Story by: Cadet/PVT Jameson Bogard Cdt/CSM.Yannic Miranda was chosen to attend the Four Star Leadership Program, one of 70 students selected. He attended the 5-day program in July in Hobart, Oklahoma. The Four Star Leadership program is a summer leadership program that gives some of the best high school students in the U.S a hands-on [...]

Story and photos by SFC (R) John Mondelli The Pemberton High School JROTC Color Guard presented The Colors at the closing ceremony of the 2022,  2nd Brigade Ranger Challenge.  This was a huge event for a very young Color Guard which consisted of: Hannah Ryder – U.S. Flag, Darlington Sarpong – Cadet Command Flag, Matthew Griggs [...]

Story written by: Cadet Lauren Moseley Submitted by: MAJ (Ret) Madonna Roberts In the summer of 2022, Cadet/1LT Breaira Pollard from Ansbach Middle High School was selected to attend the American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) Girls State program.  The Department of Maryland ALA sponsors Department of Defense students who attend school in Europe. Cadet Pollard’s transportation [...]

Story by: SFC (R) John M. Mondelli MEDFORD, NJ – The Legion of Valor is made up of veterans who have received the Medal of Honor or their respective service’s highest award for gallantry – Navy Cross, Army Distinguished Service Cross or Air Force Cross. The award is open to all high school JROTC and [...]

Story by: MAJ (Ret) Madonna L. Roberts Five Ansbach cadets recognized Mr. Tyrone Wylie, a Vietnam Veteran, at a National POW/MIA Recognition Day commemoration on September 16, 2022.  Cadets presented a Quilt of Valor to Mr. Tyrone Wylie while narrator, Cdt/CPL Eliana Figueroa, read his service record and what the Quilt of Valor represents. Cdt//1LT [...]

Submitted by: SGM (R) Oscar Weaver (AI)Photo Credit: Battalion S5 Cadet 1st Lieutenant Madeline Boser The Beaver High School JROTC Program conducted the areas annual memorial ceremony commemorating the tragic events which took place on, what would have otherwise been the beautiful morning of September 11th, 2001.  As fate and horror ensued and gripped our [...]

This summer, Cdt/LTC Collin Robertson showed his dedication and resilience while attending the Naval Academy Summer Seminar in June. The week-long program in Annapolis, Maryland gave candidates a look into the life of a naval shipman. Three thousand candidates attended the program and 160 were in his company. Ansbach’s very own Collin Robertson was voted “Outstanding Candidate” [...]

Written by SFC (R) David Freeland Local JROTC units in and around NYC support the Tunnel to Towers Foundation. Sunday 25 September 2022, Fort Hamilton High School instructors (Major/Ret. Sang Lee and SFC/Ret. David Freeland, with local Army National Guard and school JROTC support member Ms Katie Sisco supervised (77) students/cadets that participated in recognizing [...]

Written by Cadet 1LT Lennon Spakousky Last Thursday showed another very successful outing for the Wiesbaden High School JROTC as the Warrior Battalion, along with WHS’s principal, Dr. Ramaglia, led this year’s homecoming parade. Once a year, in the spirit of homecoming, the Warrior Battalion leads a school march through the Clay Kaserne military base [...]

Story by Cdt/Antonio Duran-Stanton Throughout June 18-23, 2022, SGT Alexander Pohlman, 1SG Kenton Duplessie, and CSM Yannic Miranda along with AI Christopher Buchanan went to the Army JROTC Leadership & Academic Bowl (JLAB) at Catholic University, Washington D.C.  They were chosen due to their exemplary high score in the pretest’s leadership area as well as placing in the top 40 teams in level II. At [...]