We know, this is more of a "how it works" than an about page... but Wolf Squadron is a little different.

We are Sea Cadets, but we are also an after-school activity based in South Kitsap School District. Our program uses the Sea Cadets program as a framework to connect our cadets with programs and activities including our NJROTC program at the high school, our local service organizations, national youth development programs, our military community in Kitsap County as well as competitive and community service opportunities. We share the common goals of our national organization but also strive for more -we tie these goals or guiding principles to our district and school's mission and vision. 

Our district, our school, our staff, and our volunteers are deeply committed to nurturing growth, building community, and inspiring achievement. We believe strongly in creating the service-oriented leaders and citizens our country and community need today and tomorrow.

Wolf Squadron nurtures growth by asking ROTC cadets from the high school to join Sea Cadets and come back to the middle school to mentor our League Cadets (we all learn better when we teach). As the League Cadets move up to the high school program, they will in turn return as mentors to nurture and inspire the next batch of middle schoolers. The ROTC Cadets benefit from having a significant extracurricular activity to build their skills, earn promotion points, discover new pathways and opportunities, create new relationships and build community. And so the cycle goes.

We also build community through our partnerships with the School District, the Technology Students Association (TSA), the Navy League, the Marine Corps League, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), the American Legion, the Eagles, Kiwanis, Rotary, the Masons, the Blue Jackets and Chief Petty Officers Associations and other civic organizations to find adult leaders to connect and learn from us as we learn from them.

We inspire achievement through an extensive set of leadership and training opportunities and community service functions that build character and experience that supplement classroom learning and results in demonstrable growth. And earning ribbons, medals, and promotions along the way isn't half bad either.

We know, it's a lot...

But we've got this. And it's a good thing. We are not about the minimum number of drills or taking the best from each thing.

We actually DO the Sea Cadets program. We also DO TSA. And we DO the leadership and character development through our school and district. And we do it all very well. And yes, it IS a lot. But building kids into better people is essential to building a better tomorrow.

And that's worth doing.

Why Wolf Squadron?

Our unit takes its namesake for the USS Donald W. Wolf (DE-713), a Destroyer Escort commissioned at the end of World War II and stationed in the Pacific Theatre.

The ship was named after Donald William Wolf, who was born on February 7th, 1919 in Hart, Michigan, and enlisted in the Marine Corps 5 December 1939. Sergeant Wolf was killed in action at Guadalcanal on October 9th, 1942. He shared in the Presidential Unit Citation awarded the First Marine Division and was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for leading his platoon in hand-to-hand combat against an overwhelming enemy force.

His story reminds us that freedom is not free, and we are grateful that soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines like Donald William Wolf paid their dues and also picked up our part of the tab.

As we are also part of the South Kitsap Wolves, we also take our name to honor our high school mascot (known as the Wolves) and our sister NJROTC unit called Wolf Battalion. We pay homage to and share the "Wolf" name with honor, respect, and pride.

Under the Wolf Squadron umbrella, our "Training Ships" operate as semi-autonomous commands or divisions. Each school will have its own Commander or OIC and staff on site, with Wolf Squadron senior cadets cycling back to their original schools to help raise the next group of cadets.

Our History

Our unit history is shrouded in mystery (like many sea stories). Mr. Lewis will reveal it whenever he is up to it.

Our Patch

Our unit patch consists of a stylized wolf's head overlooking a squadron of three small surface ships. The wolf represents our overall command and our kinship with Wolf Battalion (our district's NJROTC unit). The surface ships represent the various training ship commands possible for Wolf Squadron; TS Cedar, TS Sedgwick, and TS Marcus -each named for actual ships from the past with names directly connected to their respective middle schools.

The Wolf itself bears the same eye as Cedar Heights Middle School mascot, Eddie (the Raindevil), is backed by an orange sunrise, and is banded by orange alluding to and honoring Training Ship Cedar as the plankholder or parent organization and first active command for the unit. Eventually the other middle schools may want to form commands of their own, and will likely adopt new logos for their respective sub-units. But the eye and sunrise elements will remain to honor Cedar Heights as the founding command for us all.