JROTC Awards For 2011

         Each year our chapter presents a MOAA medal, a certificate, and a monetary award to a JROTC Cadet at seven Pasco County High Schools.  The award recognizes leadership as well as academic achievements.  Again this year we also presented awards for the Reserve Officers Association (ROA) at the same High Schools recognizing Cadet leadership achievements.  This year’s project is as listed below.

            Below the project listing see pictures of some of the presentations.

Mitchell HS           MOAA Cadet Ryan Castello

                               ROA Cadet Kyle Myers

River Ridge HS     MOAA Cadet 1st Lt Alex Bianchi

                               ROA Cadet Col Graig Morocco

Zephyrhills HS       MOAA Cadet Heather Benda

                               ROA Cadet Tim Fielder

Ridgewood HS      MOAA Cadet Fatima Baterna

                               ROA Cadet Anthony Santiago

Hudson HS            MOAA Cadet S/Sgt Travis L. Fussell

                               ROA Cadet Pfc Kayla J. Weakland

Gulf HS                 MOAA Cadet CPO Rebekah Wills

                               ROA Cadet CPO Krystene Wills

Pasco HS               MOAA Cadet Ashley Johnson

                               ROA Cadet PO2 Cynthia Rodriguez

    In the first picture below you will see Chapter President Bob Wiggins as he presented the MOAA medal, certificate, and check to Cadet Ryan Castello; and the ROA medal to Cadet Kyle Myers. In the picture are, L to R: LTC Wiggins, Cadet Castello, Cadet Myers, and Gunnery Sgt Jones.  That presentation was on April 22, 2011 at Mitchell High.

In the next set of pictures you will see Chapter Vice President Ralph Anderson as he made the following presentations at Pasco High: first, the MOAA medal, certificate and check to Cadet Ashley Johnson; then the ROA medal to Cadet Cynthia Rodriguez.

Shown below is Chapter President Bob Wiggins as he presented the MOAA medal, certificate, and check to Cadet Heather Benda at Zephyrhills High.