Submitted by: LTC (Ret) Derrick A. Corbett, SAI  On November 2nd, the Alvarado High School (Alvarado, Texas) JROTC scholars volunteered at Alvarado's Helping Hands for Jesus (HHFJ). Each month our goal is to engage in a community activity that positively impacts the community. The JROTC scholars augment the HHFJ team once a month to support its mission [...]

Submitted by: LTC (R) Leonard S. CianciottoVideo Credit: McAllen ISD The McAllen High School Bulldog Battalion celebrates 50 years of Junior ROTC with a tribute video played at our last home varsity football game.  Happily, we also provided the color guard at the class of 1973's 50th reunion where we met the very first Battalion Commander, [...]

Submitted by: LTC (R) Thomas W. Johnson On 15 October, Cheyenne Central High School, WY, hosted a Raider competition.  Six schools from three states consisting of Army, Air Force and Marine JROTC’s competed in the event.  It concluded with a Rifle PT challenge to the music of “Bring Sally Up.” The event was sponsored by [...]

Submitted by: MSG (R) Gary Hollins East Central HS JROTC Male Raider team earned 1st place honors at the Wagner competition on Saturday 8 October 2022, they from left to right Pedro Camacho, Marcos Sanchez, Isaac Camacho and Angel Davila.  The army instructor is MSG Gary Hollins.

Story by: LTC (R) Darrell (Wallie) Shaw DARDANELLE, AR -- Dardanelle High School JROTC and Computer Science programs were recently awarded a $17,141 Innovation in Computer Science grant from the Arkansas Department of Education. The grant will fund an initiative to develop virtual reality and other extended reality applications for students and teachers. The grant [...]

Submitted by LTC (R) Patrick Almond and 1SG (R) Kenneth Carbon On Friday, 23 Sep 2022, the Davenport High School JROTC program participated in the Annual Comal County Fair Parade in New Braunfels, Texas. The Comal County Fair is the largest County Fair in Central Texas. Thousands of local residents lined the parade route to [...]

Story by LTC (R) Peter R. Sandberg Maryvale HS JROTC Color Guard Team was invited to present the Colors at Cartwright District's annual 9/11 Never Forget Breakfast hosted by Dr. Aguilar-Lawlor to honor First Responders and commemorate 9/11. This proved to be a great opportunity to support partners and build relationships in the Community. After [...]

On Friday, September 9th, 2022 Cadets from the Davenport High School JROTC program had the distinct honor and privilege of supporting the Vietnam Veterans Quilts of Valor ceremony. This event was held at the Vietnam Army Grunts Museum in San Antonio TX. The Cadets assisted with the setup, served as ushers for the VIPs, as [...]

     Submitted by LTC (R) David H. Shelby I would like to take this opportunity to nominate SGM (R) Donald R. Hunter for recognition as an outstanding United States Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp Army Instructor.  SGM (R) Hunter is an Army Instructor at the North Little Rock (AR) High School.  The High School [...]