Blog Posts - VIERA HAWK BATTALION

February 23rd Cemetery clean-up

2/27/2020

Another great clean-up was held at J.S. stone memorial cemetery, Melbourne, on February 23rd, of 2020. Our mission is to bring honor and awareness to these important heroes of this great country. A great number of people were involved such as the Viera JROTC program and a few local community members in the area. We thank all who volunteered including Team Rubicon. This team helped trim and fix up a lot of the debris that was growing previously at an alarming rate.

Wreaths across American ceremony

12/14/2019

On December 14th, 2019, the Viera JROTC program volunteered to place wreaths on veteran gravestones for Christmas at J.S Stone and Shady oaks cemetery to thank and honor this nation's greatest heroes for their sacrifices to make this nation and the world a better place. We would like to thank all who volunteered, including those who are not a part of the Viera JROTC program, but those who care and love this country and their own community.
We would also love to give thanks to Space Coast daily for their incredible work on sharing our message to not only the community, but to everyone outside of it as well. They covered our ceremony remarkable well and deserve recognition beyond reasonable doubt. spacecoastdaily.com/2019/12/dont-miss-live-coverage-of-wreaths-across-america-from-shady-oaks-cemetery-set-saturday/

Applebee's Breakfast

12/7/2019

On December 7th, 2019, The Viera high JROTC program took the opportunity to help volunteer at Applebee’s to serve breakfast for our local veterans to help raise money for the J.S Stone cemetery. The money will go towards maintenance and care for this wonderful cemetery. We hope to bring more awareness to the J.S Stone community and the city of Melbourne and attract more potential volunteers who want to make a difference. We thank everyone who attended and hope to see them again, soon!

State Raider Meet - JROTC Female Team

11/16/2019

On November 16th, 2019, the Raiders State Competition was held at Flaming Arrow Scout Reservation. Thanks to Kayli Kleeberg, Portia Priami, Olivia Vice, Melanie Estes, Jaydin Gentile, Gabriela Melo, Madelyn Shaffer, Madeline Knight, Karen Dimeo, Anna Jennigs, Regina Jennings, Sayako Vanoss, Mishella Segura, Jaxon Russack-Cradeur, Angela Crandle, Jazmine Lopez, and Jaiden Brown, for their hard work and dedication to the competition and program.

POW Ceremony

11/2/2019

On November 2nd, A Prisoner of War (POW) ceremony was held and performed at the Hilton Rialto in Melbourne. We would like to thank Cadets Jacob Brandenstein, Gabriel Bernstein, Andrew Jackson and Brandon Albert for this amazing and patriotic performance. They practiced for a tremendous amount of time for this ceremony due to the respect and honor these cadets wanted to give to those who served this great nation.

November 2nd Raider Meet

11/2/2019

On November 2nd, 2019, another raider meet was held at the Veterans memorial center in Merritt Island. Not only did the Viera team do extraordinary well, they exceeded well above the last meets’ score! The male team ranked 3rd in Team run, KB Relay and tire flip. They also ranked 2nd in Rope Bridge and X-Country. The male team ranked 2nd overall! The women's team ranked 3rd in team run, 2nd in Rope Bridge and tire flip, and placed 1st in X-Country Rescue! The women’s team placed 2nd overall as well!

J.S. Stone Memorial Cemetery Cleanup

10/12/2019

On October 12th, 2019, the Viera JROTC program volunteered to clean up the J.S. Stone Memorial Cemetery, Melbourne, in honor of the United States veterans that are buried there. Our mission is to bring honor and awareness to these important heroes of this great country. We would like to thank specifically Jasmin Robinson, Ethan Maden, Carson Hobin, Jonathan Reichner, Haylee Johnson, Nathin Perkins, Frankin Hallolk-Diaz, Andrew Lohne, Rianna Crumpton, Karen DiMeo, Eden Hamrick, Jessica Wolkens, Jacob Hall-Burns, Gabriel Bernstien, Anna Jennings, Reigna Jennings, Jack Kirk, Andrew Jackson, Connor McLaustin, Jasmine Lopez and Jacob LeDoux for volunteering and making an impact to the Melbourne and the Stone community.

Pep-Rally Color Guard

10/11/2019

On October 11th, 2019, the Viera high JROTC color guard performed here at our school’s gym before our pep-rally. We would like to thank cadets Brown, Riley, Hammerick and Spivey for their patriotism and true dedication towards their performance. We would also like to thank Menezes, Rascoe, Petkovic and Magiday for their great performance at the homecoming game!

October 5th Raider Meet

10/5/2019

On October 5th, 2019, the first ever Raider meet was held at the local Veterans Memorial Center in Merritt Island. The Viera high Raiders did an amazing job and has shown their true dedication to the program. We would like to thank the Jackson and Desmul family for volunteering to be our team parents.

Viera JROTC Color guard

10/4/2019

We would like to thank Jasmine Lopez, Jessica Wolkens, Hailey Johnson and Richard Magaday for giving an excellent color guard performance before our Friday football game, here at our home stadium on October 4th, 2019. They presented the colors remarkably well and has shown true dedication and patriotism through their performance. Go Hawks!