Delaware Military Academy - Organization

Organization

As a high school in which every student is also a cadet, the Delaware Military Academy has a special organizational structure. In terms of faculty, there are typical academic teachers and administrative positions, but there is a significant military presence as well. In addition to some academic teachers being retired from the United States armed forces, there are seven Naval Science Instructors, or NSIs, who oversee the military aspect of the school. Six of these NSIs teach Naval Science classes to the student. There is also a student organizational structure, referred to as a Chain of Command. This chain of command depicts the roles of each cadet in the school, ranging from "Squad Leader," (no special responsibility), to "Regimental Commander," the cadet in charge of the entire school's military section. Various positions are available to the students, in various levels of the organization. There are leaders for each subdivision of the Regiment, and for each subdivision of that, etc. Special positions are also available, such as "Public Affairs Officer" and "Web Site Manager." Much of the school's activity is handled by the cadets themselves, only traveling to the staff for approval and supervision.

The school's student organization resembles that of a United States military organization, as per JROTC standards set forth by the military. However, the school differs slightly from most NJROTC units, as the standards were created with the thought of a small section of students being devoted to JROTC. Considering that every student is a member of NJROTC, many standards are applied differently.

The entire student body is referred to as a "Regiment." Within the Regiment are two "Battalions" within each Battalion there are four "Companies" a student is assigned to a company based on when he or she has Naval Science class each year, and the companies are named the same way. Each company consists of four to five "platoons," named according to the phonetic alphabet used by the United States military. A student's platoon is simply his or her Naval Science class. The platoon is then further divided into three "squads," each one containing an equal number of students. Squads are randomly assigned to students by the students' instructor.