JROTC
NEWSLETTER
SPHS JROTC SELECTED FOR CONGRESSIONAL COMMENDATION
San Pedro High School Air Force JROTC
On November well as the com19th, JROTC munity. Mr. was presented a Gutierrez stated Congressional JROTC distinCommendation guished itself by award from being selected for Congresswoman eight consecutive Jane Harman’s Air Force unit office. Mr. awards since E r n e s t o 2003. AdditionGutierrez repreally, over 2,000 sented the conJROTC cadets gresswoman have accumuStevens and JROTC cadet officers Joseph during the pres- Principal lated 22,000 Aritelli and Devin Tiedemann receive the Congressional entation cere- Commendation award from Mr. Ernesto Gutierrez. community and mony held at 15,000 school San Pedro High School. Mr. Gutierrez hours totaling 37,000 service hours. presented the award to Principal Ste- This is an average of almost 19 hours vens and stated how much the JROTC per cadet since SPHS JROTC was esprogram has meant to the school as tablished in June 1995.
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73 CADETS MARCH IN SAN PEDRO HOLIDAY PARADE
Volume VIII, Issue II December 2010 Calendar of Upcoming JROTC Events December 16th—Winter Concert 12/20—1/7 Winter Break 26th—VFW Breakfast January 10th—Winter Break Ends 17th—MLK Holiday 23rd—VFW Breakfast 31st—LA Yacht Club February 14th—Spring Semester 19th—Great Air Raid 21st—President’s Day
JROTC cadets marched in the 30th annual San Pedro Holiday Parade held on December 5th, 2010. Seventy three cadets marched in the parade, setting a new record for the most cadets marching in the parade. This year’s 73 surpassed last year’s record by one cadet. Additionally, JROTC was assigned the 8th position in the parade, making JROTC one of the
first units to finish the parade. JROTC marched behind a veteran’s group from Riverside, and ahead of the Fort MacArthur Museum WWII re -enactors. In addition to JROTC, other units from SPHS to march in the parade included the band, the baseball team, cheerleaders, short flags, tall flags, drill team, and Knights and Knightetts.
27th—VFW Breakfast March 5th—SCIDM 5th—Military Ball 20th—LA Marathon 27th—VFW Breakfast
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JROTC TO CONDUCT DISCOUNT CARD FUNDRAISER JROTC will conduct a fundraiser consisting of a discount card with 16 local businesses offering various discounts for their products or services. The popular discount card sells for $10 and is valid until January 1, 2012. The card is reusable and may be used once a day at each of the 16 businesses. The fundraiser will begin on December 9th and will conclude on January 10th, 2011. JROTC hopes to sell 450 of the cards. Funds gained from this fundraiser will be used to help pay for JROTC activities such as award shows and special team equipment—things the school and the Air Force do not fund. Cadets must obtain parent permission prior to participating in the fundraiser. JROTC is offering cash rewards of $75, $50, and $25 to cadets who sell the three highest number of cards. School rules do not allow cadets to sell cards on campus before, during, or after school everyday since JROTC will keep all funds gained from this fundraiser activity. JROTC hopes to profit $3,000 when the fundraiser concludes the day students return to school after Winter Break. The photo to the right shows the front of the discount card with the 16 businesses listed underneath.
Businesses on the discount card include: Burger King Pacific View Cleaners Big Nick’s Pizza Palos Verdes Bowl Buono’s Pizza Puesto Del Sol Cold Stone Sandwich Saloon Del Taco San Pedro Beauty Center Johnny Rockets Sizzler Midas Sorrento’s Italian Ono Hawaii BBQ TGI Friday
FORMER CADET DONATES FLAG FLOWN IN IRAQ Former SPHS JROTC cadet Daniel Wilson joined the United States Air Force after graduating high school in 2002. He currently works as an F-16 maintainer. His assignments include Hill AFB, Utah and Kunsan AB, South Korea. He is currently assigned to the 777th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit at Balad Air Base, Iraq. Daniel still has close ties to SPHS JROTC and recently surprised the cadets by sending a US flag that had flown over Balad AB on October 1, 2009. Accompanying the flag was a certificate of authentication that the flag
was flown over Joint Base Balad, Iraq on that date. Additionally, the flag flew on three different aircraft while completing real-world combat missions in 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. On August 13th, the flag flew on a C-130 Hercules, aircraft 62-1834. On August 20th, the flag flew on a HH-60G “Pave Hawk” Search and Rescue Helicopter. And on October 25th, the flag flew on an F-16M, aircraft 91-0351, while patrolling the skies over Iraq. The pilots of all three aircraft signed certificates of authenticity to accompany the flag.
CADET PROFILE: C/FIRST LIEUTENANT DEVIN TIEDEMANN Cadet First Lieutenant Devin Tiedemann is the cadet deputy commander for this semester. He will also be appointed to the commander position next semester. Devin is a 4th year cadet and has worked primarily in the Mission Support Flight during his time in JROTC. position. While in 9th grade, he worked in Special Projects and held the rank of airman first class. He also was selected for Cadet of the Year that year. As a 10th grader, he worked as the NCOIC of Personnel attaining the rank of staff sergeant. He was also the Flight Sergeant for Bravo Flight. As a junior, he was promoted to the MSS NCOIC position with the rank of Master Sergeant. And this
year he was promoted to cadet first lieutenant and appointed to the cadet deputy commander position. Devin has been awarded the Daedalian Award, Military Order of World Wars, and Sons of the American Revolutionary War Award. He was also a recipient of a scholarship from the Air Force Association, Schriever Chapter, at the June 2010 awards ceremony. Devin is currently completing an application for admission to the United States Air Force Academy. If he does not get selected to the USAFA, he plans to attend EmbryRiddle University, Prescott Campus, on a ROTC scholarship.
