Contributing Author: Karlin Chung, Public Affairs and Recruiting, Timber Creek AFJROTC
The goal of Timber Creek’s AFJROTC is to instill values into our cadets that will help impact our community in a positive way. Two weeks before the school year began, we invited incoming cadets to participate in our Drill Camp as a chance to meet their fellow peers, obtain their uniform items, and learn basic drill movements. During the school year, we’ve visited Avalon and Discovery Middle School to talk to the 8th graders about what JROTC is and all the benefits that come with joining the program next year when they enroll into high school. We’ve also had our annual Fall Field Day where all the cadets in our unit come together and compete against one another in various physical activities. Outside of school, our cadets have done a series of community service events such as tutoring students from Timber Lakes Elementary School and making meals for the families staying in the Ronald McDonald House by Nemours Children’s Hospital. We also were able to showcase our unit to the Avalon Park Community by leading Timber Creek High School’s Homecoming Parade. Additionally, our Drill Team competed in Mainland High School’s drill competition where they brought home 6 trophies, five of them being 1st place.
Coming up on January 27th, we will be hosting our annual Wolf Pack Drill Competition, where other AFJROTC units from the state will come to Timber Creek to compete in a series of drill and color guard sequences. We will also visit Timber Springs Middle School on Wednesday, January 17 to talk to the 8th graders there about what AFJROTC is and all the benefits that come with joining the program when they go to high school.
