2025 Navy Nationals
SOP Update/Clarification Page
(this page is annually readied in early August))
the initial posting of all event materials. These items listed below are found
in inverse chronological order to their date of implementation.
NOTE: Event Updates 1-5 from the 2024 event will remain in place and are listed below WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EVENT UPDATE #3 BELOW WHICH WILL SHOW A MODIFICATION FOR THE 2025 NAVY NATIONALS. EVENT UPDATE #6 HAS BEEN REMOVED. The SOP should be followed as written for all UPI procedures.
EVENT UPDATES
& CLARIFICATIONS
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#1 - 10 August 2024: Page is wiped and ready for the 2025 event!
The SOP and scoresheets have become official and have been sent to SNI by the Drill Committee. The other items less needed for early prep will be posted NLT December 10th. We post these first with the approval and push from the NJROTC Area Managers and after their review, they become official for the upcoming year. Good luck to all teams in the 2024-2025 school year!
#2 - 18 November 2024: Inspection will maintain ONLY THREE QUESTIONS for EVERY CADET!
The current SOP is a bit ambiguous on the number of questions each cadet will receive. This update will solidify that every cadet will receive THREE QUESTIONS to gain their individual cadet knowledge score as well as score other items on the sheet.
#3 - 18 November 2024: CHAIN OF COMMAND QUESTIONS/INFORMATION
There are only seven individuals listed in the Chain-of-Command in the most recently updated Cadet Field Manual. Those personnel are listed on PG 13 in the CFM, 4th Edition, 2024. Any questions asked by a judge in relation to the Chain-of-Command will be limited to those seven people, PLUS THREE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE AS FOLLOWS:
1) Commander-in-Chief,
2) Secretary of Defense,
3) Secretary of the Navy,
4) Chief of Naval Operations,
5) Commander Naval Education and Training Command,
6) Commander Naval Service Training Command,
7) Director, NJROTC,
8) the NJROTC Area Manager for your AREA,
9) the Senior Naval Science Instructor for your School; and
10) Cadet Unit Commander for your school
#4 - 18 November 2024: CORRECT VERBIAGE to use for CHAIN OF COMMAND REPLIES
Judge: Who is the Secretary of the Navy? Cadet: Sir/Ma'am, the Secretary of the Navy is, Secretary Carlos Del Toro
When answering questions during the unit personnel inspection pertaining to members in the chain-of-command,to gain a top score, the cadet should repeat the question, then identify the individual by title, first name and last name. For example:
Judge: Who is the Commander-in-Chief? Cadet: Sir'Ma'am, the Commander-in-Chief is, President Joe Biden
#5 - 18 November 2024: RIFLE REQUIREMENT at the 2025 Navy Nationals
For better clarify, the rifle regulation has been re-written to say the following, "To compete at the NJROTC Nationals with arms the unit may utilize any rifle if it meets the minimum weight requirement of at least 8 lbs (the standard weight of a Daisy Drill Rifle). The judges will verify the weight of the rifles by inspecting a unit's rifles prior to entering the floor for an armed event."
#6 - 18 November 2024: UNIT INSPECTION PROCEDURE CHANGE REMOVED
For better time savings, the entry & exit procedures WERE MODIFIED IN 2024. This change has been recinded for the 2025 event and beyond and is no longer in effect. Teams should execute the UPI EXACTLY as listed within the current SOP posted..
#7 - 25 February 2025: QUESTIONS for INSPECTION and ACADEMIC TEST
Due to changes in the Cadet Field Manual and Cadet Reference Manual
this past year - all questions for the 2025 NJROTC National Championship for BOTH the Unit Personnel Inspection and the first 30 questions of the Academic Exam will come directly from the Cadet Reference Manual Fourth Edition 2024. These questions will all come from pages 10-58..
#7 - 25 March 2025: PAUSE in REG and CG CHANGED TO 5 SECONDS
With the move to an on-line video format competition, the required pause found in both Regulation (Basic) and Color Guard has been changed to an approximate FIVE SECOND pause. After the delivery of the BOLD, GREYED command, the following command should not be given for roughly five seconds - PRACTICE THE PAUSE!.
#8 - 25 March 2025: REMOVAL OF FRONT & REAR SIGHTS AND STACKING SWIVEL
The front and rear sights as well as the stacking swivel serve only one purpose - to possibly badly injure a cadet who is doing something with the rifle it was never intended to do - spin it and toss it around. Therefore, you are authorized to remove both the front and rear sights, and the stacking swivel AND LEAVE THEM OFF throughout the event(s) without penalty..
#9 - 25 March 2025: RUN POINTS ARE NOW DOUBLED
With the removal of both push and curl ups, the atletic component of the 2025 event maintains just the 16x100 run. The decision has been made to DOUBLE the event points for athletics to be 668 (up from just 334). . With that change, Drill will be worth 500x5 event (2,500), Academics will be worth 1,000 points, and Athletics will be worth 668 point.
Thank You,
Justin Gates, Competition Director
Team Sports Network
