Scholarships

One of the many things the NJROTC programs can help you with is scholarships. From the very beginning of our unit, one of our NJROTC cadets, Eric Lim, was presented with an $180,000 scholarship. The year after that, another one of our cadets, Gretel Whitney, was presented with the same scholarship. These cadets returned to their unit as Navy officers, giving an inspection to our unit. Now, our third scholarship is being given out to cadet Samantha Guevara, who will attend college in Arizona and become an officer in the Navy. Congratulation cadets!

-P.A.O

Cadet Ensign Bronder

Damage Control

Every year 60 of our cadets go to the Naval Station 32nd Street Base on a field trip and learn how to patch up a sinking submarine. Of course, it’s not an actual sinking submarine, but the experience is great, it’s a lot of fun, and it’s all about the team work. Afterwards, the cadets are taken to The Naval Base Galley for a well deserved meal.

-P.A.O

Cadet Ensign Bronder

Sail Academy

Sail Academy is an Academy that takes place during the summer. It consists of multiple things sailing; much like wind direction, points of sail, steering a sailboat, weather helm, sailboat nomenclature, and sailboat rigging.

Wind Direction: One of the most important things to consider while sailing is where the wind is coming from relative to the direction your boat is heading in. A way to determine where the wind is coming from is to consider the prevailing winds for a given area. Prevailing winds can be dependent on the time of year, time of day, sky conditions, and weather patterns. Sailors need specific, immediate information about the wind.



Steering a Sailboat: Many large sailboats are steered with what can be considered an oversized steering wheel, except none of the boats at Sail Academy will have a steering wheel. Instead, it’s steered with what is called a “tiller” or “helm,” which is a short piece of metal or wood that is attached to the top of the rudder. They will go into greater detail of this at Sail Academy, where they actually teach you how to sail the ship and how to stop it.



These are just two examples of the many things they teach at Sail Academy.
 

- Public Affairs Officer

Cadet Ensign Bronder

New Instructors Orientation Training Conference

On July 20, 2010, fifteen San Ysidro High School NJROTC cadets arrived at the Anti-Submarine Warfare Training Center located in San Diego, California to participate in a Drill Inspection Training for the New Orientation Instructor Training Conference being held for the new Senior Naval Science Instructors (SNSI) and Naval Science Instructors (NSI) coming into the program.

Chief Petty Officer Daniel Gonzales, Petty Officer Emmanuel Ramos, Petty Officer Trevor Moore, and Lieutenant Everett Lopez performed colors before Mitchel Lindgren gave an introductory speech on why he joined the NJROTC program and how it has impacted his life in a positive way, thus making him a better citizen and a better student. After his speech, we mustered outside and prepared for our Drill Inspection. We were inspected by Master Chief Pittman, an instructor, who was very pleased with our Marching skills and also gave us some very valuable tips on how to improve our marching. These tips helped with right and left oblique, open ranks, left and right flank, and how to quickly and efficiently fall into a platoon. Approximately one hundred or more new and old NJROTC instructors observed as we demonstrated how to march and take command of the platoon. As an honest cadet, I will not tell you that we were perfect, but it's those mistakes we make as a team that makes us that much closer to perfection.

Mr. Espinoza was the guest speaker of the hour and was highly praised for his level of knowledge and support for the NJROTC program.

Public Affairs Officer

Cadet Ensign Bronder