The first quarter for SY 13-14  has been been very busy for our JROTC  Tiger Battalion. The quarter was packed with many events from community service to competition to parades. The first event of the new school year was the American Heart Association Heart Walk in Kapiolani Park. At the Heart Walk, several of our cadets handed out water to the participants at the finish line.

Next up was Organizational Day on the 24th of August. This event was a field day hosted by the National Guard at Bellows. Teams competed in Coconut Tree Climb, Ghost in the Graveyard, and the physical test where 4 of the Tiger’s strongest cadets did the Jump-Push-Curl in under 2 minutes.

Like every year, JROTC provides the Color Guard to open the Homecoming Assembly and the Sabre Chain Squad to present the Homecoming Court at the Assembly and at the Homecoming game during half-time. On the 14th of September, the Vietnamese Club held the Moon Festival at school and asked the Tiger Battalion’s Color Guard  to present the  Colors to open the festival.

The Tiger Battalion was also invited to march in the Aloha Week Festival Parade once again. Over 50 cadets marched from Ala Moana Beach Park to Kapiolani Park to show McKinley Tiger pride.

Six appointed cadets were involved in the O’ahu AJA Veterans Council 8th Annual Joint Memorial Service, escorting 442nd Regimental Combat Team retirees and military VIPs.