Team Commander:  C/LTJG Samuel McClesky

Ribbon REQs:  Active, Participate in 3 events.

The Academic team consists of cadets who excel in the academic area.  These cadets on the academic team compete against other schools at select drill meets, by participating in taking standardized tests prepared by the school that is hosting the competition.  The tests cover general knowledge, naval knowledge, (found in NS I, II, & III books), and current events. In addition, select members of the Academic team participate in several Area 12 regional “Brain Brawl” competitions and the regional championships.

In the 2022-23 academic year, the academic team won numerous trophies in local and regional competitions and qualified for Regionals.

NJROTC cadets interested in joining Academic Team can join by displaying interest to the Team Commander.

Team Captain: C/CPO Andrew Clark

The Cyberpatriot Team consists of six members per team. Five of them are allowed to participate in each round and the sixth member is able to switch out with another member in the case that members needs to leave.

Cyberpatriot is part of the National Youth Cyber Education Program created by the Air Force Association (AFA) to inspire students grades K-12 toward careers in cybersecurity and STEM. It features the National Youth Cyber Defense Competition, where teams secure virtual networks, fix vulnerabilities on virtual machine-ware provided by VMware, and gain technical skills and knowledge which are only allowed to be used in defensive hacking.

What is the difference between defensive hacking and offensive hacking? Offensive hacking simulates cyberattacks to proactively identify and exploit system vulnerabilities, while defensive hacking focuses on monitoring, detecting, and mitigating threats to protect infrastructure in real time.

Rules: Cadets must read, sign, and follow the CyberPatriot Competitor Code of Conduct. As well as the Cyberpatriot competition rule book which will be gone over during scheduled meetings.

Events: Times and dates are on the calendar

Overall Team Commander: C/ENS Christian Serrato-Taylor

Team Commanders​:

Unarmed Exhibition: C/ENS Lupita Olguin-Osorio
Color Guard: C/SCPO Peter Belawske
Armed Basic:  C/ENS Riya Lockridge
Athletics: C/ENS Riya Lockridge
Armed Exhibition: C/SCPO Jacob Rorberg
Unarmed Basic: C/SCPO Jacob Rorberg
Academics: C/ENS Moulik Suhag / C/LTJG McCleskey

Team Commander: C/LCDR Sophia Jones

The Drone Team cadets compete in local, regional & national competitions utilizing remote control piloted drones. They participate in skills competitions where one cadet is the blind-folded “pilot” and the other is the “navigator” providing commands to the “pilot” to guide the drone to a designated landing zone. Other competitions are piloting a drone through an “obstacle course” for time.

The 2021-22 academic year was the LPK NJROTC’s inaugural year! Our Drone Team was very competitive, placing very high at the regional competition.

Team Commander: C/PO2 Benjamin Stephenson

Ribbon REQs: Active, participate in 3 meets.

This team is fun, challenging, and is very competitive. Cadets shoot .177 caliber air rifles from prone, kneeling, and standing positions.

The team consists of a joint team (cadets from all 3 schools) of dedicated shooters with the drive and determination to gain skill in the field of riflery. The Team is made up of Precision Shooters & Sporter Shooters. After passing a mandatory rifle safety test, each cadet practices their shooting to become proficient and qualify to participate in unit rifle matches. The goal for each cadet is to be qualified as a marksman.  The team participates in two different types of competition; postal matches, in which all three schools shoot and the targets are mailed in to a judge, and shoulder-to-shoulder matches where students travel to matches against opposing teams like the Olympics. As an extra little perk, cadets can earn medals for high scores, where they are graded at how well they score by hitting as close as possible to the bull’s-eye – the size of a $.50 Cent piece at 10M (~33feet) without magnification on the sights.

In the 2023-24, the Precision Rifle team qualified for Regionals & Kristen Lovell finished #7 in the Region for Precision Rifle.

2025-2026 Achievements: