04/07/2011

JROTC Military Appreciation Day

The Charlie Company 184 aviation battalion stationed in Iraq speaks to a classroom full of students, teachers, veterans and local leaders via a webcam connection at Winder-Barrow High School during military appreciation day Wednesday, April 6, 2011. The members of Charlie Company come from the Southeast and some are from Winder. They fly coalition troops and others around Iraq. (Kelly Wegel/Correspondent/kelly.wegel@onlineathens.com)
A classroom full of students, teachers, veterans and local leaders ask questions of Charlie Company 184 aviation battalion stationed in Iraq via a webcam connection at Winder-Barrow High School in Winder during military appreciation day Wednesday, April 6, 2011. (Kelly Wegel/Correspondent/kelly.wegel@onlineathens.com)
The choir performs songs honoring each division of the armed services during military appreciation day at Winder-Barrow High School in Winder Wednesday, April 6, 2011. (Kelly Wegel/Correspondent/kelly.wegel@onlineathens.com)
Commander Jeffery Baker, center, leads a JROTC armed platoon regulation drill on the field during military appreciation day at Winder-Barrow High School in Winder Wednesday, April 6, 2011. The JROTC program at Winder-Barrow has 320 students and has over 400 enrolled for fall. (Kelly Wegel/Correspondent/kelly.wegel@onlineathens.com)
Mariela Hedden, front center, leads an armed regulation squad on the field during military appreciation day at Winder-Barrow High School in Winder Wednesday, April 6, 2011. The JROTC program at Winder-Barrow has 320 students and has over 400 enrolled for fall. (Kelly Wegel/Correspondent/kelly.wegel@onlineathens.com)
Kenneth Kennedy, left, and Brandon Gabriel perform an armed dual exhibition with rifles for JROTC members, the choir and visiting guests during military appreciation day at Winder-Barrow High School in Winder Wednesday, April 6, 2011. (Kelly Wegel/Correspondent/kelly.wegel@onlineathens.com)
Andrew Smith performs an armed solo exhibition with a rifle for JROTC members and visiting guests during military appreciation day at Winder-Barrow High School in Winder Wednesday, April 6, 2011. (Kelly Wegel/Correspondent/kelly.wegel@onlineathens.com)
The Winder-Barrow raider team demonstrates how to put up a single rope bridge and get across it during military appreciation day at Winder-Barrow High School in Winder Wednesday, April 6, 2011. The team competes at the state and national level, where teams of ten must construct the rope bridge and get every member across it in under one minute, five seconds. (Kelly Wegel/Correspondent/kelly.wegel@onlineathens.com)
A member of the raider team does a spin on the rope bridge while other JROTC members watch during military appreciation day at Winder-Barrow High School in Winder Wednesday, April 6, 2011. (Kelly Wegel/Correspondent/kelly.wegel@onlineathens.com)
The female raider team demonstrates how to cross a double rope bridge during military appreciation day at Winder-Barrow High School in Winder Wednesday, April 6, 2011. (Kelly Wegel/Correspondent/kelly.wegel@onlineathens.com)

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