Submitted by: COL (Ret.) Ivan MontanezPhoto credit: COL (Ret.) Ivan Montanez WILMINGTON, DE -- COL (Ret.) Ivan Montanez, Senior Army Instructor (SAI) for Mount Pleasant High School Army JROTC, shares the following: "We hosted our first robotics event at our school, where we had 20 different teams compete for regionals. The JROTC program planned, organized, [...]

Submitted by: COL (Ret.) William P. LaChancePhoto credit: COL (Ret.) William P. LaChance SAN ANTONIO, TX -- COL Philbert Palmore and CSM Jose Salas, 5th Brigade Command Team, congratulate cadets from the Theodore Roosevelt High School's Rough Rider Battalion for taking first place in both armed and unarmed divisions of the 5th Brigade Drill Championships held on [...]

Picture and story by: Bulldog Battalion S5Submitted by: MAJ (Ret.) Stephen Hill ST PAULS, NC -- St Pauls High School Army JROTC Color Guard presents the Colors at the 171st Engineer Company deactivation ceremony.  The 171st was a part of the North Carolina National Guard. “Our relationship with the 171 dates back over 30 years,” [...]

The winning essay from the 2022 Lt. Gen. Theodore G. Stroup Jr. Achievement Award recipient is available online. Named for Stroup, a former Association of the U.S. Army vice president of Education who is now an AUSA senior fellow, the program recognizes Junior ROTC cadets for their achievements. It also aims to “engage the next [...]

Story and photos by: LTC (Ret.) Richard Wasserman BELLEVILLE, NJ -- In Army JROTC, cadets are in involved in many community service events during the course of the school year.  Belleville High School, in Belleville, New Jersey, is a brand-new Cadet NDCC Battalion and they are starting off on the right foot by getting involved [...]

Story and Photo Credit: Steven Steiner II, Decatur HS JROTC S5 DECATUR, AL -- On January 25th, Decatur High Army JROTC awarded the unit crest to the company. In order to receive a crest, cadets must complete one full semester in JROTC. A good caption for the photo below is, "Timothy Hunter received his unit [...]

Story By: Lt. Col. (Ret) Chevelle ThomasAL CTE JROTC Section President and Murphy High School JROTC SAI Mobile, AL – Mobile County Public School System Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps student cadets from Murphy and Blount High School participated in 'Career Technical Education on the Hill' in Montgomery, AL on February 2, 2023, to celebrate [...]

Submitted by: SFC (Ret.) Ivan J. Alvira WAIPAHU, HI -- The Marauder Battalion takes to the Sea! Our Army JROTC cadets took their leadership skills and work ethic to the water in support of the School paddling team earning them 1st place in one of the regatta races and a spot in the Oahu Interscholastic [...]

Submitted by: MAJ (Ret) William R. Kern FARMINGTON, NM -- Congratulations to Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Gatlin James of Piedra Vista High School, Farmington, New Mexico. On February 8, 2023, Gatlin accepted a nomination to attend the United States Military Academy and signed a national letter of intent to compete on the USMA Rifle Team! All [...]

Submitted by: LTC (Ret.) Mark StrehleWritten by: Cadet 2LT Gracie VanGorp BOYS TOWN, NE  -- The Boys Town Honors Color Guard was afforded the opportunity to Present the Colors for the World Premiere of “Old Guys and Their Airplanes (OGTA)” and the Distinguished Flying Cross Society’s (DFCA) newest production: “The Guy in Back.” This documentary [...]