Written by: COL (Ret.) Jimmy E. Hall The Monarch High School JROTC Program attended Fleet Week on Monday, April 24. Fleet Week is a United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, and United States Coast Guard tradition in which active military ships recently deployed in overseas operations dock in a variety of major cities for one [...]

Written by: CW2 (Ret.) Marion D. Jones Cadet/Lieutenant Sandreka Trice, (center) is pictured here after signing a contract with the National Guard after completion of High School. After high school she will go to Basic Training for nine weeks and attend her Advanced Individual Training to learn her job skills.  Joining the National has created [...]

Written by: MSG (Ret.) John Grayson Attached are the pictures of some of the events the Harrisburg High School Army JROTC Department participated in the past few days: Service to Community and Country Themed Week with Adam Timze (Photo credit: MSG (Ret.) John Grayson) We had a Service to Community and Country Themed Week Starting [...]

Written by: c/Captain Yaire Barreiro The 2022-2023 Ravens Battalion Staff selected College and Career Readiness as the Battalion Continuous Improvement Plan (BCIP) focus area. You can read more about this project in our previous post, featuring Aisha Veliz. c/Captain Janiiya Williams, pictured with her 5th Year Plan, shares the following about her success in the [...]

Written by: c/Captain Yaire Barreiro The 2022-2023 Ravens Battalion Staff selected College and Career Readiness as the Battalion Continuous Improvement Plan (BCIP) focus area. You can read more about this project in our previous post, featuring Aisha Veliz. c/Major Jennifer Nunez, pictured with her Salem College pennant, shares the following about her success in the [...]

Story by: c/Captain Yaire Barreiro MINT HILL, NC -- The 2022-2023 Ravens Battalion Staff selected College and Career Readiness as the Battalion Continuous Improvement Plan (BCIP) focus area. This aligns with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools 2024 Strategic Plan: “Every student graduating with meaningful employment or higher education opportunities.” The battalion is striving to achieve and [...]

Written by: LTC (Ret.) Richard R. Hodgson MANHATTAN, KS -- Seventy-four JROTC Cadets from nine schools around the state traveled to Manhattan, Kansas to attend a JROTC Day hosted by Kansas State University’s Army ROTC program, The Wildcat Battalion, to learn about opportunities in both Army ROTC and at Kansas State.   High Schools attending were [...]

Article by: C/1LT Paola Del Rello, S5 The 85th Army JROTC Battalion participated in the North Carolina A&T State University ROTC Day on 5 November 2022.  This was a great opportunity for Army JROTC Cadets from across the Brigade.  The event started with breakfast and an introduction from the Professor of Military Science, Lieutenant Colonel [...]

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 [...]

Story and photos by: COL (Ret.) Marc A. Garcia MIAMI, FL -- Miami Northwestern Senior HS (MNWSHS) Army JROTC Cadets who had either Paint and Auto Body class and/or Welding class teamed up to design and produce Flag and Guidon stands for the JROTC Battalion. The Cadets learned that welding and painting are not a [...]