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Some cadets suggested that I add some information on the various teams that are part of JROTC. I have gotten some information from cadets. If I have info from multiple cadets, I have put each of their feedback. If you would like to add anything to this page, please feel free to e-mail it to me

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Drill Team

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Teams compete in competitions in basic drill and ceremony. Teams practice during and after school for these meets. Categories at the drill meets include Unarmed Platoon (3 squads of 4 people and a commander), Unarmed Squad (6 cadets in a line and a commander), Unarmed Individual, Armed Platoon (with rifles), Armed Squad (with rifles), Armed Individual, and Color Guard (Two flag bearers in the middle and two rifle bearers on either side of the flags. There is also a game called knock out where everyone makes one formation and basic drill commands are called and when you mess up, you are out.
The Drill Team, in all Texas meets that I have been to is somewhat different than the one you posted. Most formations are a 3X3 with a commander, for both armed and unarmed. There is a regulation, and exhibition. The regulation is done by a list of commands that must be done sequentially and by FM 22-5. The exhibition, however you can do quite a few things, such as tossing the weapons or use your own made up commands. The Armed is divided into two categories, de-militarized weapons or facsimile weapons. They do this so the inspection section will be fair, and there is an armed individual drill, where you twirl the weapon

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Competitive Color Guard

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Competitive Color Guard is pretty simple. They are divided to male, female, or co-ed. The meet coordinator gives you a list of commands that you are to memorize and to perform in sequential order. The meet might either have a large square as a boundary. They also have an inspection section, where they inspect uniform, flags, flag cover, and basic cadet knowledge and color guard knowledge

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The Raider Team competes in physical training. A basic competition starts out with PT ( push ups, sit-ups, and a mile run). The teams split up from there and compete in a Land Navigation Course, a rope bridge, Leadership Reaction Course, and a First Aid Course. The competion ends with a three mile forced march (walk as fast as your team can)

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Cadet Challenge

The Cadet Challenge is divided by male and female. It is very similar to the Raiders, except you do push-ups, sit-ups, standing long jump, 1/2 mile run or 1 lap relay, chin-ups(male) or hang(female), basketball throw, 300 yd shuttle, 50yd shuttle. Not all meets use every event. The normal time used is either 1 min, or two minutes for push-ups and sit-ups

Orienteering

Orienteering is a team not just in JROTC but in the actual world as well. What you do is you get a map of an area. The difficulty of it depends on the color you are at. The colors are White, Yellow, Orange, Red and Green. Essentially the darker, the harder. You have a set limit to complete the course, which is usually about three hours. After that, you're DSQ'ed for the day. The competitions usually last about 2 days. After the 2 days are completed, the judges add up the times for both days and give awards to the top three in each course, male and female. The teams with the three best times are awarded best teams overall.
Orienteering is divided by Male/Female/Co-ed or by course color. They compete in straight line or Score O. Straight line is where you go to pt 1, then pt 2 and so on. They are divided into courses. White, being the easiest, then Yellow, Orange, Brown, Green, Red, and Blue being the hardest. They average to 3-6km in each course. In Score O however, they give you all the points on the field on the map. Your goal is to go to as many points you can and come back within the time limit. The average time limity to be DQ'ed is approximately 1.5-3 hours depending on which course you are running

Rifle Team

There are both practices and competitions. In each, 6 shooters take their positions in 6 lanes. We shoot pellets in .177 caliber air rifles at a distance of 10 meters. The rifles have dual peep sights for aiming. The target shot at is the National Rifle Associationm, 10 meter, Air Rifle Target. It is made by the American Target Co. of Denver, Colorado. There are 10 rings of 10 points each, and 2 "sighter" rings of 10 points. The sighters are strictly used for checking your sights and practice. They do not count in the final tally. Each shooter lays down in the prone position. When the order is given to lock and load, the shooters place a pellet in the receiver and pump the rifle. When the first shot is fired, the clock begins. The shooters now have 45 minutes to complete the match. Each shooter now is on his or her own. A recommended 3 shots are fired at the sighters, although it really doesn't matter. When the shooter is confident that he is ready, he can now move on to the actual rings. After he has shot at all target rings, he moves to the standing position. The same procedure is repeated, and the shooter now moves to the kneeling position. The 3 positions of 3 targets account for a total of 300 points. If the shooter is not done at the end of 45 minutes, oh well, the rest of his shots are voided. It counts as if he shot a zero for each of the blank rings. Now comes the scoring. In practice, each shooter scores their own sheets. In competition matches, the commanders from each team grade the sheets. Team A grades Team B's papers, and visa-versa. Oh, and in competition matches, 3 of Team A's members shoot along-side 3 of team B's members. Then the shooters switch after everyone is done in the first shooting order. The teams also can compete in national post-matches. They shoot and mail off for scoring by a third-party. These are national, not just district, competitions.