North Cobb~Harrison NJROTC

On July 13th - 16th we held our annual New Cadet Orientation! Our staff members gathered together to introduce our new cadets to our NJROTC Unit and are very proud to see all 21 of them excited to join ROTC. We did lots of fun activities like Drill Knockout, Brain Brawl and Rifle shooting, we also held demonstrations and briefs of every department and team such as Rifle Team, Orienteering Team, Drill Team, Academic Team, Drone Team and Athletic Team. Thank you so much to our NS1's for coming out and getting a taste of our unit! We cant wait to have you on the team!

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Cadets helped The Kennesaw Parks & Rec with their 2nd summertime "Movie in the Park"! Prior to the movie showing, cadets helped set up tents, tables, chairs, and games! They also assisted in helping park attendees tie-dye their clothes, hand out pizza, and even join in on some of the games! Even though the event was interrupted by a rain and thunderstorm, these cadets still managed to keep people safe, dry, and having a good time! Bravo Zulu for serving the giving back to your community! Look out for future opportunities to help out!!!

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On May 15th NS2's & NS3's had one last dance with their 2021 senior class at the Annual Military Ball! This year we were thankful to have our military ball at the  Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History! Cadets were welcomed with a prayer from Chaplain c/ENS Peña-Rubio, Rebecca and a well thought motivational speech from guest speaker USMC Retired SSgt Buckley. c/CDR Lago, Matthaeus & c/ENS Powell, Elly were named the King & Queen while c/LTJG Gray, Domingo & c/ENS Peña-Rubio were named the Prince & Princess (pictured heating up the dance floor with the infamous 'Wobble'), preluded by the seniors farewell with a sword arch by the Honor Guard! Overall, cadets had a successful and outstanding evening full of laughs and memories for one last round trip for the end of another astounding year for the unit!! A special thanks to the NJROTC Booster Club for helping make this night possible!!! Bravo Zulu seniors, you will be missed!!!

On May 12th we held our Annual Awards Ceremony for the cadets of 2020-2021, many of our cadets got awarded new ranks, positions, ribbons and metals! Our CO c/CDR Lago, Matheus and XO c/LCDR Dorsinvil, Louis was there to congratulate us and happily hand out our new positions after a long and tedious process of decision making and we our happy to announce that our new CO and XO are now c/LCDR Anderson, Jaylen and c/LT Flores, Camila! All of our new Positions and team CDR's can be found on the Unit Info Page here! Thank you for all of the people who showed up and congratulations the new staff members!!

This past weekend, our hungry drill team competed against 12 different schools from Area 12, such as the likes of Nease, South Effingham, Lassiter, Peachtree Ridge and more at the annual Area 12 Drill Championship held in Leesburg this year. Our drill team departed for the journey that Friday afternoon, and used their collective time at the hotel to sharpen their skills with drill, athletics, and academics for the following day. In the blistering heat, our drill team managed to walkaway with a considerable amount of hardware including individual awards. Multiple cadets placed in the top 3 in their respective events; c/ENS Peña-Rubio placing 2nd overall for Female Push-ups, c/PO1 Lawson, Jeykel topping all other males to earn the 1st overall for Curl-Ups, and finally c/PO2 Johnson, Craig using his brain to place 3rd overall amongst the best brains in Area 12. As a group, our academic team placed 1st overall at the meet, athletics placed 2nd overall, and drill placed 2nd overall with the help of Armed Basic and Color Guard achieving 1st place in all of Area 12! With these trophies, the North Cobb-Harrison Drill Team has earned a spot for Navy Nationals!! Bravo Zulu to the drill team members!! Good Luck at NAVY NATIONALS!

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This past Saturday, on March 20th, our Brain Brawl team competed at Eagles Landing against 23 other schools at the Area 12 Championship to compete for a spot at Navy Nationals. c/ENS Powell placed 3rd in the Brawl Stars where one cadet from each team competes to see who is the quickest and smartest Brain Brawler in Area 12. The two teams started off strong in the first round, with Team 1 maintaining the 2nd place lead along with Team 2 following in 7th. In the end, team 2 placed 7th overall and Team 1 placed 3rd overall and will continue on to Navy Nationals! Bravo Zulu to the Brain Brawlers !!!

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This past Winter Break, the drill team competed at their first sanctioned drill meet at Sprayberry High School with goals of qualifying for Area 12. Our cadets have been intensely practicing for weeks in preparation for this opportunity. The drill team placed 4th overall at the meet, ultimately qualifying the team for Area 12. The basic drill routines placed outstanding at the meet with Armed Basic coming in 2nd place overall and Unarmed Basic landing in 3rd place. The academic portion of the meet proved to be vital to their overall success at the meet with Academics coming in 4th overall, special congratulations to c/PO1 Johnson, Craig  for placing 2nd overall and c/CPO Flores, Camila placing 4th overall at the meet. Our cadets proved they were worthy to continue to their hard work into the Area 12 Championship. Bravo Zulu Drill Team!!!

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Cadets from the NCHS-HHS NJROTC Unit received awards from local organizations on Monday, 21 September, 2020 at the Kennesaw Mayors office. Recipients in uniform from left to right; c/Ens Miriam King, c/CPO Solaine Gordon, and c/Ens Elly Powell, were presented with achievement awards were they have demonstrated loyalty and patriotism and earned a record of military and scholastic achievement during their participation in an ROTC program. Representatives from community organizations such as the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Daughters of 1812 were honored in presenting these awards to our cadets. "Bravo Zulu" cadets in continuing to set the example, and doing your part to maintain our "Distinguished Unit" status. 

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