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{Armed Drill} State Competition , UNM April 17, 2010 The cadets ended the year on a high note in competition!! With all the distractions of Prom and late substitutions the shooting and drill teams still did very well against 31 other schools last Saturday at the State Competition. Here is how they finished:   Shooting Precision - 2nd in Navy Competition and 6th overall Sporter – 2nd in Navy Competition   Drill Male Color Guard – 4th Overall Armed Drill Inspection – 4th Overall Armed Drill – 3rd Overall   Zachary Breshears aka Gazelle won first place overall in the ½ mile run!!!   All the teams looked great in my opinion and all should have placed in the top 5. Next year we will work on the little things that should put us over the top!! {USAF Meet} United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs 2010 The Los Alamos High School NJROTC took 37 cadets to the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs over the weekend to compete against 16 other schools from six different states and included the University of Colorado, Embry Riddle University, and the United States Air Force Academy Prep School (stiff competition). Friday the cadets received a tour of the Academy and had a chance to see the Field House, Dorms, Chapel, and other various points of interest. On Saturday the competitions began and your Cadets were all business.   The female, male and mixed color guards finished 2nd, 4th and 5th respectively, all within 3 points of each other. The Armed drill team finished 2nd in the inspection phase of the competition with many accolades and comments of praise from the head judge.   I know I mention this in every e-mail after an event, but that is because it’s true…Your cadets were a pleasure to be with. Several of the other instructors and parents from other teams were extremely impressed with not only the performance, but also the behavior of your son or daughter. Thank you for raising such respectful teenagers.   Wish us well as the unit travels to Albuquerque to compete against 31 schools in the State Drill/Rifle and Physical Training Championships.  Please encourage your cadet to come along and support all the teams! {Colorguard Rep Party } {Rio Rancho Team} Color Guard Performs for the Republicans of Santa Fe County   On February 13th, the Los Alamos High School NJROTC was invited to perform the opening Color Guard for the Republicans of Santa Fe County fundraiser dinner. The four cadets, C/LCDR Veronica Saeger, C/LT Paige Ramsey, C/SCPO Travis Brewer, and C/LT Megan McClure did a fantastic job in representing Los Alamos High School and their JROTC unit. The cadets once again performed exceptionally before a large audience and also met with Pete Domenici Jr. and K.T. McFarland a National Security commentator who appears weekly on FOX news. The NJROTC has also been asked to perform at the opening ceremonies during the Democratic Gala on March 13th. RIO RANCHO  COLOR GUARD CLEANS UP!! One week later the NJROTC cadets traveled down to Albuquerque and competed against 15 other schools at the Rio Ranch Color Guard and Academic Competition and left with 11 trophies of which six were 1st place, four were 2nd place, and one was 3rd place. Overall, the cadets won the Sweepstakes competition and the drill meet. It is a credit to the way these teenagers are able to prepare for and focus on a task at hand. The next competition for the drill teams will be at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs on April 9th. Wish them luck! {WAA colorguard} {laying of the wreaths} WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA (www.wreathsacrossamerica.org) December 12, 2009 Saturday six cadets along with three parents attended the Wreath's Across America Ceremony at the National Cemetery in Santa Fe, NM.  This was in my opinion, one of the best events we've been a part of this year.  Our unit received a lot of exposure and impressed a lot of people! Our group was one of the first to arrive and was asked to post the colors for the ceremony.  The group scheduled to attend showed up late so our cadets, being there early and with color guard gear was asked to step in.  There were many officials from around the state both in government (which included the Mayor of Santa Fe) and the different military branches.  Also attending were many news organizations that were clicking away photos of our cadets during and after the event.  The New Mexican took and added interest and followed our group for the wreath laying.  May officials later came up and told us how impressed they were with our group. Not only was this great for our unit to be involved in, it turned out to be one of the best events to be a part of to honor our fallen soldiers.  Our cadets were respectful, well trained and ready to step in when asked.  These cadets stood in FREEZING cold temperatures with out coats or gloves and never once complained.  They too, thought it was a wonderful event to be a part of. As a final note, please check out the website above, and plan to attend what I hope will be an annual event for our unit.  -Jana McClure {Drill Down} Drill Down {ROTC Group} AMI AND AREA 9 UPDATE  December 2009 The cadets of this unit have accomplished some unbelievable things in the past week. First, the Area Manager Inspection was a huge success. We had 77 out of 82 cadets present and CDR Dial was extremely impressed once again with your cadets saying “when I think of Los Alamos, I think of smart, responsible, dedicated cadets that can do it all”; we are definitely the most well rounded unit in the state. We proved that at the Area 9 Drill Meet over the weekend. We will know if we are a distinguished unit again this year in late April or early May. After the grueling day of giving briefs and being inspected, the unit took 41 students down to Albuquerque on Saturday to compete in our area’s drill meet, and this how they finished that extremely long day: 1st Place Academics 1st Place Color Guard (our female team) 1st Place Tug-O-War (brains and brawn) 2nd Place Overall Physical fitness 3rd Place Armed Drill 3rd Place Unarmed Drill 3rd Place 16x100 Relay 3rd Place 8x220 Relay  To come away from a meet that had as stiff as competition as this one with (8) trophies is remarkable!!!  Please congratulate your cadet’s on their accomplishments the next time you have a chance!! {male colorguard} Del Norte HS, Albuquerque, NM Saturday, November 21, 2009 we sent three color guard teams down to Del Norte HS to compete and two of the three teams placed!  Our third team did very well and is giving the other schools some great competition! 1st  Place Female Color Guard 2nd Place Male Color Guard {unarmed golden achor} Unarmed Inspection {Golden Ac. Medal Winners} L-R Paige Ramsey, Megan McClure, Travis Brewer, and Veronica Saeger.  (Not shown Sara Larson, Annie Saeger) Golden Anchor West Mesa HS, Albuquerque, NM Team Awards   1st place Academic Team 1st place Mixed Color Guard 1st place Unarmed Drill Inspection 2nd place Armed Drill Inspection 2nd place Female Color Guard 2nd Place Unarmed Regulation Drill 2nd Place 6 x 440 Relay   Individual Awards   1ST Place Commanders Cup, C/LT Megan McClure (The Best Drill Team Commander at the meet was our XO) 1st Place Academics, C/LCDR Veronica Saeger 2nd Place Academics, C/SCPO Travis Brewer  2nd Place Flexed Arm Hang, Cadet Sara Larson 3rd Place Flexed Arm Hang, Cadet Annie Saeger 3rd Place Drill Down, C/LT Paige Ramsey   We will find out the shooting results later this week.   Congratulations Cadets!!!   {nmmi awards} NMMI Drill Meet Results Roswell, NM October 2009 The NJROTC went to the New Mexico Military Institute on Saturday to compete against schools from across this state and Texas in drill, physical fitness, and shooting. The Female Color Guard brought home a first place trophy and the Commander of that Color Guard, Cadet Lieutenant Paige Ramsey, brought home the first place Female Color Guard Commander Trophy. Cadet Petty Officer 1st Class Zachary Breshears won a first place medal in the boys ½ mile race and Cadet Petty Officer 3rd Class David Trimmer won a third place medal in the Precision Shooting Kneeling Position. Congratulations to all that competed!! {Gov. Richardson and Cadets} On October 6th 2009 we sent six cadets to the Buffalo Thunder Resort to participate in the opening ceremonies and the presentation of the “Colors” for the Bi national Policy Forum on Migration and Health. The cadets had the opportunity to meet Governor Richardson just before the presentation and then proceeded to do an outstanding job just as you would expect. Also in attendance was the First Lady of Mexico and several Dignitaries from South American Countries. The cadets that did such a noteworthy job were: Commanding Officer Veronica Saeger, Executive Officer Megan McClure, Adjutant Paige Ramsey, Master at Arms Travis Brewer, 1st Lt. Eamon Wilson, and 1st Year cadet Kyle Partin. Outstanding job done by all!!! {State } NM State Competiotion, Farminton NM April 2009 On April 17th,2009 the Los Alamos Navy JROTC teams traveled to Farmington NM to participate in the state drill and air rifle championships. Thirty seven cadets went to Piedra Vista High School and Farmington High School to shoot and drill against twenty three (23) other JROTCs from New Mexico and Texas and brought home trophies for the following placings: 1st Place Unarmed Exhibition Drill 1st Place Navy Precision Air Rifle Shooting 2nd Place Armed Regulation Drill 2nd Place Female Color Guard Inspection 2nd Place Male Color Guard 3rd Place Female Physical Fitness 3rd Place Overall Physical Fitness (male, female and armed relay) NMAA Trophy 3rd Place Female Color Guard 4th Place Armed Relay 4th Place Armed Inspection Drill 4th Place Male Color Guard Inspection Also congratulations to Cadet Senior Chief Travis Brewer for his 1st Place in the individual armed exhibition drill category. {ami} AMI We had 73 out of 76 cadets show up for this event, a new unit record for participation. The inspectors were very impressed with the knowledge, confidence, and poise that everyone showed during the personnel inspection. The ceremony went extremely smooth to the point of almost seamless, with CMDR Hunt commenting on what a well drilled and disciplined unit we have here. Our staff did an outstanding job of presenting themselves, their goals, and responsibilities to the inspectors and they (the inspectors) left here wishing that the college NROTC cadets were as well spoken as ours. We want to send special thanks to Jana Beery and Lynn Zollinger for the help they gave us during this potentially stressful time. {Rio Grande} Rio Grande Drill Meet Team Awards: 1st place Male Color Guard Overall 2nd Place Mixed Color Guard Inspection 2nd Place Mixed Color Guard Overall** 3rd Place Female Color Guard Inspection 3rd Place Female Color Guard Overall 3rd Place Armed Drill Team Overall Individual Award: 1st in the � mile run, Sarah Larson **As a special note, the Mixed Color Guard that took second was comprised of one (1) NS-2, and three (3) NS-1s. It was also the first time they had competed together. What a bright future this unit has! {shooters} Farmington Military Skills Invitational Drill Meet, January 2009 Team Awards: 1st Place Male Color Guard Team members: Cadet Mosher, Cadet Zollinger, Cadet Brewer, and Cadet Kyle Berry 1st Place Mixed Color Guard Team members: Cadet Mosher, Cadet Zollinger, Cadet Seager, and Cadet McClure 3rd place Precision Shooting Individual Events Cadet Zachary Breshears took 1st place in the � mile run Cadet Kyle Beery took 3rd place in the precision shooting standing position and overall l aggregate score As a unit we took 37 students who all helped in us winning 2nd PLACE OVERALL in the Principals Sweepstakes Trophy Competition in a highly competitive field. What that means is that every team we took, shooting and drill, did well enough in each event to place 2nd overall out of 23 schools. {Del Norte} Duke City Drill/Rifle Competition Del Norte HS AFJROTC November 2008 Competing against 22 other schools, the LAHS NJROTC Male Color Guard brought home a first place trophy overall and one cadet brought home a first place trophy in the individual drill down, in which he competed against approximately 100 other cadets. {NMMI} NMMI Drill Meet, Roswell NM October 2008 1st Place, Female Color Guard Regulation 1st Place, Female Color Guard Commander (C/Lt Ramsey) 2nd Place, Female Color Guard Inspection 2nd Place, Armed Drill Team Regulation 3rd Place, Armed Drill Team Inspection 2nd Place Medal, Flexed Arm Hang (C/SA Larson) 3rd Place Medal, Half Mile Run (C/SA Larson) {Manzano} Purple Pride drill meet at Manzano High School October 18th, 2008 Congratulations to the LAHS NJROTC Unit who competed in the Purple Pride drill meet at Manzano High School on October 18th, 2008. They brought home five trophies which included the third place overall sweepstakes trophy.