CHS AFJROTC Distinguished Unit with Merit 2015-2016

Distinguished Unit with Merit 2015-2016

At the September School Board meeting the Citrus High School Air Force Junior Officer Training Corp Unit FL-082 was honored as a Distinguished Unit with Merit for the 2015-2016 school year. This designation puts CHS AFJROTC in the top 8% of all JROTC units in the country.
Citrus Schools have three JROTC units, one at each of the high schools. CHS is an Air Force unit, Lecanto High School is an Army unit, and Crystal River High School is a Navy unit.

I am a strong supporter of these JROTC units.  JROTC units are a leadership program where some of our finest students are a part of these programs. While many of these students may go into the armed services these are not recruiting programs, but rather they build leadership, academic and career skills which raise these students to achieve lofty goals.

An example of CHS AFJROTC successes— In 2014-2015 students averaged a 3.019 weighted GPA.  A total number of 1711.88 community service hours and over 30 community service events for the 2015-2016 school year.  Two Cadets were nominated to the USAF Academy.

During the School Board meeting the Cadets presented this excellent presentation which you can view by following this link:  https://thomastalks.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/CHS-AFJROTC-2016-Briefing.pdf

I had the opportunity of first learning about JROTC through Capt. Thomas Holme (ret.) who is one of the CRHS Senior JROTC Naval Science instructors.  Capt. Holme has over the years given me a strong insight into the great benefits these programs provide, not just the students, but also the schools and our community.  Over the years I have now coached many JROTC students and I only grow more impressed with these students and the programs.

If you are interested in more information on these program, please feel free to contact the school’s programs for more information.

Crystal River High School Navel Science JROTC
Lt Commander Akil King
Senior Chief Petty Officer Ira Sparkman

Citrus High School Air Force JROTC
Col. Dennis Yamrose
CMSGT Tammy Lepird

Lecanto High School Army JROTC
LTC Dave Brown
Sgt Dean Kelly

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