Drill Team

Being a fundamental component of Navy JROTC, Drill Team is an extracurricular team that teaches military close-order drills. With generally 2-3 after-school practices per week, Drill Team is one of the most demanding teams; however, joining Drill Team is also very rewarding. Drill Team is open to all interested cadets and allows cadets to meet and get to know fellow team members. Drill Team also opens team members up to leadership opportunities.

Drill Team builds off of fundamental aspects of drill taught in class once a week. There are four different routines: Unarmed Basic, Armed Basic, Unarmed Exhibition, and Armed Exhibition. Basic routines follow a set drill routine and are judged off on the execution and preciseness of the routine, while Exhibition routines create their own routine from scratch and are judged off on appearance and the routine itself. Armed routines involve the use of a rifle, while Unarmed routines do not.

The Drill Team as well as other hand-selected groups of cadets participate in competitions called Drill Meets. The unit generally competes in two or three sanctioned Drill Meets each fall. At Drill Meets, all cadets are inspected during a Personnel Inspection, members of the Drill Team perform the four drill routines, the varsity Color Guard performs, members of the Academic Team take an Academic Test, and members of the Physical Fitness Team compete in different athletic events (PU/SU and Sprints). Many cadets take part in multiple of these events, but only the best are available.

Note: All participating cadets are expected and required to learn and know all general Naval knowledge (Ranks/Rates, Chain of Command, Orders to the Sentry, Uniform Regulations, etc.) for Personnel Inspection.

Drill Team Knowledge Packet