EHHS NJROTC
EHHS NJROTC
NJROTC Flag Ceremony
NJROTC AMI during Covid 19
NJROTC Dress Blues, Leadership Cord
CO Hood giving opening speech
NJROTC Dress Blues for Flag Ceremony
Officers at NJROTC AMI Pass and Review
NJROTC cake!
All the way from North Florida to the very tropical atmosphere of Boca Raton Florida. Well over four hundred miles away with more than a six hour drive. Th...
Burlington, Washington- Below is a letter from the Burlington Edison High School Principal on the future of The Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Program...
When your so gorgeous, he has to show you off. NJROTC Naval ball
In 8 years of military service, my only "headshot" was during boot camp - my silly self never purchased it! Why is that? Especially in a military-heavy city like San Diego, why don't more photographers offer posed studio portraits with flags in the background? How does a service member get ahold of new portraits, anyways? PAO? Fleet and Family? MCCS? MWR? I am on a mission to make these more common and to -eventually- get my uniform back on for one last official photo. In the meantime, let's normalize these portraiture opportunities to capture your military career before it's only a memory and you want to grow a retirement beard. In honor of my mission, I am sharing some images that Cadet Matheson picked out from his recent portrait session. This Junior at Chaparral High School NJROTC in Temecula is on his way to a fantastic career in the Navy.
The New Bern NJROTC fleet got some pretty good sailing action this afternoon. the weather was so perfect it was almost unbelievable: clear & sunny but not too hot, 6~8 knot north-east wind, no wave action or chop (except the wakes of the coach boats). However, it seems likely that the cadet sailors were too busy to appreciate how fine it was! (...photo at right... some of the coaches seeing our newly-donated chase boat for the first time... Thanks Brett!) . (...photo below left... the advanced students rig & launch their FJs) Although the group sails together & sticks together, there were two almost-seperate activities going on. We have a small (but elite) group of returning sailors, experienced skippers who just need a quick refresher before sailing to glory. So FJ#1, FJ#2 and FJ#3 did variations on "The Clock" drill, then some practice tacks & gybes (working our way up to roll-tacking but not quite there yet), then practiced some docking approaches. . . We also have a group of new sailors. They have proven their mettle in capsize drills in the pool, and practiced rigging & knot-tying & simulated maneuvers on dry land... today was their first chance to get out & prove what they can do on the river! (...photo at right... traffic at the leeward point of "The Clock" The coaches rigged & launched FJ#4, FJ#5, and FJ#6 this afternoon for the newcomers; in the future they will do this themselves just like the veterans. But for now, we wanted more time on the water & to focus on actual sailing skills. Some of them aslo tried out "The Clock" but it looks like we need to be baby ducks for a while yet. OK we have done capsize drills... does everybody remember what THIS means? Remember when I mentioned there were some not-too-pretty gybes? Here's what can happen. Then it was followed up by the crew playing "mountain climber" in the cockpit. Those floaties on the upper sidestays really work well. Kidding aside, this is important. In stronger winds, the floaties can be driven under... the Neuse River is not deep enough for an FJ mast. That means it would stick into the bottom mud. From there, things go bad to worse. Fortunately, everything worked out well in the end. The boat was righted by the skipper, the crew 'scooped' in just fine, all recovered, and they kept on sailing. So the big lesson for the day... SAIL ON! posted by Assistant Coach Doug King
