Author: bbarham

CHCORI CHRONICLES

August-October2013

S5 (Larkin, Smathers, Parent)

JCLC

Inside this issue:

JCLC	1
PLT	1
Fundraising	2
Homecoming Honor Guard	2
CHCORI Drill Comp	2
Cadet of the Month	3
Keep CHCORI Informed.	3
Raider Competition	3
Upcoming Events	4
Chain of Command	4

Hard work, perseverance, and a great attitude propelled select cadets from the CHCORI Battalion to head into JCLC at Fort Pickett VA this past summer. They worked hard to prepare for this opportunity and did not disappoint. From day one they experienced all sorts of challenges and faced many fears. They were up at the stroke of dawn to fulfill a day full of physical and mentally challenging tasks. They did not rest until late in the night. They experienced tasks such as obstacle courses, rock walls, repelling, and a series of water borne operations, like kayaking, poncho rafts, as well as drown proofing.
Throughout the week, all CHCORI cadets represented the battalion well by gaining crucial leadership positions such as squad leader, platoon sergeant, platoon leader, 1st sergeant, and XO within their company. In addition to that, we also had a handful of our cadets participate in the JCLC Eagle Board and our very own Kelly Dills, a Bravo Company LET 3, placed 3rd overall in the board and was in the top 3% of all cadets who attended JCLC. All of our cadets preformed marvelously at Fort Pickett and returned to the battalion even greater than before.

PLT

Over the summer, thirty 9th graders received their letters of acceptance into the PLT program. PLT, which stands for Primary Leadership Training, is a week long camp motivated to inspire and instill leadership values and comradery among the new LET 1s, upcoming freshman in high school. Throughout the week the cadets focused on expanding their knowledge, improving physical health, learning drill and raider concepts, and developing lasting friendships. On the first day all thirty cadets entered the building scared, nervous, and unknowing. On Friday they left their ceremony as cadets with rank, knowledge, new relationships and a sense of pride. All it took was a weeks worth of hard work and dedication. These cadets are CHCORI Battalion's future. They will walk in their shoes as proud let 4s someday, instructing PLT even better than it was this year.

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Fundraising– Saturday September 7

Although most think JROTC is fully funded by the schools, it is not. Fundraising events and the CHCORI Battalion's Booster club help greatly with money needed for food, buses, and etc.. Our first event of the year was the annual car wash. Although we have this event each year, this year it was different. It was held at Checkers as well as at Gander Mountain. Gander Mountain had the pleasure of hearing cadet Taylor Breen’s band, Home By MidNite, who attracted many more cars. Not only were the cadet’s parents cars being washed but also other cars from the community.
After a successful day we earned close to a thousand dollars in donations. Hannah Cannon made a special appearance with her dog, Gus, to help clean at both sites. Then the CHCORI Battalion ate pizza to celebrate their achievement, courtesy of Cadet Anthony Sicari and his family. Thank you to everyone who participated and helped.

Homecoming Honor Guard

On September 27 Chancellor High School played against Millbrook for their Homecoming game! An exciting first half was played but it couldn’t compare to how great it was to watch the Charlie Company Honor Guard. Two months prior they began their practice. They were uncoordinated and sloppy. Over time and with practice from the Honor Guard Commander Murphy their movements became fluent and they could be described as “gelled”! Cadet Sergeant First Class Triplett lead them out onto the field and they moved as one. They were a unit, standing strong and proud. They did a phenomenal job. After they did their presentation, Chancellor destroyed Millbrook and overall the night was a success.

CHCORI DRILL COMPETITION

Overall the Back to School Drill Competition was a success! Everything ran as smoothly as we could have hoped. Cadets from all schools did a fantastic job and made it a hard competition to win. Each school had the opportunity to compete in Regulation Unarmed Platoon Drill, Unarmed Inspection, Unarmed Squad Drill, Academic Team, Challenge Color Guard, and Master Color Guard. The top three winners of the competition were Lake Braddock taking third place, T.C. Williams taking second place, and Prince George taking first place overall. Congratulations to these schools on their victories. The CHCORI Battalion Drill Team also did a remarkable job participating in the completion. Thank you to all the judges who came out and to all of the cadets who helped make it a successful day!

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Cadet of The Month

Each month two cadet LET ones from each company goes up to a board where LET ones are challenged on Drill, Raiders, and General knowledge. They are given a packet, expected to learn and memorize each question and answer word for word. They have to perform stationary drill and show they are exemplary first year students. Each company spent a couple weeks training their cadets. The Cadet Command Sergeant Major and Cadet First Sergeants held the board and each participating cadet walked away victorious with experience while one also gets an award.
This cadet was Cadet Private Corporal Mariah Larkin. She demonstrated her perfection and knowledge with great success. Great job Mariah!

Keep CHCORI Informed

A new segment has been added to the CHCORI Chronicles to keep CHCORI cadets informed on current events. As of September 30th, 2013 the government has been shut down and the citizens of the United States don’t know what to think. October 3rd, the Treasury Department released that because of the rising debt limit, America could be headed for another recession even worse than the previous one. President Barack Obama and the Speaker of the House Boehrur had a little spat over how to resolve the nations shutdown. Right now we can only hope for the best and have faith in our country’s leaders.

RAIDER COMPETITION - ORANGE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

The CHCORI Raiders competed in the Orange High School Raider Competition 12 October 2013. They did very well and our very own Courtland A Team placed first in tire flip, first in PT, first in the 5k run and overall placed first mixed team. Courtland B Team placed first in the litter carry. Good job Raiders!
For individual awards Cadet Patterson placed top female getting the highest score for pushups and sit-ups. Cadet Dills got the top female mile. Cadet Lauzon placed top male getting the highest score for sit-ups. Cadet Leinbarger got the top male mile.
This was the first year Orange High School hosted a Raider competition. Cadet Patterson enjoyed the competition and said that “they had this giant hill of mud [they] had to run up carrying the litter. It was awesome!”

IMPORTANT DATES AND REMINDERS

2 November Raiders at Pocahantas Park
9 November Drill Team T.C. Williams
10 November Color Guard
11 November Color Guard
20 November Claire’s Gormet (End)
5 December Awards Ceremony
7 December Spotsylvania Christmas Parade

Battalion Chain of Command