Manta Ray Battalion Leadership Team heads to Washington
Manta Ray Battalion JROTC Leadership Team made up of C/1SG June Alipio, C/CPT Matthew Kapileo, C/2LT Katrina Valencia, C/1LT Natalia Javier, C/SFC Ezekiel Rafanan, C/1SG Joshua Mendiola, and CSM Richard Basa pose for a group photo. (Contributed Photo)
Congratulations to the Manta Ray Battalion JROTC Leadership Team for being among the Top 40 Army JROTC Leadership teams in the world and advancing to the third phase of the nation-wide online JROTC Leadership Academic Bowl (JLAB).
The competition tests the cadets’ knowledge of the lessons taught in JROTC as well as iconic heroes such as General George Marshall and General Douglas MacArthur.
The team started the competition on November 2015, with the first phase, advancing to the second phase on February 2016, and is now advancing to the final level in which cadets will be competing off-island at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. from June 24 to 28, 2016.
The Manta Ray Battalion JROTC Leadership Team is made up of C/1SG June Alipio, C/CPT Matthew Kapileo, C/2LT Katrina Valencia, C/1LT Natalia Javier, C/SFC Ezekiel Rafanan, C/1SG Joshua Mendiola, and CSM Richard Basa.