Technical High School - Tech Tiger Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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On January 14, 1981 the ROTC held its Seventh Annual Military Ball. A formal event, the Ball was once again a great success. All cadets who attended and their guests enjoyed a great time. Music was provided by the Coast Guard Band, a group from the Coast Guard Academy of New London Connecticut. Crowned Miss Military Ball this year was Migdalia Negroa. As in the past, Colonel Potter and Sargeant Palmer organized a successful, classy affair. However, the men are quick to acknowledge that Cadet officers helped greatly. R.O.T.C. Freshman Girls Front Row Left-Right: Sandra Grant, Renita Brown, Luz Rivera, Cindy Gonzalez, Tonya Wil- liams, Rita Cordero, Margarita Lopez. Second Row: Sonya Warren, Joanne Corcoran, Virginia Padilla, Zina Gonzalez, Charlene Anderson, Lisa Laster. Third Row: Belinda Hollit, Tanya Gib- bons, Mercedita Merced, Debbie Villeneuve, Tonya Jones, Carolyn Rivera. Fourth Row; Barbara Vallina, Kim Bolden, Linda Johnson, Sorita Jackson, Maybel King, Fifth Row; Doris Neal, CMS. Henry B. Palmer, Lt. Col. Potter, Tonya Meadows.

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— | = te - re = = . yi i y st we? J R.O.T.C. Junior Class Front Row Left-Right; Ardelia Munford, Debra Griffin, Lydia Martinez, Madelyn Cortez, Migdalia Irrizarry, Miriam Rodriguez, Elizabeth Quinones, Myra Morales, Lorita McNeil, Debbie Jones. Second Row: Gary Merchant, Chan Reed, Walter Cheeks, Juan Santana, Eric Jones, Michael Dailey, Ger- hard Davis, Mark Decoteaux. Third Row: Roy Lee, Stephanie Murchison, Maria Ortiz, Tonya Mayes, Vincent Seibles, Edward Failey. Forth Row: James Thompson, Robert Foster, Alvin Brown, Adolph Forbes, Pete Rivas. Back Row: Richard Rodriguez, CMS. Henry B. Palmer, Lt. Col. William Potter, Warren Smith, Matthew Reed. ROTC has been an honor unit for six consecutive years, plac- ing them in the top 5% of the ROTC units in the country. Each year that they are chosen as an honor unit, ROTC is able to appoint three cadets to each academy in a special unit witha four year fully paid scholar- ship. The ROTC member learns pride and how to be a good Air Force Cadet. The cadets are re- quired to wear the ROTC uni- forms once a week at which time they are inspected and graded. Cadets are able to earn ribbons and rank by joining various activities within the corps as well as performing well on his assigned jobs.

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ge ot R.0.T.C. DRILL TEAMS 1st row: Left to right: Maria Gonzalez, John McNeil, 2nd row: Dawn Kin- near, Lina Gonzalez, Millie Westmoreland, Selicia Whetstone, Jack Sera- zina. Third row: Dale Richardson, Lydia Martinez, Margarita Treadwell, Tracey Wallace, Doris Neale, Jose Morales, Joyce Bunn, Jorge Bryant. Fourth row: Tangela Covington, Debra Vielleuve, Tony Barnett, Bill Mal- denado, Greg Topolski, Jim Rosso. Back Row; Michael Jurkowski, Sargeant Palmer, Craig Holmes. On December 13, 1980 the ROTC Drill Team hosted the first New England Regional Drill Competition, which was held at the Holyoke National Guard Armory. The competi- tion, which began at 10:00 a.m., lasted until 3:30 that afternoon. Other ROTC teams came from all over Massachusetts and in- cluded Army and Navy repre- sentation, as well as other Air Force Units. The drill teams were judged on originality, dif- ficulty and precision of ove- ments. All commands are made by silent gesture or tapping. The judges for the competition were from Norwich Military a School in Vermont. The head judge was James Anderson, a 1979 graduate of Tech, now a student at Norwich. On January 17, 1981 ROTC attended a second drill compe- tition, at Tiverton, Rhode Is- land. Although Chief Palmer entered only one team, the Blue Bengals, this unit performed superbly, to take first place in the male team with rifles cata- gory. 21