Third Nine Weeks Newsletter - Arkadelphia High School Junior

The Mission
Volume 5 Issue 7
2014-2015
Third Nine Weeks
Arkadelphia JROTC
Malvern Drill Meet
On January 24th, the Junior ROTC performed in the Drill Meet at
Malvern. There was also a physical training (PT) portion. The
Arkadelphia Junior ROTC had two PT teams– one female and one
male. C/MAJ Victoria Sharma, C/SFC Cole McMillan, C/CSM Kimberly Holt and C/SGT Mehkia Wilson performed in the Coed Color
Guard. The cadets did a great job and pushed themselves to do
better.
January-March Birthdays
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Lemarkus Hearn
Sharrod Hearn
Victoria Sharma
Jacob Tucker
Kyle Walker
Dakota Barnum
Leslie Loe
Antonio Turner
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James Whittle
Mehkia Wilson
Kirkland Brown
Collin Davis
Ross Gillum
Theotis Purifoy
Josh Thomas
Gage White
Cody Whittle
Upcoming Events
 LRAFB Trip (April 23rd)
Events
Upcoming
Relay for
life @ AHS (April 24th)
 5K JROTC @ Lonoke (April 25th)
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 JROTC Awards Ceremony
(May 7th)
JROTC Summer Camp @ Camp
Robinson (May 31st-June 6th)
 JROTC Summer Camp @ Heber
Springs (June 22nd-26th)
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Published by Editor C/CPT Tea and Tiara Burgess; Battalion S-5
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Land Navigation and Ruck Competition
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On January 31st, the Arkadelphia Junior ROTC participated in a Land Navigation and
Ruck March Competition hosted by HSU/OBU ROTC. There were 17 teams at the
event. Arkadelphia had two Land Navigation teams and two Ruck March teams. Land
Navigation team 1 included C/MAJ Victoria Sharma (the captain of the team), C/CPT
Tea Burgess, C/PV2 K'lee Zeagler and C/PV2 Kayle Harcrow. Congratulations to
the Land Navigation team 2 for getting 2nd place in the Land Navigation competition.
Land Navigation team 2 included C/SFC Cole McMillan (the captain of the team), C/CPL
Braxton Gravett, C/CPL Parker Davis and C/CPT Tiara Burgess. Ruck team 1 included
C/SGT Cody Whittle, C/SFC Griffen Smith, C/SGT Landon Simmons and C/1LT Tolman
Vo. Ruck team 2 included C/SFC Ross Gillum, C/SFC Brianna Tucker, C/CPL James
Whittle and C/CSM Kimberly Holt.
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Cyber Patriot Open Round Competition
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On February 13th, the Junior ROTC cadets and AHS students participated in the Cyber
Patriot Open Round Competition. Both teams had to identify and fix cybersecurity problems on their computers. The competition lasted six hours and it took a lot of patience
and endurance to get through the competition. Both teams made it to the Gold Tier (2nd
highest tier) and the AHS team earned 2nd place in the state round.
Military Ball
On March 13th, the Junior ROTC hosted their sixth
annual Military Ball at Henderson State University in
the Garrison Center. The Guest Speaker was Colonel
Tommy Roebuck. The battalion commander, C/LTC
Matthew Bosley, presented a certificate to Chief
Master Sergeant C. B. Perdue. C/SFC Cole McMillan,
C/SFC Will Andrews, C/SGT Parker Davis, and C/CPT
Tolman Vo presented the colors. The 2015 Seniors
for JROTC are: C/CSM Josh Thomas, C/SGM
Shaylene Porter, C/CSM Kim Holt, C/PV2 Kelsey
Moss, C/SGT Treywan Hearn, C/PFC Mark Adair,
C/MSG Jeremy Terry, C/2LT Daniel Wheaton, C/SSG
Sierra Adams, C/CPT Kaylan Watson, C/SGT Theotis
Purifoy, C/CPT Angel Eley C/LTC Matthew Bosley,
C/CPL Lindsey Smith, and Elick Neff. Not pictured
was C/MSG Xavier Jones.
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Published by Editor C/CPT Tea and Tiara Burgess; Battalion S-5