While most high schoolers were enjoying their summer break, 11 McCluer Army JROTC cadets, spent a week of their summer honing their leadership skills at the Army JROTC Cadet Leadership Challenge (JCLC) 2018 at Marseilles Army National Guard Training Center in Marseilles, IL. Cadets rotated leadership positions/duties daily, which provided the opportunity to follow and lead – two components of leadership.
“All McCluer cadets successfully completed the camp, improving their confidence and leadership skills,” said LTC (R) Darrell Gray, McCluer’s Army ROTC senior instructor. Gray, along with Sergeant Major (Retired) Emas Griffin, serve as the cadets’ instructors and accompanied the students on the Leadership Challenge.
JCLC is a challenging, safe and fun opportunity for Army JROTC cadets to experience high-adventure, sports, confidence building and more importantly leadership and teamwork activities in a controlled environment. Army JROTC units from 20 high schools in Missouri and Illinois participated in the camp. Throughout the week, experienced events such as physical training, rappelling, zip lining, obstacle and water courses, land navigation, sports challenges and a leadership reaction course. The cadets were supervised and guided by a cadre of high school Army JROTC instructors and volunteer college cadets from area colleges/universities.
