The NJROTC program took 50 cadets from Soledad High School and 14 cadets from Greenfield High School to attend the Basic Leadership Training Course. The cadets received training in Water Survival Skills, Orienteering, First-Aid, Obstacle Course, leadership traits, close order drill, physical fitness, and conditioning marches. The big takeaways were overcoming their fear of heights, fear of water, and fear of failing. The cadets had to learn how to read a topographic map and find grid points and convert grid coordinates from grid north to magnetic north. The cadets return to Soledad High School with a different outlook on life, the importance of graduating from high school, becoming a better citizen, and serving their community.
