Smith-Cotton JROTC Raiders Preparing for Nationals

By: Angela Allen
S-C CAPS student

The Raider Team Is On The Move!

With only three Raider Meets left until nationals, let's take a look and see a little bit more inside on what they do and how they are starting to prepare for Nationals!

Our Raider team has just come back on Sunday from their Ozark Meet.

The Male Team had placed third overall.

Our Mixed Team, unfortunately, didn't place in this meet, but they are working hard to make it back.

The Female Team is in second place, they are just a few points behind our biggest competitor, Leavenworth, and they are just about to bite them in the butt for a royal comeback!

As always, teamwork is everything to our teams and program!

You can see their dedication and participation in their photos.

We also want as many voices heard and a more in-depth perception about what goes on within the teams/program.

Battalion XO, Cadet Major Lucero, has some words he would like to share about the program and his experience.

“Our Battalion Staff works hard to support our program, whether it be setting up the Raider Meet, Veterans Day Ceremony, or even Company-run events. Our S-1 files important documents and creates rosters for big events, S-2 tracks our cadet's service hours and donations, S-3 works diligently to plan our events down to the last detail, S-4 spends their time organizing and issuing equipment to our Corps, S-5 photographs it all and keeps everyone updated about our program, and lastly our S-6 promotes our Battalion through different social platforms. Every position has its purpose, and without them our Battalion could not operate as well and as unproblematically as it does,” Lucero said.

As they are still giving it their all, they can't wait for their end goal.

NATIONALS!

In the end, our program is very proud of our Raiders, and we see a bright future growing every day for our cadets!

GO JROTC TIGERS!