PHS NJROTC HISTORY

First year at Pacifica High School in 1996

Senior Naval Science Instructors

LtCol Paul Bishop, USMC Retired 1996 - 2000

CDR William Copus, USN Retired 2001 - 2008

CDR George Bowles, USN Retired 2009 - 2012

Captain James "Buddy" Iannone, USN Retired 2013 - 2015

LT Christopher Cecil, USN Retired 2015 - 2021

Captain Todd Geyer, USN Retired 2022- present

Naval Science Instructors

PO1 John T. Prior, USN Retired 1996-1998

Master Chief Algier Castro, USN Retired 1999 - 2002

PO1 Daniel T. Silbaugh, USN Retired 2003 - 2004

Charles Davis, 2005 - January 2016

QMC Shane Hartey, USN Retired Mar 2017 - Jun 2018

Master Sergeant David Duffield, USMC Retired 2019-2021

First Sergeant James Haslip, USMC Retired 2022-present

Area 11 Most Improved Unit - 2019

Distinguished Unit with Academic Honors: 2010, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Distinguished Unit: 2007, 2008,

Unit Achievement: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017

Area Manager Award: 2016

Area 11 Super Bowl (State/Regional Championship)

2022 -5th Overall Team Black, 11th Overall Team Blue

2020 - 5th Overall Team Black, 12th Overall Team Blue Qualified for Nationals - TBD Coronavirus

2019 - 5th Overall Team Black, 15th Overall Team Blue

2018 -7th Overall, 3rd Color Guard, 4th Push Ups, 5th Academics, 7th PI, 7th Overall Drill, 6th Overall PT, 10th Curl Ups

2017 - 15th (14th State) Overall, 9th place Academic, 6th Overall PT, 3rd (2nd State) 8 X 220 Relay, 4th (3rd State) 16 X 100 Relay

2009 -

2008 -

2007 -

2006 - 4th place Personnel Inspection

2004 - 4th place Academics

Area11 Brain Brawl Championships National Brain Brawl Championships

2022 1st, 2nd, 6th 2022- 2nd and 8th in the nation

2021, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 16th 2021 - qualified one team for Nationals

2020 - 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th 2020 - qualified two teams for Nationals (TBD Coronavirus)

2019 - 2nd, 5th, 6th 2019 - 7th in Nation

2018 - 12th and 14th out of 24 2016 - 12th in Nation

2017 - 4th in State and Region 2014 - 6th in Nation

2016 - 3rd in Region/2nd in State

2014 - 3rd Place

2013 - Two teams 5th and 6th Place

2012 - 4th Place

2011 - Two teams 2nd and 4th Place

2010 - 4th Place

Orienteering State Championships National Orienteering Championships

2022 - 3rd Place 2022 - 26th in the nation

2018 - 3rd place, 2nd Place Overall Freshman Team 2019 - 14th in Nation

2019 - 3rd place overall, 3rd Place Overall Freshman Team 2020 - qualified for Nationals -cancelled due to coronavirus

2020 - 1st place State/3rd place region

2021-2022 3rd place State 2021-2022 15th Overall Nationals

Cadet Commanding Officers, Executive Officers, and Command Master Chiefs

1996

1997

1998 CO: Aubrey Burns

1999

2000

2001

2002 CO: Daniel Strickland XO: Joseph Schweitzer CPO: Jonathan Peterson

2003

2004

2005

2006 CO: Kim Lee XO: Jackie Wheeler CMC:

2007

2008

2009

2010 CO: Tyler Bates XO: Colton Phillips CMC: Ryan Bartoletti

2011 CO: Lexi Galschaiodt XO: Remy Suzuki CMC: Josh Mitchell

2012 CO: Alexander Hwang XO: Anthony Henry CMC: Anthony Scott

2013 CO: Emily Merritt XO: Francis Lee CMC: Charlie Roper

2014 CO: Daniel Lozano XO: Alex Doughty CMC: Karen Cobena

2015 CO: Travis Miller XO: Crizelle Tran CMC: Vanessa Cobena

2016 CO: Baylee Schlictmann XO: Janet Nguyen CMC: Patrick Nguyen

2017 CO: Hannah Shim XO: Kyle Lanham CMC: Kristin Cove

2018 CO: Kaitlan Bui XO: Joanna Hwang CMC: Kyleigh Tran

2019 CO: Juliana Hwang XO: Andre Nguyen CMC: Andrew Ryeo

2020 CO: Nick Bungcayao XO: Matthew Reardon CMC: Andy Vu

2021 CO: Lucia Le XO: Thomas Bui CMC: Anthony Tran

2022 CO: Kane Li XO: Alex Vo CMC: Anthony Nguyen

2023 CO: Rachel Yun XO: Joshua Pavon CMC: Ethan Rudisill

Area 11 Leadership Academy Honor Cadets Area 11 Leadership Academy Motivator Awardees

2022 -

2018 - Nick Bungcayao 2017 - Kaitlan Bui

2019 - Lucia Le, Andy Vu 2019 - Timothy Vo