Writer: Cadet Michaela Perri Photographer: Michaela Perri This year the Lexington Senior High School, Jacket Battalion, has had the privilege of honoring the lives lost on the tragic day of September 11, 2001. Our ceremony took place September 11, 2024 at 08:46, the same time as the first attack on our World Trade Center. Our [...]

Writer: Lt. Col. (Ret.) Allen Hill Photographer: C/1LT Brooks, C/CSMFagala, and LTC (Ret.) Hill C/1SG Bates, Person High School JROTC sprints the last 50 meters of the 5K run during the Person High Inaugural Raider Team Competition, September 14, 2024, in Roxboro, NC. (Photo by C/1LT Gracie Brooks, PHS JROTC) ROXBORO, NC – On September [...]

Writer: C/1LT, PAO Angelin Reyes Photographer: C/1LT, PAO Angelin Reyes The Overhills High School JROTC remembered 11 September 2001 with their annual ceremony. The official ceremony was planned and orchestrated by Special Projects Officer, Cadet major Cheyenne Cannon. Cadet Cannon also served as the Mistress of Ceremony. This year marks 23 years since the horrific [...]

Writer: Photographer: Program leader SGM (R) Ruby Murray The SVHS JROTC battalion has given there moment of silence to the victims of 9/11. Raising the flag to half staff to an event which has occurred more than 2 decades ago; but yet still fresh in the minds of the people of America, and now the [...]

Writer: Phillip Robinson Photographer: MSG Phillip D. Robinson (Retired), Senior Army Instructor (SAI) of Denmark-Olar HS JROTC, South Carolina Phillip Robinson was presented as the Denmark-Olar High School Teacher of the Year for the 24-25 school year on 5 Sep. 2024 by the District Superintendent. Principal - Dr. Deonia Simmons Superintendent - Dr. Dottie Brown

Writer: LTC (Ret) Douglas Osborn Photographer: LTC (Ret) Jason Pape Rappelling down a mountain side on VMI's campus is Cadet Battalion Commander Yareisy Gonzalez Woodbridge Senior High School's Viking Battalion sent a record number of Cadets to Camp Glory, JCLC held at Virginia Military Institute (VMI). Housed in the same barracks as Zachery Taylor, George [...]

Writer: 1SG Edwards Photographer: 1SG Edwards From June 3 to June 11, 2024, seventeen Menehune Cadets traveled to Normandy, France, for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, becoming the first Hawaii Honor Platoon to represent Hawaii at this historic event. They honored Allied service members by placing leis on the graves of Hawaiian soldiers and later [...]

Authored by: LTC William ReinhartPhotos by: SFC Juan Gordiano (Atholton HS graduates attending Service Academies) Pictured Left to Right: Michelle Kim, Daniel Ogordi, and Paul Kim. I would like to recognize three individuals for their appointment to the one of the United States Service Academies as a member of the Class of 2028. This appointment [...]

Authored by: 1SG Brian EdwardsPhotos by: Mallard Creek HS started a Middle School JROTC Club at Ridge Road Middle School. This is the inaugural year for this program, meant to motivate middle school students and help them understand the benefits of enrolling in JROTC in High school. The program includes 6-8th grade students, these potential cadets [...]

Authored by: SAI LTC (R) James RuzickaPhotos by: Bethany Henderson On May 2, 2024, Union County High School JROTC attended the Second Annual Military Ball Main Street Junction, in Union, SC. This provided the Cadets an opportunity to experience a Military Ball. You can read more about the Union County High School JROTC experience below: [...]