Knox County’s JROTC cadets spent part of their summer vacation learning valuable leadership lessons while competing in challenges.
Fifteen cadets from Knox Central and Lynn Camp participated in the Junior Leadership Challenge held at Camp Davey Crockett in Whitesburg, TN from June 2-8. The six day training event allowed cadets to learn and practice leadership skills including wilderness survival, water survival, first aid, land navigation, marksmanship, how to build survival shelters, improvised fire starting and canoeing. The final day of camp was challenge day in which the cadets took first place in the swimming event.
Cadets pictured front kneeling left to right C/1LT Dillion Robinson, C/SSG Tiffany Broughton, C/SSG Summer Berry, C/SGT Kaylee Hill, C/CPT Destiny Hill, C/MAJ Bethany Dezarn, and C/CPT Josh Miller.
Back row standing left to right, C/SSG Stephanie Howard, C/SSG Lawrence Davis, C/LTC Herman Brown, C/2LT Brain Smith, C/CSM Jeremiah Newman, C/1SG Aaron Potter, C/1LT Austin Carter/C/1SG Dillion Lewis. Instructors; LTC Richard Shackleford, CSM Keith Hembree, SFC Tony Parsons, and chaperone Sandy Patterson.