“The JROTC WOLF Battalion Is Back”

The Plano West Senior High School JROTC Wolf Battalion enjoyed an enormous amount of success during the last school year. Graduating cadets earned $2.3 million in scholarship money. Twenty-three of twenty-four cadets went on to two or four year college and one went to a technical school in Florida for animation art. Then we had Erik and Melanie attend the Naval Academy, and four cadets went off to college on full four year ROTC Scholarships. We achieved the status of Honor Unit with Distinction in our off-year annual inspection, and we’re proud to call ourselves a Gold Star Unit for the 8th year in a row. A good year by anyone’s standards

Cadets started this year during summer vacation. The competitive teams started practice the first week of August, and select cadets attended the Officer and Non-commissioned Officer School. Congratulations to the distinguished Officer graduate from PWSH, Kathy Bunch, and to Alex Sniffen, from Jasper, for being named the Top NCO.

In the mighty Wolf Battalion, we not only pride ourselves in our military knowledge and bearing, but we take great pains to in our scholastic endeavors as well. During the summer, some Junior (now Senior) cadets were given the honor of attending Texas Boys State at the University of Texas at Austin and Texas Bluebonnet Girls State at Texas Lutheran University. Artem Neretin, Tyler Kuhlman, B.J. Bernadas, Grant Stout, and Tyler Kuhlman went to Boys State, while Ali Barnes went to Girls State. Cadets Ali Barnes, Grant Stout, Artem Neretin, Michael Fitussi, and Ben Prager were also chosen to attend and attended the Military Order of the World Wars Youth Leadership Conferences. Congratulations to all of these distinguished cadets!

We’re looking forward to the Officer Commissioning Ceremony on 18 September and our Battalion Picnic on 22 September. It’s a great way for cadets to get to know one another in a comfortable and relaxed setting. We’re also eager for the first drill meets of the year at Denton (29 September), Lewisville (20 October), and
Ft Worth (17 November). There are so many challenging and exciting events ahead of us this year.

We’d also like to thank the Patriot Booster Club for their continuing dedication and support. We wouldn’t be able to accomplish half the things we do without these amazing parents. For more information about Plano West JROTC, call Major Napoli at: (469) 752-9782.