The cadets camped in the Obyan vicinity of Saipan.
The federal government provided CNMI JROTC $20,000 to underwrite the cost of transportation for the cadets of Tinian and Rota and to pay for all meals to include the JROTC instructors and chaperones.
The JROTC Cadet Leadership Challenge, or JCLC, provides the cadets an opportunity to practice leadership skills in an unfamiliar environment.
The cadets were randomly assigned to units that included students from all the schools. JCLC provides the cadets an opportunity to conduct adventure training activities not normally available at home station.
Cadets participated in a daily regimen that included roll call at Zero Dark Thirty, morning physical training, a full day of events and nightly activities.
The daily activities the cadets participated in included rappelling, leadership reaction course, obstacle course, platoon drill, rope bridge construction, knot tying, land navigation, first aid and Academic Challenge.
The cadets also conducted an orientation visit of historical World War II sites.
CNMI Federal Park Rangers Nancy Kelcher, Brian Piercy and Sam Martinson provided a great orientation at American National Park Museum, the history of the CNMI and its people.
Cadets from Marianas High School conducted the research on the last World War II Command Post and briefed their JROTC camp teammates on its historical significance.
Nightly activities included drill practice, academic challenge practice socializing with cadets from sister schools, singing, and preparation of leaders for the next day’s activities.
The camp also included three highly spirited contests: cadet challenge pt test, interactive academic challenge and platoon drill.
Scoring was tight as the cadets cheered their respective teams on to victory.
Rota High School JROTC emerged victorious in platoon drill and the PT test while Tinian High School JROTC won the academic challenge.
Lt. Col. Bob Gay, director of army instruction, chose activities that provided the cadets authentic learning activities and promoted the invaluable skills of leadership, team work, problem solving, discipline, self-esteem, personal responsibility, making decisions and sociability.
During the closing formation Gay recognized and thanked the JROTC instructors and chaperones for leading and caring for the cadets.
The culminating camp event was a five-mile road march from Obyan Camp site to the Marianas High School JROTC classrooms.
