Drill Team

 

The Blue Jay Battalion Drill Team is a competitive organization within JROTC.  The Drill team competes against other JROTC Programs in precision drill with and without rifles.  The team competes in approximately 6 to 8 competitions a year that may include Army Nationals and Multi Service Drill Nationals.  These competitions are held throughout the mid-West.   All of these competitions are held on Saturdays, Jan-April, however practice begins in September.  
 

Approximately 7 teams compete in the following categories: Armed Exhibition, Armed Regulation, Armed Color Guard, Unarmed Exhibition, Unarmed Regulation, Unarmed Color Guard, and New Cadets.  ​The Team Coach is SFC Hector Nieves.  There is an average of 45 cadets on the Drill Team.

Practices are from 6:00-8:00 am Monday through Friday at the Freshman Success Academy.  ​