Gloucester High School's Njrotc has been around awhile. In 1994 Commander Harding took charge of the ROTC and in 1996 Senior Chief Petty Officer Gauthier became the ANSI. Our Rotc is a cadet runned corp.. that means the cadets make descisions concerning the corp (with a little help from Commander and Senior Chief) and Commander and Senior Chief teach the Rotc classes. The rest of the page will tell you about the corp including: teams, ranks, Chain of Command, and more...!!


NJROTC terms and basics
Battalion Setup called Chain of Command
NRJOTC Ranks
Team Setup and Info
How we work with the community
Why we do it, and why we love it

The battalion is setup in an order that makes communication easy. This allows the Corp to function properly.The chain of command is the organization so lower ranks can talk to upper ranks without jumping people and causing miscommunication . Their are several chain of commands in side the battalion chain of command.  Here is a quick run down of the Chain of Command:

     It is easier to understand once you go to the ROSTER page and can visually see the Chain of Command.

To compare the graphs from the picture: Enlisted ranks are on top, read graphs from bottom up and picture from left to right.

Here are all of the ranks from lowest to highest. Enlisted ranks are lower than any officer ranks.

NJROTC has many afterschool activities which are called teams. We have the: Academic Team, Drill Team, Color Guard, Rifle Team, and Atheletic Team. Here is a description for each team:

Academic Team-	This team takes competition tests. These tests have questions from our ROTC ciriculum that we learn in class. The Academic Teams learns the material and practices using simple test taking logic.
Drill Team-	This team marches with and without rifles (called pieces). The team learns how to be detailed and self-controlled to march as one, perfect unit.
Color Guard-	The Color Guard marches with our Flags (called colors). They carry the American Flag, The Navy Flag, and our Unit Flag. They practice extreme detail and the ability to march as exactly one unit.
Rifle Team-	The Rifle Teams shoot air rifles. They shot at 11 yards and their target our about the size of a quater (the bulleye is the exact size of the pellet).
Atheletic Team-	The Atheletic team competes in flied competitions consiting of: Tug of War, Push-ups, sit-ups, and many running events. All of the events have multipule people competeing for each team making it a combined, team effort.

All the Teams practice on set days of the week. Each team requires that all work toghter as one unit to win. Each team have competitions that they compete at. The Drill Team and Color Guard compete at Drill Meets. Several are held every year. The other teams have their own events or may compete at the Drill Meets. The final Area 5 meet has an event for each team.