Written by: SFC (Ret.) Robert Hodapp NIXA, MO -- Nixa High School Army JROTC from Nixa, Missouri, hosted its first Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation Aerial Drone Tournament on February 18, 2023. This competition consisted of 12 JROTC Drone teams from Nixa, SRTC, Camdenton, Booneville, and Wichita, Kansas. This competition was in conjunction with [...]

Story written by: C/CPT Nguy Cadets competed in the Butler Drill Meet on Saturday. Not only did Mallard Creek placed in 1/2 of their elements but the Drill Knockout Champion is a cadet from the Maverick Battalion! Congratulations to our Commander: C/Captain Godoy for overall being the Knockout Champion placing 1st among ALL cadets! He also placed [...]

Written by: C/2LT Ceira Wood On March 2, 2023, members of the Harry P. Harding University High School JROTC 'Ram Battalion' celebrated the National Dr. Seuss Celebration by participating in the "Read Across America Day" at area elementary schools. The cadets read from some of Dr. Seuss' most famous books like, "The Cat in the [...]

Written by: CW4 (Ret) Lynn Taylor South Hills High School JROTC Leadership Team from Fort Worth, TX advances to the 2023 JROTC Leadership Bowl National Championship for the third consecutive year. Cadets put in many hours of studying and honing their skills as a cohesive team. Leadership Team Captain C/SGT Maria Rangel stated, “We accomplished [...]

Story/Photo credit: COL (Ret.) Frederick O. Stepat As the Senior Army Instructor, I want to recognize our TKA JROTC Robotics team for their incredible success this year.  Both me and SFC(R) Robert A. Clements, AI, are very proud of our TKA Knights BN JROTC VEX Robotics team effort this year and want to specially recognize the great job [...]

Submitted by: Greg Stephens, 8th Brigade, USACC DUBLIN, CA -- Mr. Greg Stephens from 8th Brigade, U.S. Army Cadet Command JROTC, shares photos from the San Francisco Unified School District Army JROTC Cadet Leadership Challenge (JCLC). The event was held from 16 to 20 February at Camp Parks in Dublin, California. Top Photo Caption: JROTC [...]

By: C/CPT Ismail Hossain Last Saturday was a day everyone in the Stallion Battalion was waiting for. A day where they would showcase what they have practiced in the past few months. A day that they were all eager for. Over the last few months, the Stallion Battalion Drill Team consisting of 33 Cadets has [...]

Photo/Story: 1SG(R) Raymond L. EasonOn February 19, 2023, at Forest Lawn Cemetery Hollywood Hills, CA, elite members of the Garfield High School Bulldawg Battalion participated in the largest celebration of its kind, to honor George Washington’s birthday and to observe Presidents’ Day. Also, the Sons of Liberty hosted this celebration inviting other JROTC units in [...]

MORGANTON, NC — 1SG (Ret.) Trina Hines, Army Instructor (AI) for Freedom High School Army JROTC, was honored as Freedom High School's Teacher of the Year! This is what teachers, staff and colleagues said about why they voted for 1SG Hines for Teacher of the Year in their own words. Why did you vote for First Sergeant [...]

Written by: Cadet Captain Yaire Barreiro, Book Study Team Captain MINT HILL, NC -- The Rocky River JROTC Book Study Team worked together to help teachers mentor students in order to “Flip The Grade”. With COVID-19 and the teacher shortage, schools have had a difficult time improving academic scores. We all had to come together to [...]