Green Run's Navy Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (NJROTC) unit, comprised of students from Green Run High School (GRHS) and Green Run Collegiate (GRC), won second overall at the NJROTC Nationals. This two-day event only invites the top units in the nation to compete in academic, athletic and drill challenges.

Led by retired Navy Cmdr. Curtis Brown and retired Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Felix Robles, Green Run's unit has won first or second place at NJROTC Nationals the last four years. This year, they brought home the first runner-up championship trophy, plus, six additional team trophies in the following categories: academics, armed exhibition, unarmed exhibition, unarmed basic drill, team curl-ups and team pushups.

Additionally, several cadets earned individual honors:

• In pushups, GRHS senior Adriel Guzman and GRHS sophomore Lorenzo Burns earned third and seventh places with 140 and 110 pushups, respectively.
• In curl-ups, Guzman took the second spot with 329, while GRHS senior Jakob Bradshaw and GRHS junior Adrian De La Riva both tied for sixth place with 320 curl-ups each.
• GRC senior Taylor Turbide earned third place in academics, which tests cadets' knowledge of maritime history, leadership, nautical science, naval knowledge, naval skills, ships, ranks, current events and protocols.

Green Run's unit earned the right to compete at NJROTC Nationals by winning the Area Five NJROTC Championship in March. This was Green Run's seventh consecutive year to win Area Five, which is comprised of mid-Atlantic region schools from Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C.

Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) offers NJROTC programs and naval science as an elective course at First Colonial, Green Run, Landstown, Princess Anne and Salem high schools as well as Green Run Collegiate.

Established in 1964, and offered at accredited secondary schools across the nation, NJROTC's mission is to instill in students the values of citizenship, service to the United States, personal responsibility and a sense of accomplishment. For more information about the high school program, visit NJROTC's website. For information about NJROTC Nationals, visit the event website.

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