SDUSD JROTC Cadet Brigade

This year's Pass in Review, hosted at Lincoln High School, was a success! Thank you to every one who came out to show your support for your Cadet, school, and Brigade. It was exciting to see all of our units together one last time before the end of the school year. Photos from our 73rd Pass in Review: https://photos.app.goo.gl/iDbLVDFk71AKZNFdA... Congratulations to the following incoming Brigade Staff of 2019-2020: Brigade Commander (BC): Vanessa Medina Brigade Executive Officer (XO): Athena Amanatidis Brigade Sergeant Major (CSM): Ethan Meckler Personnel Officer, J-1: Laura Masado Safety Officer and Scholarship, J-2: Jennica Buclatin Operations Officer, J-3: Truc Nguyen Logistics Officer, J-4: Joey Collon Public Affairs and Communication Officer, J-5: Karen Cederholm Signal Officer J-6: Adrian Paul Macaraig Finance Officer, J-8: Arianna Jones Liaison Officer, LNO: Victoria Urquiza

Good luck everyone!!!!

On Saturday, February 8th, the second half of the annual Regulation Drill competition was hosted at Serra High School. On this chilly morning, cadets of all LET levels gathered to compete in Best Drilled Individual and Varsity/First Year Color Guard. Despite the cool weather and long hours, all units successfully completed their performances and anxiously awaited for the final event: the award ceremony. Firstly, the Brigade Commander thanked the judges who took time out of th...eir weekend to inspect our competitors, then came time to announce all our winners! Below are all our top 3 cadets/units from each event: BDI LET 1: 1)P. Nguyen (PHHS) 2)Rico (SRHS) 3)Bfister (KHS) BDI LET 2: 1)Dang (PHHS) 2)Martinez (HHHS) 3)Kim (KHS) BDI LET 3: 1)E. Nguyen (PHHS) 2)Santos (MHS) 3)Buan (SRHS) BDI LET 4: 1)B. Nguyen (PHHS) 2)Arcelao (MHS) 3)Bermudez (HHHS) First Year Color Guard: 1)PHHS NJROTC 2)SRHS AFJROTC 3)SDHS AJROTC Varsity Color Guard: 1)PHHS 2)SRHS 3)MHS AJROTC Link to photo album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/mkRwmGZFqGLnHWX96

The SDUSD JROTC Best Drilled Platoon and Squad competitions were held on the 26th of January at our very own James Madison High School! The majority of units within the brigade arrived to the event ready to demonstrate their excellent drill capabilities, with the goal of earning the Best Drilled Unit trophy by the end of the school year. It was a long and cool morning, but units managed their time, and it was soon time for the award ceremony. Special congratulations to the sc...hools below for placing in the top 3: BDP: 1) Scripps Ranch HS AFJROTC 2) Patrick Henry HS NJROTC 3) San Diego HS AJROTC BDS: 1) Scripps Ranch HS 2) Patrick Henry HS 3) Mira Mesa HS AFJROTC Your Brigade Staff can’t wait to see everyone once again in two weeks for the second part of this competition: Best Drilled Individuals and Best Drilled Varsity/First Year Color Guard. Link to the photo album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/5kH2q3AGF5JC55wE7

The morning of January 11, 2020 was filled with the sound of buzzers as the Academic League teams from each of our 13 units attended the annual Brigade Academic Bowl, hosted at Patrick Henry High School. Each school brought their brightest cadets to the event, and tensions were running high as they competed in correctly answering knowledge questions the fastest. We congratulate all teams for demonstrating their excellence in academic subjects, and a special congrats to our top 3 winners: Scripps Ranch HS AFJROTC Patrick Henry HS NJROTC Junipero Serra HS NJROTC @ Patrick Henry High School

On the 14th of December, 8 units from the SDUSD Brigade participated in the nation wide Wreaths Across America at Greenwood Memorial Park and Mortuary. On this day, cadets assisted ceremony coordinators with transporting, unboxing, and laying wreaths on the graves of veterans, saying their names aloud to honor their service and sacrifice. Thank you to all schools who came out to support this event, you’ve demonstrated your commitment to the JROTC program and community proudly to the public. Can’t wait to see everyone at our upcoming Academic Bowl! Link to the photo album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/LrsrsaxswSVJUbbc6

We are looking forward to having all units participate in this year’s Wreaths Across America. Please refer to the flyer below for all of the details, and if you have further questions, email them to [email protected]. Spread the word and encourage your cadets to help out!