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Comment by Lori4629 on October 28, 2011 at 9:26am

yeah, it doesn't really have much impact on a cadet who might move here at the beginning of the school year and is motivated to learn once school starts- a motivated cadet will always have the opportunity to distinguish themselves and rise in the ranks. It mostly affects those who want to be on the drill, rifle, orienteering, PT teams, etc. It's a lot like any other sport in that regard. The unit lets all the incoming freshman from the local schools know the dates and those that are interested come out. My daughter plays softball for this same high school and they started having meetings and practices before school was even out last year. Football is even worse! There will always be outstanding athletes or cadets who can't make it to summer conditioning or whatever but will still make the team when the season comes around. Our drill competition season starts in September so cadet basic is really for the freshmen who want make drill team.

Comment by Arwen on October 28, 2011 at 12:16am

Here many of the kids who join NJROTC come from other places, they don't know who will be in the unit until the class lists come out in August. About 1/4 of them are transfers. My daughter was one of those students; we moved over the summer. Having the "cadet basic" course in the summer leaves out all of the transfer students, starts them behind everyone else. This way everyone starts on the same footing. Those who choose to attend the boot camp still get leapfrogged over those who are less involved, but this way everyone has the option.

Comment by Lori4629 on October 27, 2011 at 9:21am

We call it "Cadet Basic" for freshmen here. We hold that the first week of summer usually, so extra motivated cadets are then eligible to attend BLT later in the summer. The kids who take NJROTC just to get out of PE complete the requirements for cadet basic and earn their first ribbon whenever they get around to memorizing the chain of command and the basic stuff during their first semester.

Comment by Pat on October 27, 2011 at 6:06am

Thanks...I appreciate any info you can get me.

Comment by Arwen on October 27, 2011 at 12:58am

Pat, as soon as I have the official letter/itinerary for the "boot camp," I'll share the details. We're still two weeks out, so we don't have that much detailed information yet.

Comment by Arwen on October 27, 2011 at 12:55am

All units (that I know of) do the basic leadership training for eligible upperclassmen. The boot camp I am describing is only for freshmen. They aren't required to attend, but most do, and they also get a ribbon for participating in the training.

Comment by ProudNavyMom on October 26, 2011 at 7:39pm

Good afternoon ladies. My youngest son just joined JROTC at school and this week was his first week. He wore the uniform to school today. His older brother just left on Oct 6, 2011 for boot camp in Great Lakes.

Comment by Pat on October 26, 2011 at 11:46am

 

Our area had two levels...My son went his Fresh to lower level, Soph to the upper level, and returned his Jr year in a leadership role...Soph and Jr yr were at GL...so he was totally comfortable being back at GL for the real thing the next yr.

 

Comment by Lori4629 on October 26, 2011 at 9:42am

our unit participates in our area's (area 8) Basic Leadership Training every summer. After cadets have successfully completed the week-long training they are eligible to return in following years as "staff". This year a BLT was held here @ NAS Pensacola and my son was a platoon commander, drill instructor and academic commander. He'd been to several other BLTs, but this was so close to actual boot camp-up before the cadets, mustering the cadets, marching them to chow and training, training them, standing watch, doing their laundry, getting dressed down for the infractions of cadet's under his command, inspecting barracks, the whole 9 yards. The 'staff' cadets had to be up and functioning for about 3 days straight. They had lights out @ 10, then were responsible for collecting and washing, drying, folding and redelivering the cadet's PT gear- which took until after midnight most nights, then had to post watch from 0100-0300 or 0300 to 0500, and report for staff muster @ 0500 to begin a full day of training. It was the toughest week he's endured to date, but he excelled and now knows he can do it. If your cadets get the chance to attend an area run BLT, I highly recommend it!

Comment by Pat on October 26, 2011 at 6:13am

Do you have a copy of the permission slip, parent letter, etc?  Something that present to the local unit?

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