Submitted by: 1SG (Ret.) Cedric Brown The Thomas Jefferson corps of Cadets' journey began with many challenges that attempted to derail their aspirations for Drill Teams. Still, their passion and perseverance again placed them in a winning position at the 5th BDE Drill competition. The motto of the Crimson Brigade is "one team, one fight," [...]

Submitted by: LTC (Ret.) Dan WilliamsPhoto credit: LTC (Ret.) Dan Williams LTC (Ret.) Dan Williams, Senior Army Instructor (SAI) at Marmion Academy Army JROTC, shares the following photos to showcase their drill team. The drill team completed last weekend at the Air Force JROTC West Aurora Drill Meet. LTC Williams reported that the team performed [...]

Submitted by: LTC (R) Eugene Thurman I am LTC (R) Eugene Thurman, the new Senior Army Instructor at Austin High School, Decatur AL.   SM (R) Patricia Davis, Army Instructor and I started the 2022 school year with a vision for the eighth graders in the program. This vision was to allow 8th graders time to [...]

Submitted by: MAJ (R) John SarneckyPhotos by: MAJ (R) John Sarnecky Our cadet Chain of Command is the core of our leadership here in the Bear Battalion. Without it we would not be able to do the things we do for our school and community. The Battalion has supported many school and community events. First, [...]

Story by: C/Paquette During Lincoln Park Drill Competition held October 29th, the JROTC Titan Battalion Drill Team took first place in Armed Drill, commanded by C/Capotosto. Our first-year team placed second, commanded by C/Cristian, and our Color Guard team took third. “We did good, still room for improvement, but we still did good!”, said C/Welch, [...]

Submitted by: SFC (Retired) Prince Young Neither snow nor darkness topped the cadets of the 18th JROTC “Falcon” Battalion from carrying on the legacy of those who have gone before them. Cadets supported The Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 10692, Tower Barracks Chapter and several other European VFW Chapters. This is the 31st time that Americans have [...]

Story by: COL (Ret) Darryl W. Hensley, Director of Army Instruction, Los Angeles Unified School District.  Eleven Army JROTC cadets from the James Monroe High School perform unarmed exhibition drill for the 2022 Santa Monica Veterans Day Celebration on 11-11-2022 at the World-Famous Santa Monica Pier, the furthest Western end of U.S. Highway 66.   [...]

Submitted by: 1SG Charles A. Mujica, Ret., Senior Army Instructor LA Metro Veterans Program – Honoring all Employees at LA Metro who served our Country in the Military On the 4th of November 2022 the James Monroe – Viking Battalion Unarmed Drill Team was requested to perform for the 8th Annual Los Angeles Metro Veterans [...]