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Academics Commander: Cadet Lebhar
Email: 391291@guhsd.net
Interested in joining a team or have questions? Contact our commander above!
Practices
Practices are held Wednesdays at lunch in the 600's building in either the range or the classroom. Most of our Academics Team is independent with meetings once a week to review knowledge and other necessary information for cadets.
What is Academics Team?
Academics Team is a subsection of drill team. Academics teams learns about basic Navy knowledge, United States and Navy history, science, and other information relating to the Navy and sailing, learned from the different NS books and the cadet manuals.
Why join Academics Team?
Academics team is helps to teach discipline, study skills, and teach cadets information about the Navy and The United States. Academics team is helpful in learning Navy Knowledge for Personal Inspections. Academics team helps to build comradery with fellow cadets and helps with studying skills for both ROTC and outside of class. After competing in three or more competitions cadets are able to earn their academic team ribbons, worn on the NSU. Competing at Drill Team competitions can also reward cadets with the Drill Team Ribbon.
Competitions
Academic Team competes at two types of competitions, Drill Meets and Brain Brawls. Academics
Drill Meets
At Drill Meets Academic a team of 16 cadets, 8 females and 8 males, compete by taking a one hundred questions timed scantron test on Navy Knowledge. The scantrons are based on the Cadet's Naval Science (NS) level, their scores determine the amount of points they score for their team, with higher scores gaining more points for their team.
Brain Brawls
Brain Brawls are competition between four cadets, one of each NS level, the cadets are asked questions, the first team to buzz in and answer the question correctly gains a point for their team. If the team answers the question incorrectly the opposing team has a chance to steal the question, if answered correctly they earn a point for their team. At the end of the time which ever team has more points in the winner.
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