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Black Hawk Basic - Day 4: JUNE 8, 2023
Today was the final, but most exciting day of Black Hawk Basic! Cadets competed in all sections that they practiced during their time here. They did Academics, playing Jeopardy. Air Rifle; shooting at balloons. Drill; playing a couple games of Knockout with staff. And finally, PT; doing push-ups and curl-ups. Lastly, during our award ceremony, we recognized a couple cadets who went above and beyond in each respective team, and recognized a cadet who went above and beyond overall.
Photos by Cadet Marissa Simpelo, Cadet Melissa Lopez, Cadet Angelina Alvarado, and Cadet Iyona Hodges
Article by Cadet Cyria Pearson, Cadet Myles Damoah, and Cadet Iyona Hodges
Today was the final, but most exciting day of Black Hawk Basic! Cadets competed in all sections that they practiced during their time here. They did Academics, playing Jeopardy. Air Rifle; shooting at balloons. Drill; playing a couple games of Knockout with staff. And finally, PT; doing push-ups and curl-ups. Lastly, during our award ceremony, we recognized a couple cadets who went above and beyond in each respective team, and recognized a cadet who went above and beyond overall.
Photos by Cadet Marissa Simpelo, Cadet Melissa Lopez, Cadet Angelina Alvarado, and Cadet Iyona Hodges
Article by Cadet Cyria Pearson, Cadet Myles Damoah, and Cadet Iyona Hodges
Black Hawk Basic - Day 3: JUNE 7, 2023
Today was a fun and exciting day at Black Hawk Basic! The incoming cadets went through their second day of PT. Then, when broken into their groups, learned/went over more knowledge and reviewed a packet in Academics, hand salute and other movements in Drill, shooting at a competition target in Air Rifle, and learned about the Battalion staff and sections and played a game to review. Everyone is getting ready and is excited for our competitions that take place tomorrow.
"So far, my favorite station is Air Rifle. I'm confident for tomorrow's competitions."
-Robinson, Domimic
"My favorite is Academic and Rifle. I have a 7/10 confidence for tomorrow's competitions."
-Smith, Charisma
"My favorite station is PT. I'm barely confident for tomorrow's competition."
-Pippen, Domimic
Photos by Cadet Melissa Lopez, Cadet Emma Rempert, and Cadet Iyona Hodges
Article by Cadet Iyona Hodges
Today was a fun and exciting day at Black Hawk Basic! The incoming cadets went through their second day of PT. Then, when broken into their groups, learned/went over more knowledge and reviewed a packet in Academics, hand salute and other movements in Drill, shooting at a competition target in Air Rifle, and learned about the Battalion staff and sections and played a game to review. Everyone is getting ready and is excited for our competitions that take place tomorrow.
"So far, my favorite station is Air Rifle. I'm confident for tomorrow's competitions."
-Robinson, Domimic
"My favorite is Academic and Rifle. I have a 7/10 confidence for tomorrow's competitions."
-Smith, Charisma
"My favorite station is PT. I'm barely confident for tomorrow's competition."
-Pippen, Domimic
Photos by Cadet Melissa Lopez, Cadet Emma Rempert, and Cadet Iyona Hodges
Article by Cadet Iyona Hodges
Black Hawk Basic - Day 2: JUNE 6, 2023
Today was another amazing day at Black Hawk Basic! The incoming cadets learned more about Academics and played a game involving NJROTC knowledge. In Drill, cadets learned and practiced facing movements. In Air Rifle, cadets got the opportunity to shoot a rifle. Then cadets learned about the Alpha and Bravo Company Chain of Command.
"I did Air Rifle. We're doing Academics. We did Drill first, we learned a bit of the facing movements. Then Mason taught was about Alpha and Bravo. My favorite station was definitely Air Rifle."
-Ortiz, Adrian
"We learned the facing in Drill, and the main officer positions. My favorite station was Drill."
-Castro, Kitara
"We did the different stances in drill, we did running activities in PT, we did some activities in Academics. My favorite was PT."
-Miller, Brent
Photos by Cadet Melissa Lopez, Cadet Emma Rempert, Cadet Angelina Alvarado, Cadet Ike Edozie, Cadet Esosa Odiase, and Cadet Iyona Hodges
Article by Cadet Myles Damoah and Cadet Iyona Hodges
Today was another amazing day at Black Hawk Basic! The incoming cadets learned more about Academics and played a game involving NJROTC knowledge. In Drill, cadets learned and practiced facing movements. In Air Rifle, cadets got the opportunity to shoot a rifle. Then cadets learned about the Alpha and Bravo Company Chain of Command.
"I did Air Rifle. We're doing Academics. We did Drill first, we learned a bit of the facing movements. Then Mason taught was about Alpha and Bravo. My favorite station was definitely Air Rifle."
-Ortiz, Adrian
"We learned the facing in Drill, and the main officer positions. My favorite station was Drill."
-Castro, Kitara
"We did the different stances in drill, we did running activities in PT, we did some activities in Academics. My favorite was PT."
-Miller, Brent
Photos by Cadet Melissa Lopez, Cadet Emma Rempert, Cadet Angelina Alvarado, Cadet Ike Edozie, Cadet Esosa Odiase, and Cadet Iyona Hodges
Article by Cadet Myles Damoah and Cadet Iyona Hodges
Black Hawk Basic - Day 1: JUNE 5, 2023
Today was a successful day at Black Hawk Basic! The incoming cadets learned about the Academics team and Uniforms, the Cyber Patriot team, the Drill/Color Guard teams and some simple facing movements, and the basic information involving the Air Rifle team and got the opportunity to shoot a rifle. I asked some incoming cadets about their experiences today, and this is what they had to say:
"I learned about the Cyber Program and the Competitions that they do. I learned about some of the Drill movements, and I learned how to shoot a Air Rifle. I really liked the Drill and shooting an Air Rifle."
- Campesi, Rachel
"We went over basics for Drill and they were trying to convince us to do Cyber Patriot. I really liked the rifle, they were teaching how to shooting the rifle; and Academics was going over the uniform and some basic knowledge."
-Rabickow, Thomas
"I learned that I want to do Drill. Drill and Color Guard were my favorite stations. I learned about a lot about "PARADE, REST" and that type of stuff."
-Reynolds, Edward
Photos by Cadet Iyona Hodges and Cadet Emma Rempert
Article by Cadet Iyona Hodges
Today was a successful day at Black Hawk Basic! The incoming cadets learned about the Academics team and Uniforms, the Cyber Patriot team, the Drill/Color Guard teams and some simple facing movements, and the basic information involving the Air Rifle team and got the opportunity to shoot a rifle. I asked some incoming cadets about their experiences today, and this is what they had to say:
"I learned about the Cyber Program and the Competitions that they do. I learned about some of the Drill movements, and I learned how to shoot a Air Rifle. I really liked the Drill and shooting an Air Rifle."
- Campesi, Rachel
"We went over basics for Drill and they were trying to convince us to do Cyber Patriot. I really liked the rifle, they were teaching how to shooting the rifle; and Academics was going over the uniform and some basic knowledge."
-Rabickow, Thomas
"I learned that I want to do Drill. Drill and Color Guard were my favorite stations. I learned about a lot about "PARADE, REST" and that type of stuff."
-Reynolds, Edward
Photos by Cadet Iyona Hodges and Cadet Emma Rempert
Article by Cadet Iyona Hodges
GRADUATION: MAY 19, 2023
Congratulations to all Brooke Point graduates! We are proud of our NS4's and other seniors who have committed to the program. The Battalion Color Guard presented the colors for graduation. The following cadets who participated in the Color Guard were: Cadet Jacob Rocha (Left Rifle), Cadet Esosa Odiase (Commonwealth), Cadet Melissa Lopez-Valdez (National), and Cadet Carl Mason (Right Rifle).
Photos by Cadet Iyona Hodges, Cadet Myles Damoah, and Cadet Emily Krebs
Article by Cadet Iyona Hodges
Congratulations to all Brooke Point graduates! We are proud of our NS4's and other seniors who have committed to the program. The Battalion Color Guard presented the colors for graduation. The following cadets who participated in the Color Guard were: Cadet Jacob Rocha (Left Rifle), Cadet Esosa Odiase (Commonwealth), Cadet Melissa Lopez-Valdez (National), and Cadet Carl Mason (Right Rifle).
Photos by Cadet Iyona Hodges, Cadet Myles Damoah, and Cadet Emily Krebs
Article by Cadet Iyona Hodges
GRADUATION SET-UP: May 15, 2023 - May 18, 2023
Cadets helped graduation preparation by setting up and organizing chairs for graduates and any special guest. Others went out again to help decorate and fix any mistakes from previous days. Everyone came together and got this done in a timely manner.
Photos by Cadet Myles Damoah
Article by Cadet Iyona Hodges
Cadets helped graduation preparation by setting up and organizing chairs for graduates and any special guest. Others went out again to help decorate and fix any mistakes from previous days. Everyone came together and got this done in a timely manner.
Photos by Cadet Myles Damoah
Article by Cadet Iyona Hodges