Written by: C/SGT Moura Awad and C/CPL Allie Pickett WASHINGTON, D.C. — JROTC cadets and the Engineering students of Howard High School attended the BEYA (Black Engineer of the Year Awards) STEM conference in Washington, D.C. on February 3rd, 2023 which was hosted by Ms. Tonya Ziegler, the CTE/ARL Instructional Facilitator, along with a diverse … Read more
Submitted by: Mr. John Thompson, U.S. Army JROTC BETHESDA, MD — The Army JROTC Team, TXPatriot | baits64== from Theodore Roosevelt High School in San Antonio took first place in the all-services CISCO Net Academy competition and 3rd place overall in the all-services CyberPatriot competition. The team from left to right is Tina Tse, Seyma Kilic … Read more
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 … Read more
Written by: SFC (Ret.) Robert Hodapp NIXA, MO — Nixa High School Army JROTC from Nixa, Missouri, hosted its first Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation Aerial Drone Tournament on February 18, 2023. This competition consisted of 12 JROTC Drone teams from Nixa, SRTC, Camdenton, Booneville, and Wichita, Kansas. This competition was in conjunction with … Read more
Story/Photo credit: COL (Ret.) Frederick O. Stepat As the Senior Army Instructor, I want to recognize our TKA JROTC Robotics team for their incredible success this year. Both me and SFC(R) Robert A. Clements, AI, are very proud of our TKA Knights BN JROTC VEX Robotics team effort this year and want to specially recognize the great job … Read more
Submitted by: C/1LT Emi Uohara Punahou JROTC cadets teamed up with Punahou School 4th graders to make “Genki Balls” as a Service Learning project. The Ala Wai canal that runs adjacent to Waikiki has been plagued with sludge buildup for many years. The Microorganisms in the Genki Balls digest the sludge, oxygenate the water, and … Read more
Written by: 1SG (Ret) Michael Long FORT WORTH, TX — South Hills High School JROTC competed at the Mesquite JROTC Vex Robotics Competition and placed eighth out of twenty teams. The competition helped the team to qualify for the 2023 VEX Robotics World Championship to be held in Dallas, TX, April 27-29. This is the … Read more
Story by: MAJ (Ret.) Sang Lee BROOKLYN, NY — On February 11th 2023, the Tiger Battalion Fort Hamilton hosted the first all Army JROTC robotics event at Fort Hamilton High School. Nine different schools competed in the 2023 SPIN-UP VEX qualifier. The Fort Hamilton High School Tiger Battalion programed, planned, organized, set up, and executed the first … Read more
Submitted by: LTC (R) Kenneth P. GreenVideo Credit: Coral Glade High School Army JROTC Robotics Team LTC (Ret.) Kenneth P. Green, Director of Army Instruction (DAI) for Broward County Public Schools Army JROTC, shared a video from the Coral Glades High School Army #JROTC Robotics team. The cadets brief the school board at the end … Read more
Submitted by: COL (Ret.) Ivan MontanezPhoto credit: COL (Ret.) Ivan Montanez WILMINGTON, DE — COL (Ret.) Ivan Montanez, Senior Army Instructor (SAI) for Mount Pleasant High School Army JROTC, shares the following: “We hosted our first robotics event at our school, where we had 20 different teams compete for regionals. The JROTC program planned, organized, … Read more