2016-17 Drill Teams

Regional Drill Competition - March 3-4, 2017 Coffee County 
$123.00 cost per cadet

Drill Team snack donations needed:
A-G Protein/Cliff Bars
H-M Peanut Butter Crackers
N-S Cheese Crackers
T-Z Water/Gatorade

Tentative Itinerary:
3/3 Leave LHS approximately 10am
1 hour stop in Macon for lunch and to visit the grave site of Rodney Maxwell Davis (a decorated Vietnam Veteran)
Arrive at hotel approximately 3pm
6pm Dinner - Old Time Buffet
10pm Lights out

3/4 Reveille at 530am
Breakfast at the hotel at 600am
Load bus at 645am
700am departure for the Drill competition to Coffee County Middle School
530pm Depart Coffee County for LHS
600pm Dinner (location TBD)
730pm Depart from Dinner
1130pm Approximate arrival at LHS

Our schedule for the competition:
Personnel Inspection - 9:15am
Unarmed Exhibition - 10:15am
Armed Basic - 10:30am
Armed Exhibition - 10:45am
Color Guard - 11:00am
Unarmed Basic - 11:15am
Academic - 12:00pm
Push-ups/Sit-ups - 1:35pm
16x100 - 3:15pm
8x220 - 4:00pm

Hotel Information:
Fairfield Inn
1815 S. Peterson Ave.
Douglas, GA
​912-720-2000


More Information to follow.
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Please remember any medication that your Cadet will need to take needs to be in its original container.  All medication with be logged when given and the amount dispensed.  For questions, please email, Joanne Prince at lpk.njrotc.president@gmail.com.  Or reach out to Capt. Minta or 1st Sgt. Cox.

Unarmed Exhibition Drill Team

Team Commander:  Emily Hamilton

Armed Exhibition Drill Team

Team Commander: 

Color Guard

Team Commander:  Brady Whitehead

Unarmed Basic Drill Team

Team Commander:  Paul Morello

Armed Basic Drill Team

Team Commander:  Austin Mulacek

Practice Schedule:

Monday through Thursday 3:45pm - 5:00p.m.

Meet Schedule:

Oct 8     Stockbridge, GA
Nov 19   Jacksonville, FL

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Unarmed Drill Team Summary

Ribbon REQs:  Active, participate in 3 events
Summary:
The Unarmed Drill Team is one of our very competitive teams. Similar to the armed drill teams, Unarmed Drill includes two different teams, Unarmed Basic Drill and Unarmed Exhibition Drill. Each team competes at drill meets throughout the school year in order to qualify for the Area 12 Regional Drill Meet where they compete against the best teams in our NJROTC region.
Performed without the Springfield Drilling Rifle, the Unarmed Drill Team has found other ways to display their talent.  Using synchronized marching, head-turning beats, complicated hand movements, perfected marching, and of course, perfect military bearing, they show off their talent to others. It looks easy, but it takes a while to master the moves and execute them sharply. This is a great way to get involved in the unit.

The Unarmed Basic drill team focuses on formation in-place and marching drill while not under arms. Events are similar to Armed Drill team events. Regulation drill covers a drill card memorized by the team commander and regulated by the cadet field manual.

The Unarmed Exhibition drill is judged looking for the same qualities as regulation drill, with extra movements and sequences for show.

Armed Drill Team Summary

Ribbon REQs: Active, participate in 3 events.
Summary:
The Armed Drill Team is one of the most popular competition teams in the unit, and to be on this team, you must be willing to put forth plenty of hard work and dedication.  The Armed Drill Team includes two different teams, Armed Basic Drill and Armed Exhibition Drill.
Each team competes at drill meets throughout the school year in order to qualify for the Area 12 Regional Drill Meet where they compete against the best teams in our NJROTC region. 

The Armed Basic Drill Team focuses on in-place and marching drill while under arms with the black M-1903 Springfield replica and decommissioned rifles. Regulation drill is performed according to the manual of arms and the Field Manual regarding marching of a platoon in the template of a drill card memorized by the team commander.

The Armed Exhibition Drill Team is not regulated by the manual of arms or field manual, and is a routine performed in front of military judges looking for the same qualities of regulation drill, mixed with some fancy flipping and spinning of the rifles.  It takes a lot of practice time and training to become good at flipping, spinning and throwing these rifles while following a drill sequence and keeping synchronized with the other team members. This is a fun and challenging team to be involved with in the unit.   

Color Guard Summary

Ribbon REQs: Active, participate in 3 events.
Summary:
Color Guard is one of the most active teams and is, by far, the most noticed team. Their attendance is often required at events such as football games, awards ceremonies, parades, ceremonies at elementary and middle schools, professional athletic events (Atlanta Hawks and Atlanta Falcons), and the graduation ceremonies at Lassiter, Pope, and Kell High Schools.

During performances, the Color Guard consists of four members: the Flag Bearers (United States Flag & Navy Flag), and two rifle carriers. Though color guards only consist of 4 members, any amount of cadets can join, and all members will have a chance to perform sometime during the year.

The Color Guard team focuses on precision. The two riflemen practice with M-1 Garand Replica rifles, while the Flag Bearers (usually the team commander and assistant) practice with the flags. The team, as a whole, works on perfection in timing and marching.