DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
JUNIOR ROTC INSTRUCTOR GROUP
WENTWORTH MILITARY ACADEMY
1880 WASHINGTON AVE., LEXINGTON, MO 64067
WMA-SAI 1 SEP 2009
MEMORANDOM FOR JROTC Cadet Commanders and Faculty Advisors
SUBJECT: Wentworth Military Academy, Red Dragon Raider Challenge Memorandum of Instruction (MOI)
Welcome to the Red Dragon Raider Challenge, hosted by Wentworth Military Academy, in Lexington, MO on Saturday,31 October 2009 The Red Dragon Raider Challenge is an six event, “head to head”, team competition. The six events included in the Red Dragon Raider Challenge are:
a. APFT (Army Physical Fittess Test)
b. Poncho Raft Swim
c. One-rope Bridge
d. Land Navigation (Compass Course)
e. LRC (Leadership Reaction Course)
f. Emergenecy Cross Country Rescue
g. Secret Event
Because every meet is slightly different in one or more respects, please read this MOI throughly.
General Procedural Information.
There will be directional signs posted along common approaches to the school. Upon arrival at Wentworth, schools arriving the day of the meet should enter the west entrance (18th Street)and proceed to the parking lot vicinity of the Fied House. Guides will then escort advisors and team commanders to their respective areas.
(SAT 0600031OCT09) –Team Commander/Advisors’ Meeting. Location: Filed House Chute, Wikoff Athletic Center. Purpose of this meeting is to provide additional coordination and to make any necessary adjustments to the master schedule. Final registration processing will also occur, accounts will be settled, meal arrangements will be coordinated, and information packets will be provided.
a. (0630 hrs) –Competition Begins with the Physical Fitness Test.
Teams/Size/Time Requirements.
Each team will consist of 8 team members. Schools may enter up to two teams for competition. Additional team smay be accepted if there is a slot avaiable, decision is 16 October 2009. Teams for this Raider Challenge meet may include a combination of both male and female cadets.
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a. Each team must consist of 8 competing members and one alternate. Teams may consist of a mix of genders.
b. The one alternate can be utilized as an “event stand in” prior to the start of any event. An alternate may be utilized for any event as many times as the team desires so long as the 8 team members that start an event complete the event. No substitutions are allowed after an event begins. Alternate substitution must be declared verbally to the Event Grader prior to the start of the event in which a substitution occurs.
c. In the case where a team does not complete an event with ALL 8 team members that started the event the team will forfeit that event. The event time and scores will not be computed for the overall team scores. It is the Team Commander’s responsibility to declare forfeiture for his or her team.
d. Any team found to have substituted an alternate AFTER an event begins or does not declare forfeiture when it applies will be disqualified entirely from the competition.
Event locations.
Refer to the campus map included in this packet or the map provided at the commander’s meeting. Additionally each team will be assigned a Wentworth Military Academy cadet who will serve as the unit guide. An event coordination Center will be located at JROTC Department located in the basement of East Barracks Building.
a. The Army Physical Fitness Test will be conducted in the vicinity of Wikoff Athletic Center and the outdoor running track at the soccer field/north parade field.
b. The Cross Country Rescue litter carry will be conducted on
trail net-work vicinity of WMA Campus.
c. The One-Rope Bridge will be conducted on the Wentworth campus.
d. The Leadership Reaction Course (LRC) will be located on the North East. end of campus behind the paintball field.
e. The Landnavigation Course will be conducted in the local Lexington-
Lafayette County area (Battle of Lexington State Park).
Security of Team Eqipment Zones.
Each visiting team will be assigned a “Equipment Zone” located in Wikoff Athletic Center. As in passed years wrestling mats are available to sleep on for units is arriving Friday Night. Locker Rooms may be used for changing/dressing room It is each school’s responsibility to secure possessions left in changing rooms. PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE VALUABLES IN CHANGING ROOMS. If you have specific need to secure high-dollar items, request assistance at the Coordination Center
Guests/Visitors.
a. Guests, family members, and visitors are welcome and encouraged to attend the Raider Challenge Meet.
b. While welcome on campus, guests, family members and visitors are reminded the Academy is in full operation and the Corps of Cadets is in residence. Guests or visiting cadets are allowed NO access to barracks rooms at any time for any reason.
c. If and when competition times may allow, unit guides may escort interested visiting cadets on a general tour of campus. Competition times will not be assigned to facilitate non- meet events (tours, etc). It is the visiting team’s responsibility to ensure its personnel are at the right place and time as required by the competition schedule. All other activities are secondary to the meet’s operational requirements.
d. In addition to host cadet guides and Wentworth JROTC cadre personnel, are available if needed, to answer questions, resolve situations or assist in a general way.
e. Advisors/guests are also encouraged to take close-up photographs during the award ceremony to commemorate their team’s achievements.
Safety.
Safety precautions are required at all times during the meet. Team advisors are requested to enforce safety rules and use general caution at all times. Please report any accidents or incidents to the Coordination Center in case emergency medical assistance is needed. IAW routine JROTC procedures, schools will have a Covenant Not to Sue for each of their participating cadets. Wentworth Military Academy will not be responsible for accidents or injuries. Team advisors will bring all release forms, properly completed, and turned into the event Coordination Center prior to visiting cadets participating in this Raider Challenge event. There can be NO exceptions to this liability waiver issue.
Uniforms.
The following is equipment required by the attending teams.
a. ACU/BDU Uniform with boots and ACU/BDU cap
b. Athletic/Running/Tennis shoes for P.T. Test. PT Test will be taken in ACU/BDU pants, with T-shirt and running shoes.
c. Team Guidon. (Any type of flag is acceptable- Company, Raider...Etc)
d. Web Belt with canteen and poncho (note poncho is required)
e. Bathing Suit, Female cadets may only use a one pice with T-shirt worn over it.
f. Signed Release of Liability & Statement of Health (Form A); JROTC Cadet release of Liability Form (Form B) and Agreement to participate at my own risk in rappelling with Army JROTC (Form C)
Judging/Scoring.
Missouri Army National Guard (MOARNG) , USAREC and WMA Senior ROTC personnel will provide judging of the meet. The decision of the judges is final. The judges will do their best to provide fair evaluations of all schools; please do not bring complaints to individual judges. Complaints or protests should be brought to the attention of the meet coordinator who will attempt to resolve issues with the event’s Senior Judge.
a. Army Physical Fitness Test
1. The Army Physical Fitness Test includes the following events; 2-mile run, sit-ups, pushups.
2. Physical Fitness test will be conducted in BDU Pants.
The Physical Fitness Test will be conducted with cadets wearing appropriate athletic shoes.
Note: Visiting SAI/AI’s will be asked to assist in the grading of this event should the Missouri
National Guard Personnel be delayed.
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b. One-Rope Bridge:
Task: Team constructs a single rope bridge in two phases.
Conditions: Given one 8 person Raider team, while wearing BDU’s, with Pistol Belt with one canteen attached, one 120 foot by 3/8 inch Kernmantle or Military3/8 inch Right hand lay nylon rope. 11 each Karabiners or snap- links. 8 each 12 foot nylon sling ropes and a designated crossing site.
Standards: Phase 1: Team will be given 5 minutes for preparation, which will include each member tying a seat hip rappel or safety ropes for near and far side lifeguards. Seat Hip Rappel: Must be tied so that the seat when finished will have two overhand knots on the rope going around the waist. There will be half hitches on the ropes coming over the buttocks. Ropes coming between the legs will not be crossed. There will be a square knot tied on the left side so that it does not touch the snap-link. There will be two overhand knots tied on each side of the square knot. Team will also prepare their main rope at this
Phase II: Team will construct a single rope bridge with the following requirements
a. Far-side anchor will have at a minimum of two (2) round turns and two (2) half
hitches on the upstream side of the tree.
b. Near side anchor will have a wire-man’s knot with a metal
snap link and at a minimum (2) round turns and two (2) half
hitches secured to the tree on the upstream side.
c. All team members will wear properly constructed Seat
Hip Rappel with locking snap links.
d. Every member of the team must cross the obstacle or risk
being forfeited in this event
e Time will start on command from the grader and end when all
Personnel and equipment are have crossed the obstacle and all
knots and snap-links have been removed from the ropes. Only
the near side lifeguard is permitted to break down the wiremen
knot. The nearside lifeguard will notify the grader when they have
the main rope free of all knots.
f Teams failing to construct and cross the rope bridge 10
minutes will be stopped by the grader.
PENALTIES:
a. A thirty (30) second penalty will be assessed for every knot improperly
tied.
b. A thirty (30) second penalty will be assessed for every member of the
team that crosses the obstacle and touches the ground, or any part of their
equipment touches the ground.
c. A thirty (30) second penalty will be assessed for every member crossing
the restricted boundary established by the lane grader.
d. A ten (10) second penalty will be assessed for every piece of equipment
that drops while negotiating the obstacle (ie, headgear, can
c. Land Navigation (Compass Course)
This is a timed team event in which all 8 members use their knowledge and skills to navigate and locate points using their pace count and assigned azimuths. From their start point team will follow the assigned azimuth and locate their first point. Here they will find a marker with a Map Reading/Land Navigation question which they will record both the marker and the answer to the question on their answer sheet. Each leg of the course will be less than 500 meters and in an urban environment. At no time will any team enter the wood-line bordering the course site. Each team will follow this procedure until they have located the five points they are assigned to locate within 60 minutes or less.
Scoring: The Team will receive 15 points for recording the correct marker and 5 points for the correct answer to the Map Reading/Land Navigation question at each marker.
The Land Navigation task carries a value of 100 points.
Each team will be issued a compass, protractor, pencil and answer sheet.
Teams failing to turn in the answer sheet in the allotted time will receive zero points. Also teams will loose one point for every minute that exceeds the allotted time of 60 minutes.
d. Leadership Reaction Course:
1 Each team will be required to negotiate obstacles located at the LRC site.
2 Each obstacle will be timed and rated on success of event.
3 Each obstacle must be safely completed by all 8 team members satisfactorily. If time permits
teams may be granted 1 restart per obstacle.
e. Cross Country Rescue
Each Raider team will be required to negotiate a cross country obstacle course. The start point is Point A Located at the East end of the parade field. Each team starts with 4 each 30LB Rucksacks and 2 additional sand bag weighing 25lbs. One team member is designated as the medic.
On the command go each team member will throw a soft ball at various targets with different
time values which will be deducted from the teams overall course time. Two window type
targets will each have a minute time value, and each of the large cans positioned at different
distances will have time values from 15 seconds to 45 seconds. Once all team members have
thrown their soft ball,the team will then sprint to base of the Rappel tower where they will climb the 30 foot rope. Upon arriving at the rope climb each member will climb to the top of the rope and touch the RAIDER Tab positioneed at the top.
The team will continue on the course untill they find a casualty. Teams will render first aid IAW JROTC 145-U3/4-SCT, Unit 4, Lessons 1 through 4. This will be a qualitative team evaluation of accessing and treating a casualty.After treatment they will continue on the course where they will find a litter with a 100 Lb weight attched. They must then continue through the course negogiating all the high and low obstqacles they encounter on the course carry the litter untill they arrive at the finish point which is the Paint Ball Fort located behind East Barcks.