PHS NJROTC HISTORY
First year at Pacifica High School in 1996
Senior Naval Science
Instructors
InstructorsLtCol 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)
2024-2nd Overall Team Black, 13th Overall Team Blue
2023-3rd Overall Team Black, 13th Overall Team Blue
2022 -5th Overall Team Black, 11th Overall Team Blue
2020 - 5th Overall Team Black, 12th Overall Team Blue
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
Area 11 Brain Brawl Championships National Brain Brawl Championships
2024 1st and 3rd 2024-7th
2023 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
2022-2023 3rd Place 2023 - 28th in the nation
2021-2022 3rd Place 2022 - 26th in the nation
2020-2021 1st place 2021-2022 15th in the nation
2019-2020 3rd place 2020 - qualified for Nationals
2018-2019 - 3rd place 2019 - 14th in the nation
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 Schlichtmann 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
2024 CO: Matthew Do XO: Minh-Tam Nguyen CMC: Karlie Nguyen
2025 CO: Ben Vo XO: Joseph Pham CMC: Andrew Vo
Area 11 Leadership Academy Honor Cadets Area 11 Leadership Academy Gung Ho Awardees
2024- Collin Phan, Joseph Pham, Ian Lee,
2023 - Samuel Chung, Isaac Chikami
2022 - Rachel Yun 2022 - Matthew Do
2018 - Nick Bungcayao 2017 - Kaitlan Bui
2019 - Lucia Le, Andy Vu 2019 - Timothy Vo