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Here is some general info on the JROTC program. The mission of the program is to motivate
young people to be better citizens.
The objective is to Encourage Good Citizenship Strengthen
Self-esteem Develop Leadership Potential Improve Physical Fitness Promote High School Completion Provide Incentive to Live
Drug Free Enhance Life Skills.
The JROTC program does not inlist the cadets in the military it simply
gets them prepared for every day life after high school such as leadership and respect.
The uniform is payed for by the U.S. Army the parents are not charged
anything for the uniforms unless there are any damages,then the cadet will be responsible to replace or repair the uniform.
The general rules of the program are: The cadets in the JROTC corp of cadets are expected to be professional in uniform and have a good
attitude and behavior towards fellow cadets, students, and adults. Any act of disrespect or improper behavior is unacceptable.
Also, the proper uniform must be worn in passing between classes. There will be no public display of affection in uniform.
Outside rules:Whenever the uniform is worn, and the cadet is outside (for any reason) head gear will always be worn.
Anytime that a cadet sees an officer outside of a building, he/she salutes the officer. All articles of the required
uniform must be worn.
Inside: while in the whole uniform is to be worn and salutes
are not to be rendered.
Uniform Day: When a cadet misses the assigned
uniform day, the uniform is to be worn the next day the cadet is in school.
Here are some teams or after school activities in our JROTC program.
Drill Team: Teams compete in competitions in
basic drill and ceremony. Teams practice during and after school for these meets. Categories at the drill meets
include Unarmed Platoon (3 squads of 4 people and a commander), Unarmed Squad (6 cadets in a line and a commander), Unarmed
Individual, Armed Platoon (with rifles), Armed Squad (with rifles), Armed Individual, and Color Guard (Two flag bearers in
the middle and two rifle bearers on either side of the flags. There is also a game called knock out where everyone makes
one formation and basic drill commands are called and when you mess up, you are out.
The Drill Team, in all Texas meets
that I have been to is somewhat different than the one you posted. Most formations are a 3X3 with a commander, for both
armed and unarmed. There is a regulation, and exhibition. The regulation is done by a list of commands that must
be done sequentially and by FM 22-5. The exhibition, however you can do quite a few things, such as tossing the weapons
or use your own made up commands. The Armed is divided into two categories, de-militarized weapons or facsimile weapons.
They do this so the inspection section will be fair, and there is an armed individual drill, where you twirl the weapon.
Color guard: Competitive
Color Guard is pretty simple. They are divided to male, female, or co-ed. The meet coordinator gives you a list
of commands that you are to memorize and to perform in sequential order. The meet might either have a large square as
a boundary. They also have an inspection section, where they inspect uniform, flags, flag cover, and basic cadet knowledge
and color guard knowledge.
Our Color Guard also presents the colors
(flags) at home football and basketball games.
Raiders: The Raider Team competes in physical training. A basic competition starts out with PT ( push
ups, sit-ups, and a mile run). The teams split up from there and compete in a Land Navigation Course, a rope bridge,
Leadership Reaction Course, and a First Aid Course. The competion ends with a three mile forced march (walk as fast as your
team can).
Cadet
Challenge: The Cadet Challenge is divided by male and female. It is very
similar to the Raiders, except you do push-ups, sit-ups, standing long jump, 1/2 mile run or 1 lap relay, chin-ups(male) or
hang(female), basketball throw, 300 yd shuttle, 50yd shuttle. Not all meets use every event. The normal time used
is either 1 min, or two minutes for push-ups and sit-ups.
Orienteering: Orienteering is a team not just
in JROTC but in the actual world as well. What you do is you get a map of an area. The difficulty of it depends
on the color you are at. The colors are White, Yellow, Orange, Red and Green. Essentially the darker, the harder.
You have a set limit to complete the course, which is usually about three hours. After that, you're DSQ'ed for the day.
The competitions usually last about 2 days. After the 2 days are completed, the judges add up the times for both days
and give awards to the top three in each course, male and female. The teams with the three best times are awarded best
teams overall.
Orienteering is divided by Male/Female/Co-ed or by course color. They compete in straight line or
Score O. Straight line is where you go to pt 1, then pt 2 and so on. They are divided into courses.
White, being the easiest, then Yellow, Orange, Brown, Green, Red, and Blue being the hardest. They average to 3-6km
in each course. In Score O however, they give you all the points on the field on the map. Your goal is to go to
as many points you can and come back within the time limit. The average time limity to be DQ'ed is approximately 1.5-3
hours depending on which course you are running.
Rifle Team: There
are both practices and competitions. In each, 6 shooters take their positions in 6 lanes. We shoot pellets in
.177 caliber air rifles at a distance of 10 meters. The rifles have dual peep sights for aiming. The target shot at
is the National Rifle Associationm, 10 meter, Air Rifle Target. It is made by the American Target Co. of Denver, Colorado.
There are 10 rings of 10 points each, and 2 "sighter" rings of 10 points. The sighters are strictly used for checking
your sights and practice. They do not count in the final tally. Each shooter lays down in the prone position.
When the order is given to lock and load, the shooters place a pellet in the receiver and pump the rifle. When the first
shot is fired, the clock begins. The shooters now have 45 minutes to complete the match. Each shooter now is on
his or her own. A recommended 3 shots are fired at the sighters, although it really doesn't matter. When the shooter
is confident that he is ready, he can now move on to the actual rings. After he has shot at all target rings, he moves
to the standing position. The same procedure is repeated, and the shooter now moves to the kneeling position.
The 3 positions of 3 targets account for a total of 300 points. If the shooter is not done at the end of 45 minutes,
oh well, the rest of his shots are voided. It counts as if he shot a zero for each of the blank rings. Now comes
the scoring. In practice, each shooter scores their own sheets. In competition matches, the commanders from each
team grade the sheets. Team A grades Team B's papers, and visa-versa. Oh, and in competition matches, 3 of Team
A's members shoot along-side 3 of team B's members. Then the shooters switch after everyone is done in the first shooting
order. The teams also can compete in national post-matches. They shoot and mail off for scoring by a third-party.
These are national, not just district, competitions. So far it is currently suspended untill further notice.
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