The Coast Guard has established a new Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program at Veterans Memorial High School in Corpus Christi. This is the 13th Coast Guard JROTC unit in the nation, with over 50 cadets enrolled in the inaugural semester | U.S. Coast Guard Heartland

Units from Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps programs at public and private schools gathered in formation at Okkodo High School for the first Islandwide JROTC Drill Meet since 2011. The event let these hardworking cadets from Tiyan, Father Duenas, JFK, Okkodo and Southern showcase their skills in unarmed, armed and color guard competitions, with both regulation and exhibition routines. Active duty soldiers, sailors and Marines served as judges and eval

1.9K views · 29 reactions | As graduation season is underway - seniors with Okkodo High's Marine Corps JROTC program have so much to look forward to, including one student who just found out he got into the U.S. Naval Academy Preparatory School. And to think - their Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps program was on the verge of shutting down. Julianne Hernandez spoke with students on how they saved it. | KUAM News | Facebook