There is always opportunities and programs to help become a leader. JROTC, Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, is a leadership course for high school and college students.

    JROTC leadership is run by the students. There is a C/LTC, cadet lieutenant colonel, with help from coordinating staff, special staff, and personal staff. They motivate young people to be better citizens.

  The JROTC program puts countless hours of work into training leaders. The class leaders stay after school for the max of 1 hour and 30 minutes, and the class leaders also use their spare time to help cadets.

  The current leadership which consist of the BC, battalion commander, XO, executive officer, and CSM, command sergeant major, use these acronyms.

  L: loyalty, D: duty, R: respect, S: service and stewardship, H: honor, I: integrity, P: personal courage to help guide cadets. This is one of the many ways to motivate the cadets.

  C/LTC and senior Bryce Biermeyer said, “The leadership this year have been staying after school and applying themselves in the program, but they still can use some more work and improvement. They need to be more dedicated and more willing to do their jobs doing and making sure they are on time.”

   JROTC offers after-school help to cadets struggling in other classes, not just JROTC. The program also offers PT, physical training, to help keep cadets in shape. The exercises that the cadets do are push-ups, sit-ups, flutter-kicks, and they run at least two laps.

  The leadership arrives before school to file paperwork and  help cadets with marching or learning the chain of command. Also, they will also use their other free periods to file papers if needed, but they also offer help to cadets on how  learning how to handle rifles or march.  

  Cadets spend time after school to participate in special teams that help correct marching, handling flags,and rifles. By achieving  25 community service hours or more and have C’s, or better they, will receive a leadership position.

  JROTC equips each cadet with life skills. Within the first two years of JROTC cadets will learn the basics of first aid and how to problem solve.

  Cadet First Sergeant and Junior David Woodward, said, “We give the cadets the basic knowledge and strategic thinking. The cadets will learn how to use the skills not only in ROTC but throughout their life.”

  JROTC offers cadets with a way to socialize like any other after school program. As stated before JROTC offers homework time so cadets who struggle in other classes, so they will have the help they need. We also offer special teams like ADT, armed drill team, UDT, unarmed drill teamed, EDT, exhibition drill team, and colorguard.

  JROTC will teaches the cadets how to stay calm in stressful situations by talking to them. This will help cadets who get worked up over little things. The leadership offers an ear to listen so that way cadets will know that even if they are outside of the classroom, there is always someone there to count on.

   Cadet Captain and Senior Brianna Blackledge, said, “The class leaders show the cadets how to be respectful and how to prioritize. We teach the cadets not to curse at adults, instead we use their last name. My grandfather taught me that back in the day, they would address people by their last name, brother, or sister. They never used first names because it was very respectful to use their last name to show you actually knew whomever you were talking to.”

  JROTC offers more than just ways to be a leader. JROTC teaches cadets patience, responsibility, and respect.