Riverhead NJROTC

Riverhead’s Hometown Heroes banners are clean and ready to be installed along Main Street in time for Memorial Day, thanks to the efforts of the Riverhead NJROTC. The cadets cleaned the 110 banners featuring the names and photos of local residents who served in the U.S. military.

The Riverhead NJROTC unit started off the new year with vacancies in both its instructor positions, but the program. But despite the initial deficit, the program remained strong thanks to two ROTC Instructors hired as leave replacements,  Darien Riley and Zachary Morales — and the cadets themselves. 

Kellia, a commanding officer of the Riverhead High School NJROTC, was accepted to both the Naval Academy and West Point. She has opted to enroll at USNA and will report on June 25 to begin her summer training.

The Riverhead NJROTC cadets shined at the regional drill on Dec. 17. They took first place overall competing against six other schools.

“I knew I wanted Colonel to swear me in as soon as I joined the program,” said Gallo, who graduated from Riverhead High School in 2012. “He has been there for me the entire time and he is basically the reason I am the half-decent leader I am today.”

Riverhad’s NJROTC unit took second place overall at a regional drill meet hosted Saturday by the Southold-Mattituck-Greenport NJROTC at Mattituck Junior-Senior High School.

Riverhead High School's unit continues to be "one of the premier units in Area Four," according to Commander Jimmie Miller, the Area Four Manager who conducted the inspection.

Cadets in Riverhead High School’s NJROTC unit brought home five trophies from the first regional drill competition of the school year.

Did you know that, when Francis Scott Key penned “The Star Spangled Banner” in 1814, he was really writing about an American flag with 15 stripes, not 13?