Submitted by: LTC (R) Richard R. Hodgson, Senior Army Instructor (SAI) After the traditional ceremony at the Manhattan Veterans Cemetery for a wreath laying ceremony on December 17th, a select few cadets traveled to the small town of Pilsen, Kansas which is the hometown of Korean War Medal of Honor awardee, Chaplain Emil Kapaun.  There, [...]

Submitted by: CW2 (Ret) Pedro Larribas The memorial was dedicated with a procession and ceremony on the National Mall on November 11, 2022. This tribute to Native heroes recognizes for the first time on a national scale the enduring and distinguished service of Native Americans in every branch of the US military.  Kirtland Central High School (KCHS) AJROTC Bronco [...]

Story by retired Army Major Anton Alston PIKEVILLE, N.C.On December 17, 2022, eleven cadets from Charles B. Aycock High School Army Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps (JROTC) participated in a wreath laying ceremony at the Pikeville Cemetery. The wreath laying ceremony was sponsored by the Pikeville American Legion Post 541.The cadets provided a Color Guard [...]

Submitted by: LTC (R) Timothy P. Norman The Paragould JROTC program does a flag collection and disposal program for our community service. The cadets go out in the community and collect the flags and also to all the veteran organizations.  This year we built a new fire pit beside our building just for this event.  [...]

Submitted by Cadet Sergeant Kylee Hamamoto For the second consecutive year, Punahou JROTC cadets read the 2403 names of those who perished on the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial Center in Hawaii.  The roll call took almost two hours to complete and attracted family descendants, one who [...]

On 7 Dec 2022 Miami Northwestern Senior High School (MNWSHS) JROTC conducted a dignified ceremony lowering the school's United States Flag to half mast - half staff, In Honor Of (IHO) Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. On December 7, 1941, over two thousand American soldiers and civilians lost their lives and over one thousand were injured in [...]

Story by LTC (R) Tim Schiller, and 1SG (R) Marlon RicePhotos courtesy of LTC (R) Tim Schiller Today we honor and remember the 2,403 service members and civilians who were killed during the attack of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Today the Trojan Battalion at Mililani High School honored those who sacrifice will never [...]

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 [...]

Submitted by: C/2LT Chance Gaillard Omaha Central High School Eagle Battalions JROTC held a ceremony on Friday the 11th for the renaming of a nearby street to James Fous Avenue. The JROTC program at Central spent over a year working on renaming the street, which all culminated into this event. James W. Fous was an Omaha [...]

Story written by: C/2LT Nguy Mallard Creek High-school JROTC participates in the Joint Color Guard at the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) outpost in Charlotte which honored Gold Star Mothers (Mothers who have lost their sons in wars). Mallard Creek was very honored to be selected to participate in this special event with South Meck, [...]