Bootcamp - Leadership Training

Summer Leadership
Often called "Mini Boot Camp", LMHS's NJROTC Summer Leadership is a week long day camp held each summer. It is an optional but highly recommended activity attended by both new "recruits" and returning cadets.

For new recruits, Summer Leadership provides a "head start", crash course, in much of what will be taught in their Naval Science 1 class: discipline, marching commands and maneuvers, how to care for their uniforms, etc. It's built around a true "boot camp like" experience, and is a great opportunity to see what the JROTC program can be like. Returning cadets are provided with re-enforcement of their previous year's instruction, and varying degrees of leadership and responsibility.

The camp gives both new recruits and returning cadets the opportunity to advance in rank. This means that new recruits would enter their first year of JROTC as a Seaman Apprentice rather than a Seaman Recruit (as they begin to advance in rank, starting out one step ahead begins to make a big difference!).

This day camp strives to provide a true "mini boot camp" experience, complete with a full uniform graduation. Many cadets say that their best experiences in JROTC include the Mini Boot Camps.

If you are attending Summer Leadership / mini bootcamp for the first time, the information below may help answer some common questions:

	Hair should be cut relatively short: "bulk" on the top should be no more than 2", sideburns should not extend beyond the notch in your ear, and the hair in the back cannot touch your collar. If you need a haircut, you'll be told on the first day.
	Arrive at the school no later than 8:00 each day.
	Arrive in white t-shirt, black athletic shorts and running shoes. Returning cadets should wear their PT gear.
	Wear sunscreen.

Summer Leadership Training

Leadership Academy
Rising Juniors have the opportunity to attend the Area 7 Leadership Academy. This is an overnight camp, held at Farragut Military Academy in St. Petersburg, FL. This academy is held during the summer months, and gives cadets who are physically fit, have a good academic history, and show leadership ability, the training and experience necessary to become leaders within their school's NJROTC unit. Cadets are hand picked, and then they compete for the few available slots.

Those who go are considered to be the top cadets in the state of Florida.

If you are chosen to fill one of our school's billets, the information below may help answer some of your last minute questions:

	Make sure your Health Screening and Standard Release forms have been signed by your parents.
	Pack what they tell you to, nothing more, nothing less.
	Use a garment bag or plastic liner of some sort to cover your uniforms on your trip there.
	Get a high and tight haircut before you go (best to tell the them to use a clipper setting 1 on the sides and 2 on the top). If it isn't short enough, they will re-cut it for you there - for $10.
	Arrive at the Academy early, rather than late (check in is 9:00 - 10:30). Those who arrive after 10:30 lose their billet to alternates/standbys.
	Arrive in your PT gear, and tuck in your shirt.
	Know the combination of your lock.
	Bring your checklist.

2004 Leadership Academy Graduation