Maintaining optimal fitness is as much a part of “mission readiness” as it is a part of each person and cadet's overall quality of life. The overall Navy Physical Readiness Program ensures that this philosophy is a focus, and as part of teh Navy family, we do, too.

Our primary aim is to instruct our cadets in marksmanship and to promote practice and safety in the use of firearms of all types.

This reflects the mission of the Civilian Marksmanship Program which is to promote marksmanship through safe, high quality and innovative firearms training, safety instruction, and competition.

Youth programs are also a cornerstone of the NRA with more than one million youth participating in NRA shooting sports events and affiliated programs through groups such as 4-H, the Boy Scouts of America, the American Legion, and the National High School Rodeo Association, and others.

Wolf Squadron partners with several of these organizations to provide a robust marksmanship program for our Sea Cadets.

All cadets will have an opportunity to practice safe marksmanship using approved air rifles. Some will want to go beyond this and attempt to qualify for marksmanship ribbons or even earn a spot on a competition team. Competetion teams or expand their skills and learn about different firearms. Our goal is to build a comprehensive program for all cadets.

Finally, if cadets meet the age and physical requirements, they may have the opportunity to experience firing actual firearms. This is of course done in a safe facility with extensive safety protocols in place.

Land Navigation or Orienteering is the sport of navigation using a highly detailed map, compass, and a punch recorder. It is also one of Wolf Squadron's CORE activities.

Experienced hikers and competitive runners strive to improve improve their navigation and speed each time. Orienteering meets gradually build map-reading skills (and course difficulty) from exploring a local city park full of obvious structures to navigating remote terrain with few, if any, man-made features.

The key to success is to us your tools and skills to locate the correct checkpoints and punch in to register how long it took to find it. You may use any route you want between checkpoints. Automatic timing from control to control provides a way to measure your navigational effectiveness across routes and compare later with others who made different choices.

Good route choice often beats raw speed.

Credit in this category varies greatly. For [CORE], ALL cadets must attend the initial training meet typically held on a Saturday or Sunday in early November. If they like it, great. They can keep doing orienteering. If they don't like it, then their [CORE] requirement is done at that point.

Part of our training features a demanding obstacle course and a confidence course. The aim is to test cadets' physical endurance and mental toughness. Many military services use obstacle courses (mostly in recruit training) as a way to familiarize recruits with the kind of tactical movement they will use in combat, as well as for physical training, building teamwork, and evaluating problem solving skills.

Even the Space Force needs to know how to move around a complex office building with confidence and without sustaining personal injury. :)

Tough Mudder creates hardcore obstacle courses designed to test your all around strength, stamina, and mental grit. With the most innovative courses and millions of participants worldwide to date, it is the premier challenge series in the world. This isn't just an event – It's a calling.

Camping is exactly what it sounds like. We take a group of cadets either to an improved or wilderness campsite and stay there overnight or over the course of a couple of days. They hike, swim, and participate in a variety of outdoor activities completely detached from screens and electronic gadgets (except for the ones we provide).

Don't worry, though. extrordinary measures are taken to keep everyone safe.

While we abhore violence and fighting, conflict avoidance and being able to defend oneself are critical and laudable skills. Wolf Squadron provides basic conflict avoidance and self-defense training, but cadets are encouraged to seek more advanced training on their own -and we will reward this. Tae-kwon-do, karate, and mixed martial arts are just a few examples of self-defense training approved for points. Please check with your commanding officer for how this training applies to points in this color group. *

The very best skill any person can have is the ability to care for others. That's just common sense. MILPERSMAN 1500-20 further specifies that "Every member of the Navy (officer and enlisted) must be given instruction to ensure knowledge and ability in the principles of first aid. When personnel of the medical department are available, they must give such instruction as specified in reference." Again, as part of teh Navy family, basic first aid training is an essential part of our cadet training.

More advanced first aid training is available to Sea Cadets up to and including CPR and other life-saving techniques.

The third level of medical training is available via the Sports Medicine program at South Kitsap High School.

Knowing how to swim is especially important to the United States Navy. It is one of the few military branches that make it mandatory for recruits to complete a Navy Swim Test prior to graduating boot camp. Sea Cadets also emphasizes the importance of knowing how to swim according to US Navy swim standards. These standards are designed to ensure service members are able to endure and survive for extended periods at sea; not for speed in covering distances. As part of the Navy family, we also spend time on boats, ships, and conduct other maritime events. As such, we require that all Sea Cadets receive water safety training and that they qualify as at least a third class swimmer.

But don't worry. As long as you’ve been in the water before and have sone basic swimming skills, you should be able to obtain the Third-Class designation.

We want our cadets to embrace a life of sports and fitness, and we want to emphasize Wrestling and Football for this rope. We also acknowledge that physical strength, mental toughness, physicality, and competition are valuable skill sets for Sea Cadets. Football and Wrestling epitomize these ideals -as do we.Some cadets may dream of playing sports professionally, while others may simply be looking for ways to realize their strengths or build lasting and supporting bonds via an activity they love.

We agree, and in fact, that is also exactly what Sea Cadets is trying to do.

We give our cadet athletes grace on weekly drill attendance during their sporting season, and we have worked out agreements with many of our school coaches to release them early on Stated Drill days (Thursdays) when possible. This allows cadets to attend at least part of their required Stated Weekly Drill. Cadets are also still required to attend all monthly stated drills and other regularly scheduled weekend activities.

Again, all sports matter, and participation in any sport earn one point toward this rope. But Football and Wrestling in particular are a perfect match for the Sea Cadets ideals of fitness and strength and so earn double points over other sports for achievement in this rope. (1 point per sport in this category other than Football or Wrestling)

Various opportunities exist in Sea Cadet Advanced Training (AT) for cadets to learn tactical and SEAL training. Ask your Commanding Officer for More information.

The mission of the Sea Cadets is to build leaders of character. We place young men and women in constructive environments where they are able to develop good character, selfreliance, discipline and leadership skills. To fulfill that mission, we participate in Regional Flagship Competitions with other Sea Cadet units. We compete in events such as semaphore, Morse code, military marching, color guard, line heaving, marksmanship, personnel inspections, and other events as scheduled.

A variety of advanced training options are available on the Advanced Training tab at the top of this page. These are also listed periodically in Quarterdeck . Check regularly to be sure not to miss any offerings.