User:Tsherman/Cheyenne Central High School JROTC

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[edit] History

[edit] Start of JROTC

JROTC was started in Cheyenne, Wyoming with the start of the 1903-1904 school year. the program was started as a mandatory program for all male students. The students were required to be in class 3 days a week for about an hour each day. On select days the cadets were to wear uniforms which resembeled the uniform of a US Army soldier. The program was started by Lt. Howard Tafton with about 30 cadets. The teachers of the program changed from active duty servicemen to retired soldiers. The program changed from sponsorship from the Wyoming National Guard to the sponsorship of the US Defense Act of 1913. Many changes have gone through JROTC, with class being an optional-only class. In 1973, females were then allowed into the program with all benefits that the male cadets had. In 1999, the US Army JROTC headquarters called for a change in the Program Of Instruction (POI) to teach life skills to ensure the cadets lead a healthy life of good choices and an idea of what they want to do.


[edit] JROTC Now

Now the Cheyenne High School has evolved into the Cheyenne Central High School. Classes taught in Central's JROTC Dept are run by two teachers. The Senior Army Instructor, Ltc. Ralph Simmerman, and the Army Instructor Msg. William Runnels. Ltc. Simmerman has just joined the program and Msg. Runnels is leaving at the end of the school year 05/06. "Sarge", as we call him, has served 25 years with the department. The POI taught in JROTC at Central includes:

[edit] Monday: Reflection

[edit] Tuesday: Uniform Day

[edit] Wednesday:Any Service Learning Project

[edit] Thursday:Any Service Learning Project

[edit] Friday:Physical Training (PT)

A year in JROTC consists of basic drill & ceremony, marksmanship, map orienteering, rank indentification, chain of command (national and cadet staff), and others which seem to pop up at different times.


[edit] Leadership, Education & Training

Leadership, Education & Training in JROTC is what level each cadet falls at based on year(s) in the program. The levels fall as this:

[edit] =LET I: New Cadets. They learn basic drill, map orienteering, military history, and other homework and class assignments.

[edit] =LET II: 2nd year cadets. Cadets who take over NCO (non-comissioned officer) positions and continue in the education of what they learned last year.

[edit] =LET III: 3rd year cadets. These cadets run the ROTC staff sections (S-1, S-2, S-3, S-4, S-5, IG, Sargent Major, Drill Team, and Colters Runners.

[edit] =LET IV: Final year cadets. These cadets are superior staff members and act as the leaders of the batallion (CBC, XO, DPCA, DIO).

[edit] United States Army JROTC Chain Of Command

[edit] President of the United States and Commander And Chief of the Military

[edit] Hon. George W. Bush

[edit] Secretary of Defense

[edit] Hon. Donald Rumsfeld

[edit] Secretary of The Army

[edit] Hon. Dr. Francis J. Harvey

[edit] Cheif of Staff Of The Army

[edit] Gen. Peter Schoomaker

[edit] TRADOC Commander

[edit] Gen. William Wallace

[edit] Acessions Command Commander

[edit] LtG. Van Antwerp

[edit] Cadet Command Commander

[edit] MG. montague Winfield

[edit] Western Region Commander

[edit] Col. Steven Corbett

[edit] 11th Brigade Commander

[edit] Col. Jack Humpherys

[edit] The CHS JROTC Senior Army Instructor

[edit] LtC. Ralph Simmerman

[edit] The CHS JROTC Army Instructor

[edit] MSg. William Runnels

[edit] The CHS JROTC Cadet Batallion Commander

[edit] c/LtC. Jon Hampe

[edit] Cadet Staff

[edit] The Cadet Executive Officer

[edit] c/Maj. Caryn Runnels

[edit] Cadet Sargent Major

[edit] c/SgM. Austin Craft
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