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There are several components of the drill team and color guard. A cadet's drill team experience begins in the basic new cadet drill team. There the cadet learns the basics of drill and gets his or her first experience in parades and competitions. After finishing their first year, cadets then participate in more advanced competitions. At MAST these drill teams are unarmed basic team, armed basic team, armed exhibition, and unarmed exhibition, or trick. Along with the drill team the color guard participates in all ceremonies with the drill company. There are five members of the color guard and several alternates.
The MAST drill company and color guard participates in several events including parades and drill competitions. Parades MAST participates in are in Monmouth county and include the Columbus Day Parade, the St. Patrick's Day Parade, and the Memorial Day Parade. MAST also participates in the New Jersey/Delaware Navy and Marine Corps JROTC competition at Linden, New Jersey and the Area Four Navy JROTC Field Competition at Middletown, New York. At these competitions the NJROTC Drill Company and Color Guard participate in competitive drill routines as well as competitions by other cadets in physical fitness and academic competitions.
Hours of Operation:
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays
1050 – 1135 (B-Schedule: 1120-1200)
Supply Inventory:
Volunteers needed! Earn Unit Service ribbon!
Chain of Command:
NSIs
Battalion Commander
Battalion Deputy
Battalion Supply Officer
Asst. Battalion Officer
Supply Company Chiefs
Supply Volunteers
The band and chorus meet weekly. The band plays the Star-Spangled Banner, accompanied by the chorus, at every formation. During pass in reviews the band plays an armed forces medley.
Lieutenant Commander Thomas Cramer, USN (Ret.)
Commander Cramer graduated from the University of Colorado on a Navy ROTC scholarship program in 1961, earning a Bachelor Degree in Engineering Physics and a commission as an ensign in the US Navy. He then served on destroyers for five years in positions such as the main propulsion assistant and chief engineer. Then Commander Cramer attended the US Navy Graduate School at Monterey, CA earning his masters in Physical Oceanography. He was assigned to teach at the US Naval Academy, followed by a year overseas in Vietnam where he was the Executive Officer on a repair ship. He went on to be the XO of an Ammunition ship. After this he went to language school for Spanish and was assigned to Argentina on PEP (Personnel Exchange Program). Towards the end of his Navy career, he worked for the US Mapping Agency in Hawaii. In the years after his retirement, he worked for an oil company in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Lieutenant Commander Paul Mucciarone, USN (Ret.)
Lieutenant Commander Mucciarone is originally from Margate, New Jersey. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1981 and subsequently served at sea in several ships, primarily in engineering related billets. Ashore, he taught in the Engineering Department of the Surface Warfare Officers' School, and was the Assistant Head of the Department of Naval Science at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Commander Mucciarone also served on two flag staffs as a marine engineering plant inspector for Atlantic Fleet, and the director of shipboard engineering training for a group of 21 amphibious ships.
Commander Mucciarone is married and has two daughters. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, a Master Of Arts degree in International Relations from Salve Regina University in Newport, RI, and a Master of Science Degree in Marine Environmental Science from the State University of New York in Stony Brook, NY. Commander Mucciarone joined the MAST staff in August of 2001.
BMCS Michael Vaccarella, USN (Ret.)
1983-1984 Top 10 Unit
1984-1985 Top 10 Unit
1988-1989 Top 10 Unit
1990-1991 Honor Unit
1991-1992 Honor Unit
1992-1993 Honor Unit
1993-1994 Honor Unit
1994-1995 Honor Unit
1995-1996 Honor Unit
1996-1997 Honor Unit
1997-1998 Honor Unit
1998-1999 Letter of Commendation
1999-2000 Distinguished Unit
2000-2001 Distinguished Unit
2002-2003 Distinguished Unit
2003-2004 Distinguished Unit
2004-2005 Distinguished Unit
2005-2006 Distinguished Unit
2006-2007 Distinguished Unit
2007-2008 Distinguished Unit
