JCLC Eagle 2011 Fort Pickett, 19-24 June
Fishburne Military School Army JROTC Department deployed to Fort Pickett on 19 June to participate in the annual JROTC Cadet Leadership Camp (JCLC) Eagle 2011 at Fort Pickett, Virginia.
The Fishburne JROTC Staff selected 13 high performing cadets to participate in this year’s camp. They were Anderson, R, Coleman, Davis, Koptev, Lalor, McCoo, Morrison-Rogers, Mousley, O’Connor, Ogilvie, Oram, Pinner, and Simons. These cadets performed and behaved exceptionally well throughout camp, making the school and their families proud. Our top cadet for JCLC Eagle 2011 was Mouseley. He will receive the Purple Heart given to each school’s top performer during JCLC each year.
LTC Hunt FMS SAI is the S-3 Operations and Training Officer for JCLC Eagle; he plans, coordinates, and resources all camp training events. There are 45 schools and around 500 cadets who participate in JCLC Eagle each year. The camp is organized into three letter companies (A, B, and C); in each company you have four platoons, and in every platoon you have four squads. The training events are organized at platoon level; around 40 cadets make up each platoon. The SAIs and AIs from the various schools make up the adult cadre for each company. There is an adult company commander and first sergeant for each company and a platoon leader and platoon sergeant for each platoon.
The training is organized into 12 primary training events that are conducted at platoon level. The 12 major training events are: Rappelling, Obstacle Course, Rock Wall, Survival, One Rope Bridge, First Aid/Litter Carry, Land Navigation, Field Leadership Reaction Course, Marksmanship, Leadership Reaction Course, Field Expedient Flotation Devices and last but not least and everyone’s favorite event Small (Zodiac 15 PAX) Boat Training.
The cadets all take the Army Modified PT Test (one-minute pushups, sit-ups and a one-mile run). It doesn’t stop there; all cadets also train at night. They train on CPR, Drill and Ceremony, Drownproofing and a Night Compass Course. Another highlight is our field day were all the platoons compete against each other in nine different events like; tug of war, ammo box carry, litter carry, pull-ups, water can carry, and everyone’s favorite – the HMMV vehicle pull. The cadets also participate in an opening and closing ceremony.
The national director of all JROTC programs and JCLCs said Camp Eagle was the best camp he had ever visited in his tenure as Director. He noted we have great training, we do a great job with safety by migrating risks for our cadets and we do an outstanding job taking care of our cadets.
