'Extraordinary times' for NJROTCs

GREAT LAKES, Ill - Many of the more than 600 Naval Junior Reserve Training Officers’ (NJROTC) units across the country and globe are going back to school in some form this fall - in socially distanced classrooms or attending virtual classes online. There are 1,250 NJROTC instructors across the “working tirelessly to deliver our Citizenship Development program to students,” said Tim Daseler, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC) deputy commander for NJROTC/NNDCC (Navy National Defense Cadet Corps). These are “extraordinary times,” he said. But these leaders are working to deliver the program in innovative ways. The NJROTC and NNDCC are part of the Navy’s Citizenship program and overseen at NSTC. “I am very proud of our cadets’ commitment and perseverance with adapting to and operating in this new learning environment,” said retired Navy Cmdr. Rick Hamblet, the Senior Naval Science Instructor (SNSI) at Vista Ridge High School in Cedar Park, Texas. In this “new normal” instructors and cadets have to adapt and overcome challenges. (Source: NSTC 10/28/20) NJROTC units in Mississippi: Canton HS, Gautier, Greenwood, Grenada, Moss Point, Neshoba Central, NE Lauderdale (Columbus), Pascagoula, Pearl, Pearl River Central (Carriere) , Picayune and Warren Central (Vicksburg). https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/2396712/navy-junior-rotc-units-contend-with-new-normal-in-new-school-year-naval-science/