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Lions Park ROTC End of Year

Story by: Alana Sanders 

On Apr 26, 2023 JROTC will be going to Lions Park, located in Kirtland NM. The battalion will be walking to the park for an adventure ribbon. For some who don’t know what a “ribbon” is in ROTC; it’s a small award that is earned from doing certain things; and you wear it every uniform day with your uniform. To earn the adventure ribbon, you must do a certain activity that the head “chief” said to do. Here at KCHS, head ChiefPedro LarribasPedro Larribas, Has said to earn the adventure ribbon, you must walk to and from Lions Park. For those who want to “give up” there will also be a trailer following the battalion that is walking. Many of the new battalion members are excited to walk to the park because of some of the activities that they will be doing there. Some of the activities they have planned to do are an Easter egg hunt, bbq lunch, fishing etc. There were about 60 people who went to the park. While leaving that morning; on the way, there were about 3 people who decided to get on the trailer. Around 9:30 they arrived at the park. While first getting to the park some of the cadets decided to play “tag” although they had just got done with a long walk. For the easter egg hunt, there were about 400 eggs that were provided by the senior class; there were also 6 “golden eggs,” in these eggs, there was money; some with 20, 45, or even 60! While doing the egg hunt, there was one golden egg left, many of the cadets gave up on finding the egg because it was too hard. Many of the cadets went around asking for hints, one of the hints was that the egg was “on the move.”  About 30 minutes later, someone finally, Alana S, Georgia R, and Phallen C.  Finally around 12, they started to give out awards to the seniors; the awards included “Cadet of the year.” Around 1 pm, they started to pack and clean up. They had finally left the park around 1:30, and got back around 2:30. We also asked one of the students what they thought about walking back a fourth, Georgia R said “ I think it felt like it took forever walking to the park, but on the way back it felt “fast”; overall, if I were to rate it I would rate it a 7/10 because of the heat and distance.”  In the end, there were about 55 cadets who earned their adventure ribbon.