Story and Photos by: C/SGT Sofia Del Rosario Stallion Battalion leads this year’s Light Up the Night Walk On September 29, 2023, the Stallion Battalion was given the opportunity to lead this year’s Light Up the Night 2023 Walk around the fiesta grounds. This year’s Tinian Light Up the Night is a way to raise awareness [...]

Story and Photos by: MAJ (R) Chris Robertson Hamamoto Receives Legion of Valor Bronze Cross On 28 September 2023, Punahou School President Dr. Mike Latham presented the Legion of Valor Bronze Cross to Cadet Major Kylee Hamamoto, in recognition of her outstanding service and commitment to her school and the Army JROTC program. The Legion of [...]

Story by: C/2LT Pangelinan, KianiPhotos by: C/CPT Magno, Adrianne  On Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, 8th Brigade Army JROTC Cadets from Saipan Southern High School Manta Ray Battalion, along with battalions from Kagman High School and Marianas High School, were up bright and early from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. to take the initiative to assist the [...]

Story by: C/CPT Kayley MorimotoPhotos by:  LTC (R) Timothy Schiller On 12 October 2023, Mililani High School Army JROTC descended on Roosevelt with (7) seven (4) four-person Cadet teams, kicking off the first Army JROTC Raider Event for SY 2023/24 for all Hawaii JROTC schools. JROTC Units consisting of Army, Air Force, Navy, and USMC during Opening [...]

Story and Photos by: C/LtCol Song Yeon Kang Representing Stephen Watts Kearney High School Army JROTC, C/COL Kaila Stolz is the Cadet Brigade Commander for the 2023-2024 SY. Growing up, Stolz greatly involved herself in her family’s home business; They run a Residential Care Facility for the Elderly (RCFE) with a strong concentration of Alzheimer’s patients. [...]

Story by and Photos by: C/CPT Kayley S Morimoto Mililani High School Army JROTC Trojan Battalion with 137 Cadets participated in the 2023/2024 Homecoming Parade on 30 September 2023. It is a tradition that kicks off Homecoming week for Mililani High School. This year marks the first time in the history of the Trojan Battalion (established [...]

Story and Photos by: LTC (R) Vern L Randall  The Anchorage and Mat-Su School District JROTC detachments held their annual Raider Decathlon on 23 September 2023. Nine schools attended and competed, including Army JROTC programs from Bartlett, Colony, Dimond, and Bettye Davis-East High Schools. The weather was kind this year as over 150 Army, Air Force, [...]

Story and Photos by: C/CPT Hong Seiyul 2023 Annual Light Up the Night The Annual Light Up the Night began at the Carolinian Affairs Office on September 05, 2023. Cadets from Marianas High School Dolphin Battalion, Kagman High School Ayuyu Battalion, and the Saipan Southern High School Manta-Ray Battalion participated in this event. The Cadets marched [...]

Story and Photos by: LTC (R) Vern L Randall  Bartlett High School JROTC, Anchorage, AK, hosted an orienteering meet on 20 September 2023. Seven different high school JROTC programs attended and participated, with 57 Cadets representing Army, Air Force, and Navy programs participating in the activity. The participating Cadets demonstrated physical fitness, teamwork, and technical expertise [...]

Story and Photos by:  SFC (R) Ivan J. Alvira In August of 2023, Cadet Sandoval-Talaro and Cadet Corpuz participated for the first time in the Drill Warrior University ODC. The Competition is an Open Drill Competition that includes professional and amateur drillers from throughout the Nation. Our Cadets represented the Royal Hawaiian Guard and Waipahu in [...]