Writer & Photographer - Tod Martin Four Killeen ISD high school Junior ROTC battalions participated in the first local JROTC archery tournament. Harker Heights High School Knights Battalion, led by retired 1st Sgt. Joe Flores, wanted to build the team's morale and continue to grow together as a family. The team, which had already won [...]

Writer - c/CPT Maria Guerra, Hoover S5 Photographer - LTC Mark Ayson, SAI Hoover High School Army JROTC Archery competed against 42 JROTC Archery teams and finished 4th Place at the Western National Championship in Sandy, Utah. Hoover High School is one of 10 Army JROTC teams from 8th Brigade that competed in Utah. The [...]

Writer - Major (R) Monica Martinez, SAI Photographer - Mia Escamilla, PSJA High School Archery Archery Archery The South Texas schools conducted Camp Machape JCLC at Camp Zephyr on March 25-29, 2025. The event included high ropes course, physical fitness, archery, rock climbing, marksmanship, drownproofing, land navigation and knots training. There were several instructors involved in [...]

Writer - Photographer - On 21 February, the Denver JROTC held their first Basic Archery Instructor (BAI) certification course at Abrahm Lincoln High School. Abraham Lincoln High School was chosen as their archery team was the Rocky Mountain JROTC Archery League champions. The course was facilitated by 1SG (R) Paul Mahoney (Operations) and 1SG (R) [...]

Story by: C/SGT Del Rosario, Sofia and C/PFC Medicielo, JuliaPhotos by: C/SGT Sofia Del Rosario, and C/1SG Mary Gomez Stallion Battalion Competes in PSS Army JROTC 2023 Hawkeye Archery Competition On December 16, 2023, the Stallion Battalion had an opportunity to fly up to Saipan to participate in this year’s Archery Competition! This competition is new to [...]

Submitted by: Punahou and Waipahu Army JROTC programsPhoto by: LTC (R) Bob Takao The Waipahu and Punahou Army JROTC programs partnered together to conduct a JROTC demonstration at the annual AUSA LANPAC Symposium in Honolulu.   A trio of armed exhibition cadets from Waipahu who just returned from a top ten finish at Drill Nationals wowed the [...]

Written by: MAJ (Ret.) Todd Phillips Great day in Sandy, Utah. We 38 Wichita archers from three JROTC programs competing. South, Southeast, and North. 3D standing:South won first and had the 1st place Archer, Clayton McPherson. South also had the 10th place team (team #2). Southeast finished 3rd place. Overall 3D:Clayton McPherson - 1st (South)Brody [...]

Submitted by: COL (Ret.) Robert Hester HUTCHINSON, KS -- Wichita South High School JROTC “Iron Titan Battalion” Traveled to the Kansas State Fair grounds in Hutchinson KS to compete in the Kansas State Archery Tournament. The Iron Titan BN did an outstanding job winning 3rd place overall in the 3D competition and 5th place overall [...]

Written by: Todd Martin, Kileen Independent School District (ISD) Three teams tied to Killeen ISD schools are competing this week among more than 3,000 students statewide in the 17th annual National Archery in the Schools Program state tournament at the Bell County Expo Center. For the second year, the Harker Heights High School Junior ROTC fielded [...]

Photo credit: U.S. Army Cadet Command Public Affairs U.S. Army Cadet Command hosted the Sgt. Maj. (Ret.) Paul C. Gray JROTC Memorial Invitational, March 10-11, at Hardin County Schools in Radcliff, Ky. More than 150 teams traveled from across five different states to compete in one of the largest Army JROTC competitions in the country [...]