JROTC drills at Nimitz
At a school named after one of the Navy’s greatest leaders, the naval JROTC program came away with a ninth-place finish out of 26 other JROTC programs. Armed drill got 2nd place in inspection and the Academic team also got 2nd place.
The entire time, the cadets were on schedule. Most arrived when they were suppose to and they left at exactly 7:30 that night.
Unlike most drill meets, cadets were required to turn in their phones to the officers and weren’t returned until the end of the drill meet eight hours later.
When they arrived, the cadets immediately marched off to compete in the PT competition. This consists of push-ups, sit-ups, relay, and a race.
Other cadets went to a room to take academic tests. These tests consisted of some simple Algebra, grammar, and current events. However the primary topic of this and other tests were Naval history.
Next was inspection. This’s when the cadets get in formation and the uniforms are formally inspected and graded.
As for the meet prior at Bush High, JROTC got 12th place out of 26 other JROTC programs also Color Guard and the academic team got 9th place.
“We definitely could’ve done better,” Silas Chauvin said. “Even though we didn’t qualify for state I mean we still did pretty good.”
Even though they haven’t qualified for state, with each meet the cadets are getting better and better. By the time the next drill meet roles around in December, the Coogs might qualify then for state.
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