The Brewster High School NJRTOC (Brewster 'Rot-Cee') is civilian military reserve unit of the Navy's Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, and is one of the most decorated units in New York and the North-East in general.
Background[]
The NJROTC is a program of academic courses, co-curricular activities involving field trips to naval and military bases and extracurricular opportunities, including interschool exhibition drill and athletics. Periodic opportunities for cruises on naval ships will be offered. Chances for selection for advanced leadership training at service sponsored leadership academies exist while the cadet is in high school. There is no requirement for affiliation with the armed forces after graduation. The emphasis is on citizenship development and practical leadership experience. The academic portion of the program is functionally divided into three non-sequential courses; NJROTC 1R through NJROTC 3R and covers various disciplines including: career planning, study skills, early naval history and current naval ships and aircraft. Instruction is provided in military drill, leadership skills, naval tradition, navigation, 19th century naval history, nautical rules of the road, and oceanography. The NJROTC 4R course for seniors is structured as a seminar course with emphasis is placed on performance in various duties in the cadet company based upon previous experience, if any, in the program.[1][2]
Structure[]
Since around 2010, the high school has maintained a company sized unit, currently lead by Commander Earl Waidelech, who will be retiring by 2022.[1][2][3][4]
The corps is currently organised into the following:
- Corps Command Staff (Commander, Chief, and Civilian Assistant)
- Corps Staff (Students, elected by the corps)
- A Company (1-3 Platoons)
- B Company (4-6 Platoons)
- Armed Drill Platoon (equipped with M1 Garand, all formerly used in active-duty)
- Unarmed Senior Drill Platoon (Juniors & Seniors, only Petty Officer 1st Class +)
- Unarmed Junior Drill Platoon (Freshmen & Sophomores)
- (2016–2017) Corps Band (disbanded following removal of Chief Vlangas due to sexual harassment charges)
- (2017–2018 season) Trick Elite Team[5]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "NJROTC / NJROTC" (in en). http://http/%3A%2F%2Fwww.brewsterschools.org%2Fsite%2Fdefault.aspx%3FDomainID%3D191.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "About NJROTC - BREWSTER NJROTC". https://sites.google.com/a/brewsterschools.org/brewster-njrotc/about-njrotc.
- ↑ BHS Resume, 2018–2019.
- ↑ "Brewster’s “Outstanding” NJROTC Program Delivers Again for the 2018 Annual Inspection". https://www.brewsterbearfacts.com/news/school-news/brewsters-outstanding-njrotc-program-delivers-again-for-the-2018-annual-inspection/.
- ↑ "Brewster High School NJROTC Trick Elite Team 1". 30 January 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWLxirrY7Wc.