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Burns and Crest cadets pause 3 miles into their 12.5-mile hike at South Mountains State Park
AFJROTC Commemorates Bataan Death March
AFJROTC Commemorates Bataan Death March
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The Burns and Crest AFJROTC units joined efforts to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Bataan Death March on March 18th. Cadets from both units completed a 3-mile speed walk for unit physical training on Thursday, March 17th then met at South Mountains State Park the following day to hike an additional 12.5 miles. A total of 40 cadets completed 15.5 miles while ascending 3,133 feet.
Each semester, cadets select a 14-mile route and plan a memorial event honoring 80,000 American and Filipino POWs who were forcibly marched 60 miles in jungle heat--The Bataan Death March.
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Cadets Lattimore, Towery, and Brothers observe preflight inspection with Civil Air Patrol Pilot LtCol Ron Wilbanks
AFJROTC First in Flight
AFJROTC First in Flight
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On Saturday, November 20th, 11 BHS AFJROTC Cadets experienced flight, many for the first time. Our Burns unit partnered with the Civil Air Patrol to bring a Cessna 172 to the Shelby Airport. Although cramped, three cadets at a time went aloft for a one-hour orientation flight over much of Cleveland County. We hope to be able to repeat the experience in the spring for another group of cadets.
AFJROTC Community Service
AFJROTC Community Service
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Community service is one hallmark of the AFJROTC mission of "developing citizens of character dedicated to serving their nation and community." The Burns HS AFJROTC Cadets set a community service goal of earning 1100 community service hours this school year. Building a handicap ramp in partnership with the North Carolina Baptist Mission Camp in Shelby is one of many service projects planned. Eight Burns High cadets met Shelby Mission Camp staff at a Belwood residence on October 16th to build a code-compliant handicap ramp. The ramp affords two previously home-bound members of the Burns community to get out of their house safely and easily. The Mission Camp lined up the project in coordination with other community service agencies and provided the materials, tools, and supervision. Enthusiastic cadet labor managed to complete a total of 52 feet of ramp in a single (full) day. To date, cadets have served a total of 339.6 hours in service to our community. Since these service events are all cadet planned and cadet executed AFJROTC provides valuable project management experience.
Boys' State Award winner Cadet Zach Morrow (right)
Burns AFJROTC Cadet to Boys Nation
Burns AFJROTC Cadet to Boys Nation
One of The American Legion's premier youth programs in this country is Boys State. In North Carolina, the 81st Tar Heel Boys' State concluded on Saturday, June 26. This program is a week-long civics course. There were two delegates sponsored by Warren F. Hoyle Post 82 in Shelby: Robert Stockham (Pinnacle Classical Academy) and Zachary Morrow (Burns High School)
At the conclusion of the week-long program, both Robert and Zachary were selected to represent North Carolina at the annual Boys Nation program. The selection process for this honor required both young men to be nominated and to undergo rigorous screening by Boys State Staff. The initial interview of ten nominees was reduced to four. After the final interviews were conducted, Robert and Zach were selected as the top two candidates. They will join 48 other outstanding representatives chosen from their respective states at American Legion Boys Nation in Washington DC. They will then participate in a longer civics course, arriving in DC on July 23 and returning home on July 31st.
Cadets build a makeshift shelter during Survival Weekend
Burns JROTC gets grant for leadership trip
Burns JROTC gets grant for leadership trip
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The Burns High School JROTC students got a chance recently put what they learned in class to the test.
The program sent 23 students and three adults to Camp McDaniel in Mooresboro for two days of team exercises and practicing techniques taught in the JROTC’s survival course.
The trip was made possible thanks to a $1,225 grant from the North Carolina Heritage Foundation. The grant paid for access to the privately-owned camp, rope, carabiners, food and transportation to Mooresboro.
“Which was awesome,” said retired Col. David Johnson, who teaches the ROTC program. “As part of our survival course, we really wanted to take our students out of the classroom and let them put to practice what they had been learning.”
While at the camp, students had to construct their own shelters using tarp, sticks and a blanket. They also had to build their own fires for warmth and purify drinking water.
“It was a lot harder (than in the classroom). We were only able to get one of the fires to start,” said Cadet Marina Caskey.
In addition to practicing their survival techniques, cadets also participated in a trio of team building exercises like completing a cable course and building the Army’s one-rope bridge following specifications of the military’s mountaineering field manual.
“Thanks to the grant, we were able to buy the rope and carbineers we used. So the grant took care of us for the trip, but we will continue to reap benefits from it here on our practice field,” said Johnson.
Trips like the one to Camp McDaniel aren’t uncommon for high school ROTC programs, but it is the first such trip the Burns troop has taken in some time.
The BHS JROTC is now exploring ways to fundraise for and take more trips.
“It’s pretty important. It teaches you more about how to do the tasks we talk about,” said Caskey.
Dustin George can be reached at 704-669-3337 or Dustin.George@ShelbyStar.com. Find him on Twitter @DustinatTheStar.
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