Featured Video: Ansbach JROTC Battalion Honor Veterans
Submitted by: MAJ (Ret) Madonna L. RobertsVideo created by: SGT Shamel M. Joyner, AFN Bavaria
Veterans Day
James Monroe HS JROTC Displays Flag at UCLA Veteran & Armed Forces Appreciation Game
Submitted by: 1SG Charles A. Mujica, Ret., Senior Army Instructor On the 12th of November 2022 James Monroe High School took over 125 cadets and chaperones to the UCLA versus Arizona football game for UCLA Veteran & Armed Forces Appreciation game in front of over 46,000 in attendance at the Historical Rose Ball. We were … Read more
Woodbridge Senior High School Army JROTC Veteran Community Recognition Event
Submitted by: LTC (R) Victor Burnette Each year the Woodbridge Senior High School Viking Battalion thank local community veterans of veteran organizations, local community veterans, and veteran teachers and staff. It is our effort to teach our school about veterans and is the second year where the cadets recognize a military veteran who continues to … Read more
Lighthouse Brigade Cadets participated in the 2022 Georgia Military Veterans Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Story by: LTC (Ret) Herbert Sanders, Jr., Director of Army Instruction The Muscogee County School District, Columbus, GA – JROTC Lighthouse Brigade Cadets participated in the 2022 Georgia Military Veterans Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (GMVHOF) on November 5, 2022, at Saint Luke, Ministry Center. The Lighthouse Brigade cadets consisted of 15 service members across … Read more
James Monroe High School JROTC performs unarmed exhibition drill for the 2022 Santa Monica Veterans Day Celebration
Story by: COL (Ret) Darryl W. Hensley, Director of Army Instruction, Los Angeles Unified School District. Eleven Army JROTC cadets from the James Monroe High School perform unarmed exhibition drill for the 2022 Santa Monica Veterans Day Celebration on 11-11-2022 at the World-Famous Santa Monica Pier, the furthest Western end of U.S. Highway 66. … Read more
Interlachen High School – Sister Springs Cemetery Clean-Up (Medal of Honor Recipient and Veterans)
Submitted by: LTC (R) Korey Brown As family and friends of United States Marine PFC Robert Jenkins, Vietnam Medal of Honor Recipient look on, the Interlachen JROTC Cadets spent their Saturday on 12 November 2022 conducting much needed maintenance at Sister Springs Cemetery in Interlachen, Florida. Interlachen native and national hero, PFC Robert Jenkins, sacrificed … Read more
Retiree Appreciation and Veteran’s day celebration assisted by Warrior Battalion
Submitted by: C/1LT Lennon Spakousky On November 11th, 2022, Veterans Day commemoration took place at the PX in the Hainerberg Military Base, Wiesbaden, Germany. This event is held every year for veterans in our community. The Warrior Battalion has had the honor of assisting with this event for the past few years and we are … Read more
Frankford War Memorial 100th Anniversary Ceremony
Submitted by: C/CPT Deanna Bracy, Frankford High School JROTC PAO The Pioneer Battalion hosted the community/school 100th Anniversary of the Frankford War Memorial on November 10th. Photos by PAO Cadet CPT Deanna Bracy Top Photo: Members of the battalion gather before the ceremony to set up and prepare the site.
A Lasting Tribute to a Vietnam Hero
By LTC Michael DeBolt, DAI Omaha Public Schools James William Fous (October 14, 1946 – May 14, 1968) was a United States Army Soldier and a recipient of the United States military’s highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War. Cadets from Central JROTC worked for a year to have the street … Read more
Houghton High School JROTC Honors Veterans
Submitted by: COL (R) Dylan Carlson Houghton High School JROTC, from Houghton, Michigan, were recognized in their local newspaper for their Veterans Day program. COL Dylan Carlson, Senior Army Instructor (SAI), shared photos and a link to the story! Click here to read the story in the Mining Gazette (external link).