get some instruction in the morning on map reading and the use of the compass. Then, when you get to the land navigation course in the afternoon, you’ll be able to hit all your checkpoints and make it to the finish. Sure beats being lost in the woods all night.

Airborne Tower: Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane? Well, it’s a definite rush to get those few seconds of free fall, and it certainly tests your courage.

Okay, so maybe you can’t do that, but the next best thing is right here — the Airborne Tower. You will learn some of the fundamentals of airborne troopers as you put on and check your harness, practice going out of the door of an airplane, and then putting it all together on the airborne tower.

Don’t worry about falling; the cable will catch you and give you a fast, exciting ride.

Rappelling: You will learn how to

properly rig yourself to come down from a tower or a helicopter quickly by sliding down a rope. You’ll start out with an easy height, just 12 feet, and then work yourself up to the 34-foot tower, or for the truly daring, the 50-foot tower.

Here’s some good news — the trainers for this event have gotten out and carefully checked the ropes. They also do everything they can to make this a very safe event.

Survival and Water Survival You just never know when you’re going

to end up lost in the woods, or perhaps fall into a lake. Just in case, it would be good to know what to do to keep yourself alive and healthy. There’s more to eat than just ber-ries, and there are some ways to give your-self a better chance in the water. These classes will show you how.

Marching and Drill: As you’ve already found out, there will be some marching and drilling during the camp. Instead of feeling sorry for your poor feet during this time, take advantage of the training to learn some new cadence calls. Then when you get back to your high school, you can show off your knowledge to the other Cadets. This is a good time to learn from your company leaders.

Math & Science. The U.S. always needs people with sharp technical skills, and especially those in math and science. No big surprise — those things are important in school too.

So, part of your training here will be in math and science. You’ll get some basic instruction and then work on some projects that take advantage of the principles you’ve learned.

Commandant welcomes cadets

More than five hundred Cadets streamed into Fort McCoy Sunday as the Cadet Leadership Challenge Camp operated by the Chicago Public Schools began its training week.

The Camp Commandant, Colonel Kevin Kelley, says he looks forward to an outstanding experience for the cadets.

Colonel Kelley is the Senior Army Instructor at Clemente High School

CSM Lloyd McKinney from Phoenix High School, the camp CSM, also wel-comes the Cadets, and like Colonel Kelley, he emphasizes safety first in training.

HOOAH!!

Active training week planned

Cadets attending the Cadet Leadership Challenge Camp at Fort McCoy begin their orientation with an initial inspection.

By this time, you’ve already met your company leaders, at least most of you have. But, just who are these people, anyway.

Well, there should be five people assigned to each company.

The company commander (not to be confused with the Cadet company commander) is the one person most responsible for what happens in the company. The company commander has to make sure you are getting the training you are scheduled for, that you get food and sleep, and that you are taken care of while you’re here.

The company also has 1st Sergeant, whose primary job is to help the company commander. The 1SG may fill in for the commander from time to time, and usually takes care of administration.

There are a couple of TACs, or Tactical NCOs, assigned to each company. Normally, the TAC is given the duties of drill and physical fitness. But each company commander can spread the duties around in whatever way will work best in that company, depending on the skills, background, and desires of each leader in the company.

Each company also has a female chaper-one, an important position since most of the cadre at camp are male.

One important point — a company leader cannot solve a problem they know nothing about, so if something is troubling you, be sure to let one of your company leaders know.

Volume 2005, Number 1, Sunday, June 19, 2005 JROTC Camp News

Company leaders train, take care of their cadets

JROTC Camp gets thumbs up from Cadets Charlie marches to chow. Delta’s Christopher Castle says “the lasagna is nice” and Lakeisha Brown say the food is “good.”

The JROTC Camp News is an unofficial publication of the JROTC Cadet Leadership Challenge Camp conducted by the Chicago Public Schools and the US Army Cadet Command. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the US Army or of Cadet Command Commandant: Colonel Kevin Kelley Clemente High School

Editor: MAJ Micheal Plumley Hamilton High School

Reporter: SFC Marivn Jamison General George S. Patton

Career Academy

By Eric Gonzales JROTC Cadets completed

their second day of the Lead-ership Challenge Camp at Fort McCoy, mostly in high spirits. Positive attitudes were displayed by a wide range of Cadets on the train-ing sites, in the dining hall, and even in the barracks.

Part of the credit, of course, goes to the good weather. Skies were mostly

sunny on Sunday (makes sense, doesn’t it) and the temperatures were moderate, even a bit cool in the morn-ing.

But most of the credit goes to the Cadets and to the trainers.

As they usually are, the trainers were well-prepared

for the Cadets. But a large share of the credit for suc-cess on Sunday goes to the Cadets who cooperated with the trainers and with each other, and who made an ef-fort to help their fellow Ca-dets be successful.

As a result, Cadets had favorable opinions of the camp.

Charlie Company was at the Air Assault Course Sun-day, and after they got used to the idea of coming down a rope, they enjoyed their time working on rappel skills. Kimberly Kin

(Lincoln Park High School) said, “It was scary at first and I screamed” Athit Xiong (Hamilton HS), also of Company C, said “It was interest-ing.” The Conditioning and Confidence Course provided a challenge of a different nature for the Cadets of Delta Company. Both parts of this course require co-operation for the great-est success, and Delta rose to that challenge. Cadet provided encour-agement to each other throughout the courses,

and, where necessary, they helped each other to over-come obstacles. Sprinkled throughout this was a bit of friendly competition.

The weather also was ideal for the Jump Tower, also known as airborne train-ing.

Leadership Excellence Starts Here

Tuesday’s weather: partly cloudy;

high 85; humidity 55%.

JROTC Camp News Fort McCoy, WI Volume 2005, Number 2 Monday, June 20, 2005

A few tips to keep you healthy

Cadets pleased with teamwork and cooperation Positive attitudes

pay off in better training for Cadets

• Drink plenty of water • Stay in the shade when you can • Stay clean and change your socks every night • AND remember, be safe!!!

Kimberly Kim (Lincoln P:ark HS) is happy to be on the ground shortly after her landing off the jump tower.

Bravo company works together during land navigation before heading out into the forest.

Alpha company takes a break from the airborne tower and cool off with a drink of water from their canteens.

Medical problems were at a minimum Sunday, far below what would normally be expected early in the camp training week. The few problems that did occur were routine and easily handled.

That doesn’t mean eve-rything is perfect, so here are some tips to deal with medical issues that might come up.

One of the normal prob-lems at camp is dehydration — caused by not drinking enough water. Dehydration

leads to headaches, consti-pation, and possible heat injuries.

So, keep drinking that water. We know, we know -- the water gets warm in the canteen, and if you drink, you gotta go and the Porta-Potties aren’t the greatest. But, skipping the water, even when it’s not that hot out, can lead to serious medical problems.

Go easy on the caffeine, too. It flushes water out of your system, and then you have to drink more water to

make up for it. Another problem is blis-

ters, especially on the feet. Make sure you wear good socks that will provide some cushioning and pro-tection for your feet. Do not break blisters, as that can lead to infection. If you get blisters, make sure your company leaders check them out to see if you need medical attention.

Deer ticks are present in the camp, and they can cause problems. Anyone who is bitten by a deer tick should see their regular doctor after camp for a medical follow-up.The deer tick carries a disease known as lyme disease which they can transmit to you. Testing at camp wouldn’t work –

that’s too soon and nothing would show up. But it’s important to get checked within a couple of weeks of camp since treatment for lyme disease is most effective if it’s started right away

Feeling homesick? Talk to a friend about it. Chances are, they are at least a little homesick too. Or, talk to your company leaders. They understand, and talking it out can help you through it.

Page 2 Volume 2005, Number 2, Monday, June 20, 2005 JROTC Camp News

The JROTC Camp News is an unofficial publication of the JROTC Cadet Leadership Chal-lenge Camp conducted by the Chicago Public Schools and the US Army Cadet Command. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the US Army or of Cadet Command Commandant: Colonel Kevin Kelley Clemente High School

Editor: MAJ Micheal Plumley Hamilton High School

Reporter: Eric Gonzales

The daily inspections of the barracks and a representative squad from each company is just part of the system used to determine the best company for the JROTC Camp.

Other information is given to the Commandant by the Training Committees, the Camp staff, the Cadet TACs, and others.

All of this information, along with the observations of the Commandant as he travels throughout the

training areas, is used to help him make the decision as to which company has performed best during the Camp.

The results will be announced at the graduation review parade on Saturday.

But, those inspections are important, so make sure things are put away, the area is clean with no dust, dirt, or boot marks on the floor, and cadet equipment is com-pletely squared away.

Inspections part of evaluation to determine best company

Few medical problems so far, but prevention is important

Water, Water, and Water!!! Remember to drink lots of water. The longer you’re here training the more you begin to get used to the heat and forget to drink. The key is to drink when you’re thirsty AND drink when you’re not thirsty. This is also a leadership problem. You not only need to drink water yourself, but you must also continually remind your subordinates to

drink as well. You may even have to watch them drink. You must also learn to pace yourself. If you don’t drink water and pace your-self you will meet the med-ics. You will be given an IV to rehydrate your body. Remember, drink your water!


Wednesday’s weather: Hi 89; clear to partly cloudy. Winds 10-15

mph.

JROTC Camp News Fort McCoy, WI Volume 2005, Number 3 Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Echo company enjoying the food

Cadets from Bravo Com-pany wait anxiously in line

Cadets give high marks for dining facility food

Many cadets at the Cadet Leader-ship Challenge Camp have pondered for hours and even days before camp the question; “Is the food any good?”

When the Cadets arrived, they found a delightful surprise when they entered the dining facility. Comment-ing on breakfast this morning from Bravo Company was Danny Guzman who said “The food is honestly de-cent.” another Cadet, Chong Xiong (Hamilton HS), commented that “The yogurt is pretty good.” Cadets from Echo Company also agree with the food by exclaiming, “We love the food!”

Overall, most of the Cadets had no complaints about the food and some Cadets mentioned that the food was actually better than some foods they had back home.

Cpt. Zimmerman and CW4 Becker talking front of the dining hall.

Col. Edwards and SROTC Ca-det 2nd Lt. Tsao converse about the day’s training schedule.

The JROTC Camp News is an unofficial publication of the JROTC Cadet Leadership Challenge Camp conducted by the Chicago Public Schools and the US Army Cadet Command. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the US Army or of Cadet Command Commandant: Colonel Kevin Kelley Clemente High School Editor: MAJ Micheal Plumley Hamilton High School Reporter: Myisha Davis Lindblom High School

Cadet Major Gonzalez, assistant S-1, hard at work ensuring that the camp is running efficiently.

Our medics are doing an out-standing job assisting cadets back to duty.

Volume 2005, Number 3, Tuesday, June 21, 2005 JROTC Camp News

Cadet CSM Corner 1. Be Ready for inspection, secure your

valuables and your footlocker . 2. Inspection begins promptly at 0830 AM. 3. Remember to leave your barracks

unlocked. 4. Check each other for ticks. 5. Drink plenty of water every day. 6. Encourage each other to eat and drink

regularly. 7. Encourage each other to complete train-

ing. 8. Thoroughly inspect each others uniforms,

beds, and all barrack contents, as well as each other.

Cadet CSM Frederick Coleman

Charlie finds its way home. Today Charlie Company went navi-

gating. In the morning, they learned the basics to include determining grid, using a compass, determining pace count, and shooting an azimuth.

This afternoon they moved to the training area for instructions and to put into practice what they learned earlier.

It was a long hot day, and the mo-rale was as high as the heat index. No injuries were reported and everyone made it back on time. Hooah!

James Profit, Dominique Carney, Ashley Dickerson, Jessie Green, and Tyrell Browning take a water break as they trek through the forest.

Cadets work up an appetite for breakfast.

Companies Bravo, Delta, & Echo begin their day with the Daily Dozen. Here, everyone who begins together, ends together. During PT, team work is very important because it en-courages cadets to motivate each other and promote leadership traits in all Cadets.


Thursday’s weather:

Partly cloudy with a high of 90° and a low

of 71°.

JROTC Camp News Fort McCoy, WI Volume 2005, Number 4 Wednesday, June 22, 2005

The JROTC Camp News is an unofficial publication of the JROTC Cadet Leadership Challenge Camp conducted by the Chicago Public Schools and the US Army Cadet Command. The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the US Army or of the Cadet Command

Commandant: COL Kevin Kelley Clemente High School Editor: MAJ Micheal Plumley Hamilton High School

Cadet S-5: C/LTC Alexis Guzman Lane Tech High School

Cadets jump for the joy of

their life at the Airborne site!

Cadet Chesster (Foreman H.S.) stated that he was nervous, but in the end his mission to be Airborne was complete.

Jump Tower cadre ensure that they complete their duty to help the camp cadets be safe and secure, which is the camp’s number one objective.

This cadet stands prepared to leap off of the tower.

The Battle for City Corps Commander!

C/Lucansky, Steinmetz: (Left)C/Hernandez, Hubbard:(Center) C/Gomez, Lane Tech:(Right)

C/Vargas, City Corps S-3, gives an impromptu briefing to Mr. Guthery, Western Region representative.

Volume 2005, Number 4, Wednesday, June 22, 2005 JROTC Camp News

Cadet CSM Corner 1. Be Ready for inspection, secure your

valuables, and secure your footlocker . 2. Inspection begins promptly at 0830 AM. 3. Remember to leave your barracks

unlocked. 4. Check each other for ticks. 5. Drink plenty of water every day. 6. Encourage each other to eat and drink

regularly. 7. Encourage each other to complete

training. 8. Thoroughly inspect each others uniforms,

beds, and all barrack contents, as well as each other.

9. Civilian Clothes are not uniform. 10. Check all equipment through movement

of each site. Cadet CSM Frederick Coleman CMA Bronzeville

MOAAC (Mother of all ambulance companies.) According to SFC Thompson, NCOIC, 708 Med. Co., there were 93 visits to sick call since the beginning of camp. Only four were not sent back for duty. The majority of visits were for dehydration; a few were ankle sprains and blisters.

Cadet King, Auburn High School, Rockford, Ill., says, “it’s fun and challenging.” She also likes to motivate her company.

Cadet Athit Xiong, Hamilton High School, Milwaukee, WI. finishes the course on the rope bridge, confident and ready to continue on. Hooah!

Alpha Company Takes on the Confidence!

Cadet Gradilla from Patton Academy says, “the course was very challenging and scary.”

The Cadre is always there to help and assist those in need.

Company Photos. Get ready for company photos free of charge. See your school for details.

Cadet Thompson, from Hyde Park, on the Belly Buster, says, “it is easy if you have the right partner.”

Attention Companies! Assistant S-3, SGM Thomas says, “to win honor company it is important to leave your door unlocked, ensure that toilets are flushed, and that the barracks are in a high state of police.”

Echo’s Changing of Command

Echo’s outgoing company commander C/CPT Zimmerman did an outstanding job as he led his company through the Air Assault training.

The New Company Chain of Command: C/1SG, Owens: (Left) C/1LT, Smith: (Center) C/CPT, Perkins: (Right)


Friday’s weather: Temps from low 60s

to upper 80s, with 40% chance of rain

JROTC Camp News Fort McCoy, WI Volume 2005, Number 5 Thursday, June 23, 2005

Cadets master fear of heights at Air Assault Careful preparation and close, con-

tinuing attention to detail are the keys to an exciting yet safe experience for Cadets on the Air Assault course. The towers are high enough to be danger-ous, and that is what provides the thrill. But, the Cadre on the site make sure rappelling is safe.

For the Cadets, the towers don’t look all that bad from the ground—well, maybe the 55-foot tower does—but the perspective changes quite a bit once they are on the top.

This is where the 7th of the Army values, personal courage, kicks in. Courage means recognizing and con-trolling fear, and continuing to perform the mission despite that fear. And that’s what most Cadets are doing on the rappel towers.

Their earlier training, in the bleach-ers and on the 12-foot tower, have given them the basic skills they need. Then, they get to apply them in a seri-ous way on the taller towers. Most Cadets choose to skip the 55-foot tower, but they all take away an ex-perience that will stay with them for a lifetime.

While at the rappel Tower cadet Castrejon (above) stated “summer camp is really fun and can be very scary but even though its scary I’m looking for-ward to the 55 foot tower.”

Cadets enjoyed another great training day at Fort McCoy today. With hot temperatures and sunny skies during the day, all training sites reported good training and highly motivated Cadets.

At the training sites, there were signs that at least some of the Cadets are beginning to feel the effects of the good training days we’ve had. There was a slight increase in the number of Cadets at sick call an increase in minor injuries related to fatigue, such as 5 heat injures

Cadet CSM Corner 1. Never travel alone and push to

achieve. 2. Use your encouragement to achieve

personal goals. 3. Stay active to keep up morale. Cadet CSM Frederick Coleman

Before you can jump, you gotta learn how to walk. Above, cadets learn how to walk down on a rappel rope on the 12 foot platform.

Cadets are offered the option of re-hydation. They can either get the IV with an 18 gage needle or a quart canteen. Majority wins—the can-teen.

Volume 2005, Number 5, Thursday June 23, 2005 JROTC Camp News



Cadet S-5: C/LTC Micah Stavrou CVCA High School

Micheal Hammond (a.k.a. Billy Madison) from Douglas High school and fellow Bravo Co. take a water break.

This is how real buddy system works. Bravo Co. cadets use team work to help each other negotiate the horizontal ladder on the confidence course.

Bravo meets the challenge at the confidence and conditioning courses.

The best way for Justin Ruhland to cross is to not look down.

There’s more than one way to climb a wall. Phyana Thompson meets the wall and with help from fellow cadets she makes it over the top. The wall is the last Big chal-lenge

“I think there is excellent training going on and the cadets are well mo-tivated. The courses are challenging, but yet safe training for the cadets.” He goes on to say, “I think the cadet staff are very knowledgeable and are running the camp well.”

Mr. Guthrie from Western Region pays a visit.

Senior ROTC cadets from Univer-sity of Illinois at Chicago. In total, there are 16 senior ROTC cadets. Some of them you can’t miss as you see them on a daily ba-sis interacting with the company they were assigned to. Most of the time they are taking care of their cadets, to include taking them to the medics. Though not all were as-signed to companies as some as working with HQ and interacting with there Black Hats. They want to “thank the Chicago Public Schools for giving us the opportunity to teach high school students the importance of disci-pline. More importantly the cadets are having fun jumping off towers and building their confidence to prepare them for a great future after school.”

Conditioning course Black Hats are ready to train Bravo company. They work hard to ensure every cadet tries all obstacles and finishes as a team. They also continually push water.


Saturday’s weather:

Temp: 84°/64°

80% Chance of Rain JROTC Camp News

Fort McCoy, WI Volume 2005, Number 6 Friday, June 24, 2005




Cadet CSM Corner 1) Be respectful to all superiors and

subordinates 2) Be aware and mindful of others 3) Always choose a wise course of

action that best suits the unit 4) DRINK LOTS OF WATER! 5) I appreciate that everyone’s bar-

racks were open so that I could complete the inspection.

C/ Alexander Reed is caught briefing on lean two-shelters at the survival training course.

Staff In Action BY: C/LTC LUCANSKY

Who brings you your food? Who gets the head count for lunch? Who inspects your barracks? Who plans your picnic, gradua-tion and activities? All these questions can be answered with three words...City Corps Staff. Little do cadets know there is a team of a dedicated cadet officers working be-hind the scenes. These cadets plan the graduation, picnic, sports, food arrange-ments and supplies you with the necessary equipment to keep the camp running. Many of you have noticed some of our V.I.P. guests to include Mr. Guthrie and Mr. Mills. The City Corps Staff prepared and practiced rigorously for the VIP’S, completing and perfecting each slide. The cadet officers start early every morning to prepare the daily 1630 briefings. The staff’s goal this year was to provide a safe and fun camp. The staff also wanted to make sure the progressing leaders would truly run the camp. By setting up a chain of command and setting up briefings with company commanders, the cadets proved themselves to be leaders and this camp has truly made leaders of us all!

In the picture above the over worked and underpaid staff prepares yet an-other 1630 briefing down to the very last slide, managing to slip in a couple of jokes!

Volume 2005, Number 6, Friday, June 24, 2005 JROTC Camp News

Cadets’ competitive spirit rocks sports field

You might think that after a hard day of training, the cadets would be tired out, ready to sit, and do nothing. Well, some were, of course, but many others were right out there on the athletic field trying to out-do the other side in volleyball, softball, or soccer.

In the picture (above) companies B and

D play a lively game of soccer. In the end, Bravo won the soccer game. Although the competition was pretty intense, there seemed to be a good display of sportsman-ship as well.

It wasn’t just on the sports field that Cadets showed their drive. In the math and science classrooms, cadets of Echo com-

pany worked out some challenging intellec-tual and technical problems.

Meanwhile, Alpha company took them-selves to the cool waters of the swimming pool. They also went to the hot action of the basketball courts in the post fitness center, where they learned water safety, or just relaxed by shooting hoops.

Mr. Mills and Guests Tour Training Sites

Mr. Mills, the director of Military Schools and J.R.O.T.C., along with an education team visited the campsite today. The guests arrived this morning and they were in for a great experience. The guests were first given a briefing by the cadet City Corps Staff. Then they were taken to different sites and they were given a tour of the camp as a whole. The guests were first taken to the Airborne tower to experience the great flight. Natalie Bacon, one of the V.I.P. guests who be-came Airborne today said, “I was scared at first, but after jumping the fear turned into something extremely exhilarating.” The guests were then taken to the Conditioning Course where they went through many of the obstacles. The guests were helped by some of the cadets through the diffi-cult training. Dr. Bessie Karvelas, the principal of Lincoln Park High School said, “I am amazed that the J.R.O.T.C. cadets can do this because I am too scared to do some of these things.” She also stated that the camp gave her “a better understanding of what the program is all about and what a great lesson the J.R.O.T.C. program teaches.” The guests were later taken to Survival Training and to the Rappel Tower. They were also introduced to the staff and the areas where they work. Linda Pierzchalski the Area Instructional officer of Area 19 said, “The camp is amaz-ing and I like to see the leadership that all of the cadets take to get the job done.” She also stated that the camp experience is something that all of the cadets will treasure for the rest of their lives..





Sunday’s weather:

High of 88° and a Low of 70° with a 60%

chance of rain.

JROTC Camp News Fort McCoy, WI Volume 2005, Number 7 Saturday, June 25, 2005

HEAT, HEAT, and more HEAT!!! Over the past few days, temperatures have continually been in the high 80’s to mid 90’s with a high humidity. But despite the tor-menting weather, cadets have shown that they can withstand even the toughest environments. Cadets have persevered and have retained a high state of morale despite their bone-deep fatigue. In the future, cadets will find that they are better prepared to take on harder physical challenges. Through the morning PT and rigor-ous training sites, cadets will have built up their endurance above and beyond what it was before camp. Cadets will also go home and find that their confidence in themselves is much higher than before. Cadets are now more ready to handle any challenge that comes their way.

Suffering Builds Stamina

Battalion Run! Today, for the very last time the cadets formed up to do their final session of Physical Training. The cadets were up early in the morning and quickly assem-bled a battalion formation and were soon on their final road run. The cadets took this opportunity to demonstrate their level of motiva-tion. The morning started off with a couple of stretches. Later the Bat-talion run itself began. The cadets showed wonderful motivation screaming out mottos and cadences in order to drown out those of the opposing companies. It was great to see that the majority of cadets gave it their all and went on to the very end. The battalion began to-gether as one and finished in the exact same way. Even some with minor injuries worked hard to fin-ish strong unwilling to give up on their companies. The run ended with an address the Battalion Com-mander C/ COL Hernandez, Mayra. With a few final remarks stating what a great job everyone had done, the companies were then taken to the mess hall for a well deserved

Sports Finals!

Echo Company!

Soccer 1st place: Echo Company 2nd place: Alpha Company Volleyball 1st place: Echo Company 2nd place: Bravo Company Softball 1st place: Bravo Company 2nd place: Charlie Company Congratulations to all of the Sports

Champions.

Volume 2005, Number 7, Saturday, June 25, 2005 JROTC Camp News

Cadets Thoughts on Summer Camp! How do you feel about the first day of camp compared to the last day of camp? Dominic Martinelli said, “during the first days each com-pany is not really together but by the end of camp it is as if the com-pany became a family.” How do you feel about the per-formance of the cadre during the camp? Nick Smith said, “ The cadre at camp were extremely mo-tivating and overall they did a very good job.” How do you feel about summer camp in general? Christopher Cas-tle said, “when we first started it was very hard, but when we com-menced with the training it all be-came a blast.” What was the thing that you en-joyed the most at camp? Maria Za-mudio said, “I really enjoyed play-ing sports against other companies because it was very fun, especially softball.” What did you gain from this lead-ership camp? Charlene Harris said, “I gained stronger leadership, and discipline and I learned a lot about teamwork.” What is the hardest thing that you have experienced in this camp? Eric Gonzales said, “ the hardest thing at camp is having to train and do so much work under harsh con-ditions.”

Picnic Day! Today was the annual Picnic Day at the leadership challenge at Fort McCoy. The cadets were more than happy to have a chance to relax after their strenuous week of train-ing. They got the opportunity to sit back and enjoy their last time with their new found friends. At this time, even the cadre go out onto the field to show that they still have what it takes. The cadets prove that they are more than up for the chal-lenge. They had the option of play-ing either volleyball, soccer, or softball. The cadre set up a grill and got their cook on. They made delicious burgers and hot dogs with a plate full of chips. They had vari-ous types of music to fulfill every-one’s desire. Each company com-peted in an effort to become the honor company of the year. We are finally done with training, and what a better way to end it than with a day full of enjoyment and good food.

leadership excellence jrotc camp news starts here fort ... · the camp commandant, colonel kevin...

Documents