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Drill Team
JROTC Drill Team is offered at all WCSD high schools.
Throughout history, armies have practiced drill. In times of war, leaders used drill to move troops and equipment quickly from one location to another in an orderly manner. Drills also show how many individuals can move as one unit in a flawlessly timed effort. These unison movements are still important on the battlefield, where mistakes can cost lives. Discipline is a natural outcome of practicing drill. The discipline acquired through drill transfers to JROTC and everyday life activities as well.
Drill is the foundation of JROTC—it reflects the structure of the program. It visibly and physically represents the chain of command. Drill teaches Cadets to work together from small teams of three to five Cadets, to battalions numbering in the hundreds.
Drill helps:
• Everyone know where they fit in the organization
• Facilitate task organization
• Facilitate command and control
• Facilitate mission or task accomplishmentMany skills acquired through drill are useful in civilian life as well. Most importantly, drill contributes to the development of a cohesive team. Teams are an essential part of almost any job, career, or organization to which you will belong throughout your life.
Teamwork is the effort of a group to complete a task or goal. Successful teamwork requires each team member to cooperate with other members of the group to complete the effort as directed. As you read in the history of drill, teamwork and cooperation was a natural result of successful drill. Learning about teamwork is an important part of JROTC. It is a team spirit where all members work together to achieve the same goals. Teamwork also gives you the opportunity to interact with other Cadets. In most organizations that you will encounter, the members of a team or group will probably come from different backgrounds with different interests. However, by working together as a cohesive unit, everyone tries harder to get along with each other in a productive and professional manner. By working cooperatively with your teammates, you can improve your individual leadership, followership, and communication skills and abilities.
In addition to learning and mastering individual and group drill during your JROTC classroom instruction, Cadets have the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities through competitions with the other JROTC program drill teams. The Silver State Brigade Drill competition season is normally held during the Fall season and features four events with a culminating Northern Nevada Drill Championship. Drill competition events include: squad and platoon drill (armed and unarmed), color guard, individual and group exhibition.