LTC (R) Robert F. Barrow, Director of Army Instruction (DAI) for Mobile County Public Schools, has been selected as the Mobile Bay Area Veteran of the Year! LTC Barrow shares: "I can’t accept this without acknowledging that it is only through teamwork that we have such a successful JROTC program here in Mobile. I am [...]

Submitted by: COL (R) Marc A. Garcia Miami Northwestern Senior High School (MNWSH) JROTC conducted a Color Guard for the Mayor, Chair and Vice Chair at the Board Miami Dade County Commissioners in Honor of Veterans' Day 2022 and in special recognition of the family of Medal of Honor recipient Private First-Class Bruce W. Carter, [...]

Submitted by: CW2 Marion Jones Mitchell County JROTC Cadets along with the student population, teachers, CTAE Director: Simon Wilkes, the community and Honorable Mayor Kelvin Owens (Mayor; City of Camilla, Ga)with two Vietnam Veterans enjoys the display and history of the Hunley Submarine Replica provided by Jack Cowart, of Donaldsonville, Georgia. The replica you see [...]

SFC (R) Lamonte Munns, Army Instructor (AI) Summerlin Academy AJROTC defeated Powhatan AJROTC during a weekly three-position air rifle match sponsored by the Orion Scoring system in a national team league. Each cadet must fire 10 shots from the prone, standing, and kneeling position. Summerlin Academy cadets kneeling are Jacob McGuire, Abigail Ramirez-Martinez, Keegan Salm. [...]

Submitted by LTC (R) Korey Brown The Interlachen High School JROTC program recently held a promotion board at the Sid Martin Building, Interlachen, Florida.  The promotion board was held to recognize the most qualified Cadets who were seeking advancement in both a position of responsibility and rank.  Thirty-two Cadets prepared, rehearsed and attended the promotion board [...]

Submitted by CW2 (R) Marion Jones Mitchell County High School started the new school year with their new NDCC JROTC program: Mitchell County Eagle Battalion. The JROTC Program falls under the umbrella with Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education (CTAE) is preparing Georgia's students with the skills and education needed for the next step after high [...]

Story submitted by COL (R) William Laigaie Belaire High School and Liberty Magnet High School Robotics Teams competed at the State Championships and National Championships in May 2022.  Cadets design, build, code, test and compete VEX brand robots compete in events put on by the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation.  JROTC plans to onboard more [...]

Story submitted by COL (R) William Laigaie Liberty Magnet JROTC is 1 of only 11 schools nationwide selected for the Army Cyber Pilot Program.  This includes an accredited Cyber Curriculum, Certifications for Cadets, Certified Cyber Instructors, and State of the Art Equipment provided by the US Army Cadet Command. LMHS Senior Counselor Danielle Duvall works [...]

Submitted by LTC (Ret) D. Scott Varnado, Senior Army Instructor (SAI) “Bent But Not Broken” Cypress Lake High School JROTC Instructors and Cadets participate in school campus cleanup after the devastating effects from Hurricane Ian.  The JROTC sign was detached during the category 4+ hurricane and later found nearly a half mile away from the [...]

Story submitted by COL (R) William Laigaie 30 JROTC Cadets from East Baton Rouge Parish and SE Louisiana, 6th ROTC Brigade, were the first in the region to attend the National Flight Academy at Pensacola Naval Air Station 31 July 5 August 2022.  It was an incredible week of first-class instruction, interaction, and experience.  Graduation was in the National [...]