PICTURES OF GIRLS' STATE, LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, AND STEM

Here are a few pictures of our cadets at New York State Girls' State, the NJROTC Leadership Academy, and the Navy's Science, Technology, Engnieering, and Math (STEM) Seminar:

Cadets Lanae Rutland and Jessica Glickman report to Girls' State at SUNY Brockport (Jessica is the short one).

Rally Day--No face paint for Lanae!

The State of the State Ceremony

Cadet Eric Barone meets the Sandman.

The 2012  Leadership Academy Battalion at graduation.

Another cadet falls pery to the Sandman.

Cadet Robert Ferguson carries Blue Platoon's guidon.

Our proud LA/ST graduates, Cadets Samantha Migliori and Roberrrt Ferguson standing beside a distinguished looking gentlemen in a neatly pressed shirt.



Cadet Jessica Glickman helps construct a catapult at the NJROTC STEM Seminar, at the University of San Diego.

If you look closely you will notice a patch on the trailing edge of the wing.  Nothing to worry about.  Duck tape will fix anything.

A robot test at STEM.

A SHORT PUZZLE

The Squeaker fails again...the answer is that the man is too short to reach the button.  If there are other people in the elevator, or if he happens to have an umbrella, he has no problem; if, on the other hand, no else is the elvator, he pushes the highest button he can reach (7), gets off on the seventh floor, and walks the rest of the way. 

Here's a challenge for Jessica:

A man who lives on the tenth floor takes the elevator down to the first floor every morning and goes to work. In the evening, when he comes back; on a rainy day, or if there are other people in the elevator, he goes to his floor directly. Otherwise, he goes to the seventh floor and walks up three flights of stairs to his apartment. Can you explain why?

Inputs are due not later than 1100 Thursday, 26 July.  Good luck!  By the way, I will be hiding an object somewhere around the greater Middletown, NY area.  The object will be in a safe, reasonably accessible area.  More to follow.

Hidden in plain sight.



CONGRATULATIONS TO LA/ST GRADUATES

At a pass in review ceremony held at Nimitz Field on board the Naval Station Newport, Newport, Rhode Island on Friday, 13 July, 142 cadets, including our own Cadet Samantha "Road Hazard" Migliori and Cadet Robert "Torpedo" Ferguson, graduated from the the Navy's NJROTC Leadership Academy.  The graduates, drawn from schools throughout Area FOUR, completed an arduous two-week school that included daily physical training, personnel inspections, room inspections, academic classes focusing on the qualities of leadership enumerated by Captain John Paul Jones, and sail training on the Narragansett Bay. 

Graduates of the Leadership Academy are awarded the silver cord--the only cord authorized to be worn on the wearer's right shoulder.  Of the over 5,000 cadets in Area FOUR, only 144 are selected to attend the academy and graduates typically form the core of the senior leader at their schools.  Aside from being a demanding two weeks, the academy offers cadets a chance to meet their counterparts and form close friendships with cadets they might never otherwise get to meet. 

Want to see pictures?  So do I.  Watch this space.

SUMMER EVENTS

The Glorious Fourth is almost upon us...Here's a quick summary of what is going on and what is yet to come:

• Cadets Jessica Glickman and Lanae Rutland participated in the New York State Girls' State, a week-long civics program conducted by the American Legion Auxiliary.  Selection to participate in either Girls' State or Boys' State is an honor and is often highlighted in college and scholarship applications.  Most recall their participation in very positive terms--I would tell you more about this year's program, but, unfortunately, neither Cadet Glickman nor Cadet Rutland has provided any feedback.  Where are they?  What did they do?  The World wonders.
• Cadets Samantha Migliori and Robert Ferguson are currently attending the two-week long NJROTC Leadership Academy held annually at the Naval Station in Newport, Rhode Island.  More to follow.
• Later this month Cadet Glickman will attend the Navy's Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) seminar at the University of San Diego, which is located (to no one's great surprise) in San Diego, California.   
• Summer work is ongoing here in the ROTC office.  Cadets led by our logistics officer Cadet "Nip Cheese" King are inventorying and reconciling our clothing and getting ready to issue uniforms to the incoming NS1's.  Lots more is going on.  Want to help?  We're here almost everyday from 0800 until 1400, but call first.  (The office number is 845.326.1578.)
• We're signed up to participate in the annual Night Out Against Crime on 7 August from 5 p.m. (1700 for us military folk) to 2100 (you figure it out).  We're looking for a number of qualified, motivated cadets to help.
• We have a summer picnic scheduled on 25 August at Maple Hill Park.  Plan on it.
• There are, as of today, 65 days until the first day of school.

Whatever you are doing, make the best use of your time and be ready to hit the deck running in September.

Billy the Goat wants to know why we don't have a unit anme and logo!