Story & Photos by: Donna Hahn Washington, D.C. - The second part of JLAB, The Academic Bowl, held its opening ceremony on June 23, 2023, on Catholic University campus.  JROTC services that were in attendance were, Army JROTC, Marine Corp JROTC, Navy JROTC, Air Force JROTC and Coast Guard JROTC.  During the opening ceremony, keynote speaker, [...]

Story by: Donna HahnPhotos by: Donna Hahn Washington, D.C. - June 21st, 2023, the Army JROTC Leadership National Champions have been selected.  A special round of congratulations goes out the winning team from Fresh Meadows, New York, Francis Lewis High School.  Congratulations Cadets!  This journey started in November 2022 with more than 5,000 cadets and [...]

Story by: Donna HahnPhotos by: Donna Hahn WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On June 20th, 2023, selected Cadets that participated in JLAB 2023, had the honor of participating in the Laying of the Wreath Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. Cadet Rasmussen from Vilseck High School, Cadet Rubalcava from North Side [...]

Story and Photos by: Donna J Hahn Army JROTC Cadets complete the Gauntlet competition. The Gauntlet is a timed, sorted station while answering JROTC Curriculum questions. There were 8 Gauntlet stations for this competition. The above picture is Cadets given instructions prior to the start of the Gauntlet competition. Gauntlet Station 1 - Central Hayneville [...]

Story and Photos by: Donna Hahn The JROTC Leadership, according to the Greats is where Cadet's answer questions tied to the Army Senior Leaders: General Marshall, General MacArthur & General Powell while utilizing an audience response system. The JROTC Leadership, Outside the Box is where Cadets are answering scenario-based questions utilizing an audience response system. [...]

Story and Photos by: Donna Hahn The Army JROTC Leadership Bowl Leader Reaction Course (LRC) is where Cadets complete a collaborative experiential learning focused on building their leadership skills. This competition was broken down into 4 stations. Station 1 - North Side High School Fort Worth, TX Station 2 - Huntington High School Huntington, WV [...]

Story and Photos by: Army JROTC HQ Donna HahnJLAB is a 2-part event. First is Leadership Bowl and second is Academic Bowl. Both events run back-to-back starting June 15, 2025 and ending June 25, 2025. First event is the 2025 JROTC Leadership Bowl which consists of 40 Army JROTC Teams totaling 160 Army JROTC Cadets. Army JROTC [...]

Submitted by: CW4 (R) Rusel Hays, SAIPhotos by: CW4 (R) Rusel Hays, SAI 2022 - 2023 has been a great year for the Raptor Battalion. Cadet Captain Siddharth Singh, a senior, scored a perfect 36 on the ACT and was named Valedictorian for 2022 - 2023 school year. Cadet major Camden Walker, a junior, scored [...]

Written by: CW4 (Ret) Lynn Taylor South Hills High School JROTC Leadership Team from Fort Worth, TX advances to the 2023 JROTC Leadership Bowl National Championship for the third consecutive year. Cadets put in many hours of studying and honing their skills as a cohesive team. Leadership Team Captain C/SGT Maria Rangel stated, “We accomplished [...]

Submitted by: LTC (R) Eugene Thurman I am LTC (R) Eugene Thurman, the new Senior Army Instructor at Austin High School, Decatur AL.   SM (R) Patricia Davis, Army Instructor and I started the 2022 school year with a vision for the eighth graders in the program. This vision was to allow 8th graders time to [...]