3rd CAB Soldiers mold new cadets during drill competition

Photo By Spc. Scott Lindblom | Staff Sgt. Christopher Neff, Headquarters Support Company, 603rd Aviation Support Battalion, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade judges the Savannah High School Army JROTC competition in Savannah April 27. Noncommissioned officers supported the local high school by judging the cadets drill and ceremony competition. (Photo by Spc. Scott Lindblom, 3rd CAB Public Affairs)  

SAVANNAH, GA, UNITED STATES

04.27.2016

Story by Sgt. William Begley 

3rd Combat Aviation Brigade

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Cadets from the Savannah High School Army JROTC took part in a drill competition at Savannah High School April 27.
Noncommissioned officers from the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division were on hand to judge the competition.
Retired Army Lt. Col. T. Martin Flowers is currently an Army JROTC instructor at Savannah High School. He also acts as a mentor to the students.
“They are students not soldiers and they still have to learn responsibility and do the right thing,” Flowers said. “A lot of our cadets need help to focus and this gives them the opportunity to practice some of the life skills that they are going to need.”
The cadets were judged upon their ability to perform drill and ceremonies at the squad and platoon level. They were also judged on their uniform and given a quiz that resembled an in ranks inspection.
Ja’nassiga Whitaker is a cadet and is planning to join the Air Force as medical assistant when she graduates from high school. She said she was pleased overall with how her team performed.
“We did good, I feel like everyone did good. Some people made errors, but I still feel like we did a good job, because it is not like this on a daily basis. It took us a lot of time to get to where we are at,” Whitaker said.
Staff Sgt. Christopher Neff, Headquarters Support Company, 603rd Aviation Support Bn., 3rd CAB talked about what the cadets mean to the future of our armed forces.
“It is definitely setting them up for success. They are not forced to have to care about this,” Neff said. “They don’t have to care but I have seen a lot of them out there caring, and honestly that is half the battle right there. If you can actually get a brand new soldier to care when they get into basic training then you are winning.”

• Date Taken: 04.27.2016
• Date Posted: 04.29.2016 10:12
• Story ID: 196875
• Location: SAVANNAH, GA, US