Story and Photos by: LTC (R) Vern L Randall  The Anchorage and Mat-Su School District JROTC detachments held their annual Raider Decathlon on 23 September 2023. Nine schools attended and competed, including Army JROTC programs from Bartlett, Colony, Dimond, and Bettye Davis-East High Schools. The weather was kind this year as over 150 Army, Air Force, [...]

Story and Photos by: C/CPT Hong Seiyul 2023 Annual Light Up the Night The Annual Light Up the Night began at the Carolinian Affairs Office on September 05, 2023. Cadets from Marianas High School Dolphin Battalion, Kagman High School Ayuyu Battalion, and the Saipan Southern High School Manta-Ray Battalion participated in this event. The Cadets marched [...]

Story and Photos by: LTC (R) Vern L Randall  Bartlett High School JROTC, Anchorage, AK, hosted an orienteering meet on 20 September 2023. Seven different high school JROTC programs attended and participated, with 57 Cadets representing Army, Air Force, and Navy programs participating in the activity. The participating Cadets demonstrated physical fitness, teamwork, and technical expertise [...]

Story and Photos by:  SFC (R) Ivan J. Alvira In August of 2023, Cadet Sandoval-Talaro and Cadet Corpuz participated for the first time in the Drill Warrior University ODC. The Competition is an Open Drill Competition that includes professional and amateur drillers from throughout the Nation. Our Cadets represented the Royal Hawaiian Guard and Waipahu in [...]

Story and Photos by:  C/SGT Arianni Sambois In May 2023, Waimea High School Menehune Battalion Cadets participated in the U.S. Army JROTC 8th Brigade Fitness Challenge, which evaluated male, female, and co-ed teams’ performance in push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, long jump, high jump, and one-mile run from entries throughout the 9-U.S. state and territory region.  The Menehune [...]

Story and Photos by: 1SG (R) Raymond Eason and SSG (R) Terry Buckhannon Never Forget On September 11, 2023, the Garfield High School Army JROTC in collaboration with student leadership (ASB), the Garfield HS band Brass Ensemble, faculty and administration, and volunteers from the Garfield Parent Center, gathered to commemorate one of the nation’s greatest [...]

Story and Photos by: C/2LT Jazmine Furton The Stallion Battalion participates in the 9/11 Field Of Heroes Ceremony On September 12, 2023, the Stallion Battalion participated in the 9/11 Field Of Heroes Ceremony at the Tinian Veterans Park. The Stallion Battalion organized a color guard for the event with numerous Cadets positioned in formation during the [...]

Story by: C/CPT Kayley MorimotoPhotos by: LTC (R) Timothy Schiller Trojan Battalion remembers 9/11, 11 September 2023, Mililani High School, Oahu, Hawaii Cadets of the Trojan Color Guard prepare to raise the American and Hawaiian Colors Mililani High School Army JROTC Cadets commemorates the observance of what occurred on September 11, 2001. The hijackers took four [...]

Story and Photos by: 1SG (R) Raymond L. Eason On September 04, 2023, in Wilmington CA. the Garfield High School Army JROTC Mighty Bulldawg kicked off the 44th annual Labor Day Solidarity Parade. The parade itself is the largest gathering on this side of the Mississippi. There were about 6,000 people in attendance and over 3,000 [...]

Story by: C/CPL Adriel Lenteja and C/CPL Sofia Del RosarioPhotos by: C/SGM Dennise Miguel and C/CPL Sofia Del Rosario Welcome back to school CNMI, hope you had a fun summer, whether you went on vacation, hung out with your friends or family, or just stayed in. As of August 22, 2023, Tinian Middle School & High School [...]