CADET CHALLENGE #2

To date, no one has solved the first cadet challenge.  Here is the second:

• For new cadets:  Who is the commander of the Naval Education and Training Command?  Congratulations to Cadet Madden who correctly answered RADM Quinn.
• For returning cadets:  On modern ships, the galley is generally all electric, but on old ships, the stove burned wood or coal and had a smoke stack.  What was the traditional name of the smoke stack for the ship's stove in the galley?

This challenge will close out at 1430, Wednesday, 11 September.  There will be a small prize.  Good luck.

The galley smoke stack on a sailing vessel.



NEW CADET ORIENTATION AUGUST 2013

When Middletown High School NJROTC conducts New Cadet Orientation, you know summer is almost over.  After considerable preparation buy the staff, we conducted orientation for new cadets on the 27th, 28th, and 29th of August.  Each day featured some class time discussing how to succeed as a cadet and as a high school student, some drill time, and a few other focusing activities.  Special congratulations are due to Cadet Seaman Recruit Madden who, under the tutelage of Cadet "Boats" Barone, made an excellent 12 o'clock report.  No cadets were harmed in the taking of the following images:

The XO stands ready.

The CO instructs new cadets in basic drill procedures.

Looks like a gaggle to me.

Master Sergeant makes a point.



A new cadet is questioned by two cadre members during The Maze.





Commander makes point (probably something weighty such as "Success is good.")



Orientation at the Naval Academy was larger than ours...

...but our Pizza was better than theirs!



This is the gorilla that everyone will now swear they saw.



Don't eat that marshmallow!

SEAPERCH--WHAT A DEAL!

We have been awarded a grant that will allow us to participate in the SeaPerch challenge.  SeaPerch, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research, is a competitive program that requires teams to build a submersible Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) capable of beating the competing teams in an underwater challenge. 

I anticipate that we will have two local teams competing against each other.  The winning team may then go on to regional and even national competition. Each team will represent a company that wants to sell the U.S. Navy a ROV requested by the Navy to complete certain challenges.  The teams will have to build the ROV, make a presentation, and actually operate it in competition.  The process will take approximately four months from about October to about February (exact dates are yet to be determined). 

For planning, each team will consist of four or five cadets with at least one senior, one junior, and one sophomore cadet as follows:
  - Team Leader
  - Structural Tech
  - Mechanical Tech
  - Electrical Tech
  - Support Tech

We will start with an overview presentation, select participants, and then host a kick-off of the build season. The public will be invited to the presentation and competition.

Interested?  Stay tuned! 

SeaPerch Construction

SeaPerch in operation.

Close-up

Army JROTC SeaPerch