CRUSADER BATTALION JROTC NEWLETTER - Saint Louis School

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WAIANAE ADVENTURE CHALLENGE 2010 Members of the Ranger Platoon at WAC: Jordan Barlan, Chris Angle, Landan Honeychurch, Trevor Cooper, Jonah Seui, and Eric Agluba. On the weekend of 23 April to 25 April, the ranger team participated in the 2010 Waianae Adventure Challenge (WAC). The Waianae competition is always considered “The Super Bowl” of all ranger challenges. This is because all of the JROTC programs across the state of Hawaii all converge to one location, the city of Waianae. Schools as far as Hilo, Kauai, and Baldwin came, in order to compete. Members from the Youth Challenge Academy also competed. For two days, four of the best Saint Louis Rangers were sent to compete in this year’s competition. Under the command of the Ranger Commander, Cadet Landon Honeychurch, a team was formed through the previous challenge held at Saint Louis School, the Saint Louis Ultimate Challenge. The cadets under his command were Cadet Staff Sergeant Trevor Cooper, Cadet Sergeant First Class Chris Angle, and Cadet Sergeant Jonah Seui. The events at Waianae were held on a two day phase: the water challenge and the land challenge. First mass formation at WAC On day one, about 0845hrs, cadets from all over the state of Hawaii formed a mass formation, which then began the opening ceremony for the Waianae Challenge. Once the opening ceremony was concluded, our cadets faced several obstacle courses. The first station was the water crossing. Here, the cadets had to cross a canal while traveling through a running stream of water. Upon completion, our cadets ran about 0.75 miles across the shoreline to the next station, the water challenge. Here our cadets had to swim around a jetty, roughly 50 yards long. From there, cadets had to paddle board around a buoy and back to shore, where they had to jump into a canoe and paddle about 250 yards, which upon completion, ended that station. The third station was the rope bridge, where cadets had to construct a single line bridge over a running stream of water with the fastest time and the least penalties. The last event of the day was the Physical Fitness Test, which consisted of Push Ups, Sit Ups, 200 yard dash, and standing long jump.
WAIANAE ADVENTURE CHALLENGE 2010 When the day came to an end, our team was able to enjoy the beach and take some time for rest and relaxation. At about 1630hrs, the Challenge took a little twist, and inserted the Tug-o-War competition which was held on the beach head. The Tug-o-war challenge allowed cadets to test their upper-body strengths against other schools. In the end, the Leilehua Battalion took first place in both the male and female categories. The 250 meter dash in the Physical Fitness Test The tug of war challenge at Waianae Beach. On day two, cadets departed the rest camp and moved more inland towards the mountains. From there, cadets participated in the last two events, the obstacle course and the 1.8 mile mountain run and rappel up the mountains in Waianae. Through it all, our cadets persevered, and received 2 nd place for the mountain run/rappel and 3 rd place for the obstacle course in the male division. Cadets paddled to a set buoy and back to shore in the paddling event Trevor Cooper commando crawls across the rope bridge in the obstacle course challenge. “Throughout my time here at Saint Louis, I have obtained many traits and skills which I will use throughout my life. JROTC has helped me tremendously through high school. Fortunately, Saint Louis has the best Battalion in the state, making my knowledge, skills and mentality among the best as well. Within the JROTC program, there is an elite group of individuals known as Rangers. Their courtesy to superior officers, neatness of dress, and care for equipment shall set the example for others to follow. As the commander of the 2010 Rangers, I have displayed to the best of my ability leadership and efforts to conduct the team as cohesively as possible. In return, I have been given the heightened sense of pride and leadership from those I lead. I am proud to say that I am a product of not only Saint Louis School, but also the product of JROTC.” ~Landon Honeychurch, Class of 2010
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