AL-932 AFJROTC BRIEFINGWednesday, April 08, 2015

ABOUT US• AL-932 is run by the students.

• Our staff consists of JROTC students from all grade levels.

• We plan our events and conduct our own meetings.

• The last two years we received the honor of Distinguished Unit

OUR STUDENTS

• Our unit has been successful in keeping up the number of students enrolled

• We currently have a total of 125 students enrolled in the JROTC program

• Information is logged into the WINGS system as needed for the unit

• The make-up of our cadets is:• Freshmen: 59• Sophomores: 24• Juniors: 20• Seniors: 22

OUR TYPICAL WEEK• Monday: Drill Day

• On Monday, the classes go to the drill area where they are commanded by one of the students in the class

• Tuesday: Lecture/Classwork Day• On Tuesday and Thursday the instructors teach a lesson

using the materials that coincide with the course assigned by grade

• Wednesday: Uniform Wear Day/Inspection• On Wednesday the cadets all go to the inspection area

where we are inspected by the instructor as a class

• Thursday: Lecture/Classwork Day

• Friday: PT Day• The classes will report to their designated areas, where

they will all participate in PT, instructed by the PT commander of the class and a JROTC instructor

YEARLY EVENTS

• Annual freshman CIA trip

• Veterans Day Ceremony

• Annual Military Ball

• Drill Competitions

• Awards Night

• Christmas Parade

• Homecoming Parade

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE (CIA TRIP)

• While the freshman were unable to go this year due to weather, they normally go to Maxwell Air Force base and learn much about Air Force History

VETERANS DAY CEREMONY

• The AFJROTC hosts the THS Veterans Day Program every year.

• Cadets do much of the work including:• Remembrance Table• Flag Folding• Readings • KIA/MIA recognition• Making programs• Setting up

MILITARY BALL

• The Military Ball is the Units version of a “prom”.

• All Cadets are invited and they may bring a date that is not in JROTC

• The Military Ball Committee is responsible for all things needed for this event such as:• Decorations• Food • Music• Mister & Miss Aerospace• Maintaining a budget

THIS YEAR’S CADET GOALS

• Have an average of 85% in JROTC• We have_____ this goal

THIS YEAR’S CADET GOALS

• Improve overall PT scores by 8%• We have ____ this goal

THIS YEAR’S SCHOOL GOALS

• 1,200 community service hours• We have _____ this goal

THIS YEAR’S SCHOOL GOALS

• 30% of cadets involved in JROTC extra curricular activities • We have accomplished this goal

THIS YEAR’S COMMUNITY GOALS

• 35 activities/events in uniform• We have ______ this goal

THIS YEAR’S COMMUNITY GOALS

• 5 senior citizen events• We have accomplished this goal

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN OUR UNIT

• Drill Team

• Color Guard

• Physical Training Team

• Marksmanship

• Kitty Hawk Air Society

• Model Aircraft Club

• Model Rocket Club

• Drone Team (In-Progress)

DRILL TEAM• Unarmed Regulation

• Armed Regulation (Facs. & Demil.)

• Unarmed Exhibition

• Armed Exhibition

• Last year our team attended four drill meets: • Lanier High School Drill Meet• Pell City High School Drill Meet• Sparkman High School Drill Meet• Walton High School Drill Meet

• Our team attended these drill meets this year:• Sparkman High School• Pell City High School• Lee High School• State Drill Meet at Stanhope High School

COLOR GUARD

• Competes at the drill meets with the Drill Team

• Presents colors at various events• Board of Education Meetings• Home Football Games• Middle School Football Games• Various Ceremonies• Senior Citizen Events

PHYSICAL TRAINING TEAM

• The Physical Training Team (PT team) has competed at all the drill competitions with the Drill team. They have also gone to another competition on their own at Lanier High School.

MARKSMANSHIP

• Varsity practices on Mondays

• Junior Varsity practices on Wednesdays

• Alabaster City Police Range Day

• In-House Marksmanship competition will be held during the month of April.

LAST YEAR’S FUNDRAISING

• Parking cars at THS football games - $900.00

• Cookie Dough Sale - $1,285.50

• Snack Sale - $725.00

• Flashlight Sale - $393.40

• Car Wash - $607.00

• Jim-n-Nicks Spirit Night - $79.00

• Grand Total - $3,989.90

THIS YEAR’S FUNDRAISING

• Car Washes: $592.19

• Coffee and Tea: $799.55

• Cookie Dough: $1,005.30

• Parking cars at THS home football games: $500

• Chubb’s spirit night: $306

• Spirit Packs: $318

• Spirit Clothing sale: $468

• We have made a total of $3989.04 so far

LOGISTICS

• The logistics department began working on 20 May 2014

• The unit started issuing uniforms on 7 August 2014

• All 125 cadets have been issued a uniform

• Uniforms and other materials have been organized by size, each with a sticker labeling its size