Story by and Photos by: C/2LT Alexis Cadwell On October 9th 2023 the Lower Brule High School Army JROTC “Lakota” Battalion participated in the Native American Day Parade in Sioux Falls, SD with (28) Cadets. This was the Lakota Battalion’s second year leading the parade and all participants were thankful and honored to represent the [...]

Story by: C/SGT BowenPhotos by: LTC (R) Mosteller, 1SG (R) Edwards and C/SGT Covington Congratulations to all the Cadets who participated in the JROTC Cadet Leadership Challenge at Fort Jackson in South Carolina. This annual camp allows Cadets to learn team building skills and teaches them valuable life skills. They furthered their knowledge by learning [...]

Story and Photos by: Donna Hahn Washington, D.C. – On June 26, 2023, Joint JROTC Services participated in the 2023 Academic Bowl National Championship Awards Ceremony.  This event started in November 2022 with more than 12,000 Cadets on more than 3,000 Joint Service JROTC Academic Teams.  In attendance this year were the top 260 Cadets [...]

Story & Photos by: Donna Hahn This year, there was a total of 64 teams from all the services in attendance for the JLAB National Academic Championship.  Out of the 64 Teams, there were 31 Army JROTC Teams in attendance for this year’s competition.  After a day and half of competition, 2 teams made it [...]

Story & Photos by: Donna Hahn Washington, D.C. - The second part of JLAB, The Academic Bowl, held its opening ceremony on June 23, 2023, on Catholic University campus.  JROTC services that were in attendance were, Army JROTC, Marine Corp JROTC, Navy JROTC, Air Force JROTC and Coast Guard JROTC.  During the opening ceremony, keynote speaker, [...]

Story by: Donna HahnPhotos by: Donna Hahn Washington, D.C. - June 21st, 2023, the Army JROTC Leadership National Champions have been selected.  A special round of congratulations goes out the winning team from Fresh Meadows, New York, Francis Lewis High School.  Congratulations Cadets!  This journey started in November 2022 with more than 5,000 cadets and [...]

Story by: Donna HahnPhotos by: Donna Hahn WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On June 20th, 2023, selected Cadets that participated in JLAB 2023, had the honor of participating in the Laying of the Wreath Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Cadet Rasmussen from Vilseck High School, Cadet Rubalcava from North Side [...]

Story and Photos by: Donna J Hahn Army JROTC Cadets complete the Gauntlet competition. The Gauntlet is a timed, sorted station while answering JROTC Curriculum questions. There were 8 Gauntlet stations for this competition. The above picture is Cadets given instructions prior to the start of the Gauntlet competition. Gauntlet Station 1 - Central Hayneville [...]

Story and Photos by: Donna Hahn The JROTC Leadership, according to the Greats is where Cadet's answer questions tied to the Army Senior Leaders: General Marshall, General MacArthur & General Powell while utilizing an audience response system. The JROTC Leadership, Outside the Box is where Cadets are answering scenario-based questions utilizing an audience response system. [...]

Story and Photos by: Donna Hahn The Army JROTC Leadership Bowl Leader Reaction Course (LRC) is where Cadets complete a collaborative experiential learning focused on building their leadership skills. This competition was broken down into 4 stations. Station 1 - North Side High School Fort Worth, TX Station 2 - Huntington High School Huntington, WV [...]