The Cadets of the Bethel Connecticut,

Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps

Present 

2022 - 2023

Bethel NJROTC

Yearbook

I am a Navy Junior ROTC Cadet. I will always conduct myself to bring credit to my family, country, school, and the Corps of Cadets. I am loyal and patriotic. I am the future of the United States of America. I do not lie, cheat, or steal, and will always be accountable for my actions and deeds. I will always practice good citizenship and patriotism. I will work hard to improve my mind and strengthen my body. I will seek the mantle of leadership and stand prepared to uphold the constitution and the American way of life. May I be granted the strength to always live by this creed. Hoorah!

Honor

Courage

Commitment

It is by no means enough that an officer of the Navy should be a capable mariner. He must be that, of course, but also a great deal more. He should be as well a gentleman of liberal education, refined manners, punctilious courtesy, and the nicest sense of personal honor. He should be the soul of tact, patience, justice, firmness, kindness, and charity. No meritorious act of a subordinate should escape his attention or be left to pass without its reward, even if the reward is only a word of approval. Conversely, he should not be blind to a single fault in any subordinate, though at the same time, he should be quick and unfailing to distinguish error from malice, thoughtlessness from incompetency, and well meant shortcomings from heedless or stupid blunder. In one word, every commander should keep constantly before him the great truth, that to be well obeyed, he must be perfectly esteemed.

Table of Contents:

Events:

Basic Leadership Training:

Awards

Drill Sergeants

Once more

Briefing

Seniors

Final Call

Tunnels to Towers:

Runners

Color Guard

Color Guard

The Memorial

Banners

The Reconstructed

Sailing and Aviation:

Ready to take the Wheel

BPS taken by NS3 Cadets

High Above

NS3 Sailing

NS2 Sailing

Taking the Helm

Military Ball:

Seniors

Cutting the Cake

Color Guard

Lady Leadership

Commanders Waltz

Sword Arch

Memorial Day Parade:

Gabe Barboza

The Staff

Battalion @Town Hall

Battalion Before Setting off

The "Old" XO's

Color Guards

Drill Meets:

K.O.

K.O.

Awards

Platoon Drill

Seniors

Leah Horvath

Cadets:

Graduating NS4 Cadets:

Senior Quotes are picked from funny moments throughout the year or their school quotes.

C/PO3 John Araujo

"Do what is right, not what is easy or what is popular" -Ray T. Bennett

C/PO3 Vincenzo Baia

Manufacturing Officer

"Always striving and prospering" -A$AP Rocky

C/CPO Emily Baldwin

Bravo 1st, Platoon Chief

"Hey, wanna get some Dunkin?"

C/SCPO Gabe Barboza

Alpha Company Senior Chief

"Live your life while you can, time stops for no-one, make the most of it while you can.”

C/CDR Ella Burns-DeMelo

Battalion Chief of Staff

“rawr”

C/ENS Katrina Callinan

Alpha 2nd, Platoon CommanderAdmin Officer

“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.”

C/LCDR PJ Cirella

Bravo Company Commander

“I wish I was a forest fire. I want you to feel the heat at your heels”

C/PO3 Elizabeth Clayton

Public Affairs Officer

“Mom can you just call me out?”

C/SCPO Ben D'Amico

Bravo Company Senior ChiefGents

“GENTS is the best sub program in JROTC”

C/PO3 Miles DeRosa

Financial Officer

“I’ve Never lost a game, I just ran out of time.” - Michael Jordan

C/LT Alyssa DiGrandi

Bravo Company Executive Officer

“Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try” - John F. Kennedy

C/LCDR Kendall Famularo

Alpha Company CommanderLady Leadership Officer

"Alright ladies... go bust a move" - Master Sergeant Meehan”

C/ENS Declan Farkas

Bravo 4th, Platoon Commander

“What a man can be, he must be” -Maslow

C/ENS Cooper Fesh

Alpha 1st, Platoon Commander

“Don't be afraid to be great” - Ray Turek”

C/CPO Colin Flynn

Alpha 1st, Platoon Chief

“Unhand that penny or the arm comes off!” -Eugene Harold Krabs

C/PO2 Ben Funk

“I Just 2 tapped him him, it didn’t reg” -SOT

C/MCPO Jack Gondoly

Battalion Master Chief

“Let’s clean it up fellas” -Dylan Finer

C/CDR Leah Horvath

Battalion Commander

“Can I have a babysitting medal?”

C/Nicolo Lagravinese

“My course is set for an uncharted sea” -Dante Alighieri

C/ENS Ariana LeCates

Bravo 1st, Platoon CommanderLady Leadership Officer

“Have a nice day and stay swagalocious” -Ariana LeCates (2015)

C/CPO Alex McPherson

Alpha 4th, Platoon Chief

“We are what we habitually do. Excellence, therefore is not an act but a habit. -Aristotle

C/PO3 Luther McPherson

“The only person you’re cheating is yourself?”

C/ENS Jimmy Muthersbaugh

Bravo 2nd, Platoon CommanderGents Officer

“Chipotle should be a safe zone because it's Cinco de Mayo and I want Chipotle.” 

C/LCDR Yee-Ying Ng

Battalion Operations Officer

*Grabs Hammer*

“Mwahahaha”

C/CPO Skye Parsell

Bravo 4th, Platoon Chief

"Me and Noah Fuller are gonna take over the world and release a song called Boats and Hose"

C/CPO Ben Pawloski

Alpha 2nd, Platoon Chief

“ So everyone’s supposed to sleep every night? You realize that, nighttime makes up half of all time?” -Rick Sanchez

C/LCDR Molly Reed

Battalion Executive Officer

“Don’t tell me what I can and can’t do.” - Professor Mcganagall 

C/LT Lola Resendes

Alpha Company Executive Officer

“Why should I respect their choices, when their choices are stupid?”

C/ENS Joshua Wright

Alpha 4th, Platoon Commander

“Munch”

NS4 Cadets Not Pictured:

NS3 Cadets:

C/PO3 Lincoln Ackerman

C/PO3 Jessica Biscow

C/SA John Caprio

C/CPO Joseph Caram

Drill Master

C/SN Richard Cruz

C/PO2 Ashley DeAngelis

C/SN Celien Desilva

C/PO3 Ethan Duffy

C/CPO Lyndsey Durkin

Assistant Lady Leadership Officer

C/PO2 Ashley Ehret

C/CPO Noah Fuller

Bravo Second, Platoon Chief1st Lieutenant

C/ENS Marcus Gaspar

Bravo 3rd, Platoon CommanderAssistant Gents Officer

C/PO1 Abigail Gauthier

C/PO1 Ava Kerrigan

Assistant Financial Officer

C/PO1 Nila Kumar

C/PO3 Brian LaRocca

C/CPO Jacob Ledan

C/PO1 McKenna Marcoux

C/PO1 Liam Mullin

Info. Tech. Officer

C/ENS Sophia Ochs

Alpha 3rd: Platoon Commander

C/CPO Analisse Padilla

Assistant Manufacturing Officer

C/PO1 Anika Parikh

C/CPO Tommy Patten

Bravo 3rd, Platoon ChiefMale Supply Officer

C/PO3 Anthony Perrone

C/CPO Esther Ribeiro

PT Officer

C/CPO Azelia Rodriguez

Weapons Officer

C/CPO Rohan Sinha

C/PO2 Paige Steele

C/CPO Gabby Teixeira

Alpha 3rd, Platoon ChiefFemale Supply Officer

C/PO2 Domenic Varano

C/PO3 Aislyn Wachnuik

NS3 Cadets Not Pictured:

NS2 Cadets:

C/SN Delana Atwater

C/PO1 Nicolas Baldon

C/PO3 Aiden Callinan

C/PO1 Macklin Cooke

Assistant PT Officer

C/PO1 Gianluigi DiMeglio

Assistant Male Supply Officer

C/SN Robert Durkin

C/SN William Esposito

C/PO2 Dominic Fernandez

C/SN Samuel Ferrier

C/SN Robert Fiengo

C/PO2 Issabelle Fontaine

Assistant Lady Leadership Officer

C/SN Nathaniel Geist

C/SN Jack Ginin

C/PO1 Mark Gmitter

C/SN Nicholas Gondinho

C/PO1 Nicholas Gutierrez

Assistant Gents Officer

C/PO1 Joshua Heyel

Academic Officer

C/PO1 Michael Horvath

Assistant 1st Lieutenant

C/PO1 Lia Kantor

Assistant Public Afairs Officer

C/PO1 Jonathan Keener

Assistant Weapons Officer

C/PO1 Allison Kinas

Assistant Drill Master

C/PO1 Jessica Kinas

Assistant Female Supply Officer

C/SN Matthew Lombardi

C/SA Gavin Malone

C/SN Dennis McNamara

C/PO2 Jacob Medeiros

C/SA Carlos Mendieta

C/PO3 Cris Menendez

C/PO3 Thomas Miller

C/PO3 Yee-Jun Ng

C/PO1 Leada Parsons

Assistant Info Tech Officer

C/SA Aleksei Peschko

C/SN Carter Prazeres

C/PO1 Yanisa Rodriguez

C/SN Luca Roma

C/PO1 Mateo Romero

C/PO3 Andrew Savitsky

C/SA Alex Scofield

C/SN Trevor Shaw

C/SA Jackson Sorbello

C/PO1 Annabelle Souza

Assistant Admin Officer

C/SA Jackson Wein

C/SN Pedro Xavier

C/PO2 Andrew Zweig

NS2 Cadets Not Pictured:

NS1 Cadets:

C/PO3 Hunter Bandura

C/SN Erik Battle

C/SR Reilly Bender

C/SR Alisson Benitez

C/SA Cole Brennan

C/SR Gabriel Caporale Cardoso


C/SA Bryan Cardozo

C/SN Lucas Cassio

C/SA Connor Clayton

C/SN Charlie Coburn

C/SR Dane Cole

C/SR Brandon Corvello

C/SR Brennan Daoust

C/SR Jonathan Darias

C/SR Fredy De Souza

C/SR Reter Deleo

C/SN Eden DaRosa

C/PO3 Srirama Desiraju

C/SR Travis Dube

C/SR Nathan Fontaine

C/PO3 Jae Godfrey

C/SR Erik Hambrecht

C/SA Sage Horry

C/SR Matthew Ildefonso

C/SR Kaden Islami

C/PO3 Kaitlyn Kechejian

C/SN Seamus Knaff

C/SR Zuzana Kochman

C/SN Mikhail Kolupaev

C/SR Lucas Kopreski

C/SR Samuel Lino

C/SR Sophia Lino

C/SN Isabella Lombardi

C/SR Jonathan Louzada

C/SN Moxi Matos

C/PO3 Natalia Mojek

C/SA Aiden Morris

C/SN Ryan O’Connor

C/PO3 Valentina Oliveira

C/SR Rebecca Pacheco

C/SR Dawson Palardy

C/PO3 Joseph Patten

C/SR Marco Perrone

C/SA Robert Pisani

C/SN Tyler Reed

C/SR Garrett Regan

C/SR Finlay Rodriguez

C/SA Lester Rodriguez

C/SA Joseph Romano

C/SN Mateo Sanchez

C/SA James Scott

C/SR Travis Scott

C/SR Greyson Scully

C/PO3 Preethika Shenoy

C/SR Veer Sidhu

C/SA Peyton Snyder

C/SN Vitoria Tavares

C/SA Jacob Topham

C/PO3 Ramsea Uzar

C/SA Eli Van Vliet

C/SR Anthony Viana

C/SR Colin White

C/SR Barnell Williams

C/SA Hudsen Wish

C/SN Elijah Wright


NS1 Cadets Not Pictured:

C/SR Elijah D'Amico

C/SR Connor Maier

C/SR Jake O'Boy

C/SR Madelyn Paucar


Instructors:

LCDR Mark Dwinells USN (Ret)

BHS NJROTC Senior Naval Science Instructor

MSGT Joseph Meehan USMC (Ret)

BHS NJROTC Associate Naval Science Instructor

Chains of Command:

Class of 2023

Senior Naval Science Instructor

Lieutenant Commander, USN (Ret)

Mark Dwinells

Associate Naval Science Instructor

Master Sergeant, USMC (Ret)

Joseph Meehan


Battalion Chief of Staff

Cadet Commander

Ella Burns-DeMelo

Battalion Commander

Cadet Commander

Leah Horvath

Battalion Executive Officer

Cadet Lieutenant Commander

Molly Reed

Battalion Operations Officer

Cadet Lieutenant Commander

Yee-Ying Ng

Battalion Master Chief 

Cadet Master Chief Petty Officer

Jack Gondoly

Alpha Company

Bravo Company

Alpha Company Commander

Cadet Lieutenant Commander

Kendall Famularo

Bravo Company Commander

Cadet Lieutenant Commander

PJ Cirella

Alpha Company Executive Officer

Cadet Lieutenant

Lola Recendes

Alpha Company Senior Chief

Cadet Senior Chief Petty Officer

Gabe Barboza

Bravo Company Executive Officer

Cadet Lieutenant

Alyssa DiGrandi

Bravo Company Senior Chief

Cadet Senior Chief Petty Officer

Ben D'Amico

Alpha Company

Platoon Staff

Bravo Company

First Platoon

Platoon Commander

Cadet Ensign

Cooper Fesh

Platoon Chief

Cadet Chief

Colin Flynn

Second Platoon

Platoon Commander

Cadet Ensign

Katrina Calinan

Platoon Chief

Cadet Chief

Ben Pawloski

First Platoon

Platoon Commander

Cadet Ensign

Ariana LeCates

Platoon Chief

Cadet Chief

Emily Baldwin

Second Platoon

Platoon Commander

Cadet Ensign

Jimmy Muthersbaugh

Platoon Chief

Cadet Chief

Noah Fuller

Third Platoon

Platoon Commander

Cadet Ensign

Sophia Ochs

Platoon Chief

Cadet Chief

Gabby Teixeira

Fourth Platoon

Platoon Commander

Cadet Ensign

Joshua Wright

Platoon Chief

Cadet Chief

Alex McPherson

Third Platoon

Platoon Commander

Cadet Ensign

Marcus Gaspar

Platoon Chief

Cadet Chief

Tommy Patten

Fourth Platoon

Platoon Commander

Cadet Ensign

Declan Farkas

Platoon Chief

Cadet Chief

Skye Parsell

Class of 2024

Senior Naval Science Instructor

Lieutenant Commander, USN (Ret)

Mark Dwinells

Associate Naval Science Instructor

Master Sergeant, USMC (Ret)

Joseph Meehan


Battalion Chief of Staff

Cadet Commander

Vacant

Battalion Commander

Cadet Commander

Noah Fuller

Battalion Executive Officer

Cadet Lieutenant Commander

Marcus Gaspar

Battalion Operations Officer

Cadet Lieutenant Commander

Gabriella Teixeira

Battalion Master Chief 

Cadet Master Chief Petty Officer

Joesph Caram

Alpha Company

Bravo Company

Alpha Company Commander

Cadet Lieutenant Commander

Sophia Ochs

Bravo Company Commander

Cadet Lieutenant Commander

Thomas Patten

Alpha Company Executive Officer

Cadet Lieutenant

Azelia Rodriguez

Alpha Company Senior Chief

Cadet Senior Chief Petty Officer

Jacob Ledan

Bravo Company Executive Officer

Cadet Lieutenant

Analisse Padilla

Bravo Company Senior Chief

Cadet Senior Chief Petty Officer

Esther Ribero

Epilogue:

Cadets, remember “the stature of our nation is no less than the measure of ourselves”...said Captain John Paul Jones.  You can measure up, just remember what we taught you.  Use your character and your leadership skills to uplift yourself and others.  Keep in mind that it is not “Diversity” that makes our country great, it is “Freedom” that we celebrate is so many wonderfully diverse ways.  Please stay in touch.  I will see you at Hammonasset Beach on 04 July 2062, meanwhile, don’t blink.

Warm regards,

Lietenant Commander Mark Dwinells, USN (Ret)

Go forth and blaze a path of glory for yourself!  Stay humble and try to laugh everyday.


Best Wishes,

Master Sergeant Joseph Meehan, USMC (Ret)