Study Guide
EAST VALLEY CENTRAL – JCC STUDY GUIDE
THE MISSION OF JCC IS : “PREPARING OURSELVES TO BE THE LEADERS OF THE FUTURE.”
CHAIN OF COMMAND
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*-Commander-In-Chief |
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. |
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*-Secretary of Defense |
Honorable Lloyd J. Austin |
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* Secretary of the Army |
Honorable John E. Whitley |
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Chief of Staff of the Army |
General James C. McConville |
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Senior Army Instructor |
Captain Arnold K. Jacobsen |
*-Denotes these positions are civilian positions. The Chain-Of-Command above begins with the President, the highest position in the Chain-Of-Command and continues to your Squad Leader, the lowest position in the Chain-Of-Command.. You should always begin to use the Chain-Of-Command starting with the lowest position and working up.
KEY PERSONNEL
The following personnel ARE NOT in the Chain-Of-Command, however, you should know these people because of the positions they hold.
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Vice President of the U.S |
Honorable Kamala D. Harris |
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Secretary of State (U.S.) |
Honorable Antony J. Blinken |
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Governor of Washington |
Honorable Jay R. Inslee |
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Senior Senator from Washington |
Honorable Patricia L. Murray |
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Junior Senator from Washington |
Honorable Maria E. Cantwell |
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4th District Congressman |
Honorable Dan Newhouse |
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East Valley Superintendent |
Mr. John Schieche |
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Principal East Valley Central |
Mr. Matthew Toth |
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Vice Principal East Valley Central |
Mr. Eric Heveland |
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Army Instructor-East Valley HS JROTC |
SFC Charles T. Waggoner |
PHONETIC ALPHABET
Cadets should be able to use the following phonetic pronunciations of the alphabet to spell words. Example: CAT spelled phonetically is Charlie, Alpha, Tango.
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A – ALPHA |
F – FOXTROT |
K – KILO |
P – PAPA |
T – TANGO |
Y – YANKEE |
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B – BRAVO |
G – GOLF |
L – LIMA |
Q – QUEBEC |
U – UNIFORM |
Z – ZULU |
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C – CHARLIE |
H – HOTEL |
M – MIKE |
(pronounced-KEY BECK) |
V – VICTOR |
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D – DELTA |
I – INDIA |
N – NOVEMBER |
R – ROMEO |
W – WHISKEY |
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E – ECHO |
J – JULIET |
O – OSCAR |
S – SIERRA |
X – X-RAY |
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READING TIME
Cadets should know how to read time on a 24 hour clock. To do so you need to add 12 to every hour past noon and the top of any hour is said with the “Hundred” after it. Example:
2 pm is 1400 and is pronounced “Fourteen Hundred.
2:30 pm is 1430 and is pronounced “Fourteen Thirty”
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0000 – Midnight |
0600 – 6 am |
1200 – Noon |
1800 – 6 pm |
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0100 – 1 am |
0700 – 7 am |
1300 – 1 pm |
1900 – 7 pm |
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0200 – 2 am |
0800 – 8 am |
1400 – 2 pm |
2000 – 8 pm |
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0300 – 3 am |
0900 – 9 am |
1500 – 3 pm |
2100 – 9 pm |
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0400 – 4 am |
1000 – 10 am |
1600 – 4 pm |
2200 – 10 pm |
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0500 – 5 am |
1100 – 11 am |
1700 – 5 pm |
2300 – 11 pm |
RANK AND INSIGNIA IDENTIFICATION
RANK AND INSIGNIA IDENTIFICATION
There are three types of rank within the Army: Commissioned Officers, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted personnel. Within the Cadet Corps there are only officers and enlisted personnel, but no Warrant Officers, nor are there any cadets above the rank of Cadet Colonel. Rank is a person’s designation or title they are called. Insignia is what they wear to identify their rank. The appropriate abbreviation for each rank is in parentheses beside the appropriate rank. Those abbreviations are correct for officers in the Army or Cadets. Cadet Officers and enlisted personnel should put the abbreviation “CDT” before their rank for proper identification, or simply "C" with a forward slash. (Example: A Cadet Lieutenant Colonel, when writing their rank would write, CDT LTC or C/LTC, a Cadet Staff Sergeant would write CDT SSG or C/SSG).
| GENERAL OFFICER RANK | INSIGNIA |
| General (GEN) | Four silver stars |
| Lieutenant General (LTG) | Three silver stars |
| Major General (MG) | Two silver stars |
| Brigadier General (BG) | One silver star |
| FIELD OFFICER RANK | |
| Colonel (COL) | One silver eagle |
| Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) | One silver oak leaf |
| Major (MAJ) | One gold oak leaf |
| COMPANY OFFICER RANK | |
| Captain (CPT) | Two silver bars |
| First Lieutenant (1LT) | One silver bar |
| Second Lieutenant (2LT) | One gold bar |
| ENLISTED RANK | |
| Sergeant Major of the Army (SMA) | Three stripes, three rockers with two stars in the middle |
| Command Sergeant Major (CSM) | Three stripes, three rockers, star in the middle with a wreath around the star |
| Sergeant Major (SGM) | Three stripes, three rockers with a star in the middle |
| First Sergeant (1SG) | Three stripes, three rockers with a diamond in the middle |
| Master Sergeant (MSG) | Three stripes, three rockers |
| Sergeant First Class (SFC) | Three stripes, two rockers |
| Staff Sergeant (SSG) | Three stripes, one rocker |
| Sergeant (SGT) | Three stripes |
| Corporal (CPL) | Two stripes |
| Private First Class (PFC) | One stripe, one rocker |
| Private Two (PV2) | One stripe |
| Private One (PV1) | No insignia to wear |
that the Army rank is exactly the same as cadet rank except where the Army enlisted person has rockers, cadets have bars. (Example: A Cadet Sergeant First Class would identify their rank as three stripes and two bars).
JROTC Ranks
