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Sixteenth Air Force deputy commander celebrates the Air Force’s 76th birthday with Texas A&M JROTC
September 19, 2023 — Major Gen. Thomas K. Hensley, Sixteenth Air Force deputy commander, spoke at Texas A&M University’s Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Air Force birthday celebration Sept. 15... MORE

16th Air Force deputy commander celebrates the Air Force’s 76th birthday with Texas A&M JROTC

MEDCoE instructors, drill sergeants give cadets a glimpse of Army life
July 21, 2023 — Instructors, drill sergeants and newly graduated combat medics spent the day with 200 Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from San Antonio’s North East Independent School District at JBSA-Camp Bullis June 2... MORE

Under the Wings JROTC cadet mentorship program launches
May 24, 2023 — The Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development formally launched a new mentorship program May 15 that will link Airmen, Guardians, Guardsmen, and Reservists with Air Force/Space Force Junior ROTC cadets in high schools at their units across the nation and some places abroad... MORE

Soldiers instruct JROTC cadets how to ‘Stop The Bleed”
January 20, 2023 — As part of the Joint Base San Antonio Adopt-A-School program, Soldiers from the 232nd Medical Battalion at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston visited Veterans Memorial High School Jan. 12 to teach the Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps Patriot Battalion students (cadets) techniques on how to “Stop the Bleed.”... MORE

AETC commander visits St. Louis JROTC cadets, lauds diversity, inclusion
October 12, 2022 — When Lt. Gen. Brian Robinson, commander of Air Education and Training Command, walked into Gateway STEM High School Sept. 30, he immediately noticed the flags. In the halls of this St. Louis high school, flags are on prominent display for every nationality represented in the student body and, according to Robinson, that diversity is what makes the school’s Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program so successful ... MORE

Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps students visit MEDCoE
August 23, 2022 — Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps students from Davenport High School in San Antonio had the opportunity to visit the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Aug. 4, 2022... MORE

USecAF highlights Air University’s mission of education, leader development
February 18, 2022 — Under Secretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones visited Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Feb. 15, to gain a deeper understanding on accessioning future leaders and educating the officer, enlisted and civilian force through the range of professional military education offered... MORE

Under Secretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones addresses the service’s chief master sergeant-selects at the Chief’s Orientation Course held at Air University, Feb. 15, 2022, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.

960th Cyberspace Wing reaches out to local high school students
June 8, 2021 — Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 960th Cyberspace Wing visited students in the Judson High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps in Converse, Texas, as part of a diversity and inclusion community outreach initiative May 19... MORE

Reserve Citizen Airmen in the 960th Cyberspace Wing receive a briefing from retired Lt. Col. Mark Hiatt, Judson High School senior aerospace science instructor, prior to speaking with Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp students in Converse, Texas, May 19, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Samantha Mathison)

AETC taking deliberate action focused on diversity, inclusion for recruits, Airmen
March 7, 2021 — Diversity and winning the next great power competition go hand-in-hand. Recognizing the value of having and developing agile thinkers at all levels of the Air Force who have diverse backgrounds and experiences, Air Education and Training Command leaders have taken deliberate actions focused on diversity and inclusion for both recruits and current Airmen and Guardians... MORE

A pilot’s pilot: Honoring Capt. Mark “Tyler” Voss and his Gold Star family
October 21, 2020 — On Friday, May 3, 2013, Capt. Mark “Tyler” Voss perished in a plane crash near Chon-Aryk, Kyrgyzstan, while on his sixth deployment, making his family a Gold Star Family who will be honored, along with many other families, annually on the last Sunday of September... MORE

Capt. Mark “Tyler” Voss, far right, with his family for Christmas in 2012.

Air Force Junior ROTC visits 433rd Airlift Wing
March 26, 2019 — Fifty-four Air Force Junior ROTC students and leaders from Burleson Independent School District in Burleson, Texas, visited the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland March 22... MORE

Master Sgt. Sean C. Preston, 433rd Maintenance Squadron propulsion mechanic, describes the features of a C-5M Super Galaxy engine to Burleson Independent School District Air Force Junior ROTC students March 22 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Fifty-four students and instructors from Burleson, Texas, attended the basic military training and toured several organization on base during their visit.

AF JROTC course now offered to Lackland ISD students
March 30, 2018 — A crosstown agreement between Lackland and Northside Independent School Districts will now allow students attending Lackland ISD at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland to enroll in its Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corp courses starting in fall 2018... MORE

Lackland Independent School District students listen as John Jay High School JROTC senior instructor, Col. John Lopardi, explains the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program during a field trip. A crosstown agreement between Lackland and Northside ISD will now allow Lackland ISD students at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland to enroll in its JROTC courses starting in the fall 2018.

Airman transforms hardships into motivation
March 16, 2018 — As a young and homeless man, Brian experienced hardships no teen should ever endure, but through hard work and determination, the future Airman discovered he was capable of doing much more than he thought he could... MORE

Formerly Homeless, Airman transform hardship in Motivation

BMT graduation, JBSA air show immerse JROTC cadets in Air Force culture
November 3, 2017 — Hundreds of young men and women from high schools throughout Texas watched with keen interest as nearly 700 Airmen completed the initial phase of their Air Force career, graduating from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland the morning of Nov. 3... MORE