Airmen judge junior ROTC drill competition

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  • By Master Sgt. Bonnie A. White
  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFPN) --  Nineteen members from the National Air Space and Intelligence Center at here volunteered as judges and served in concessions at a junior ROTC drill competition March 29 at Walter E. Stebbins High School in Riverside, Ohio.

Two hundred Air Force and Army Junior ROTC cadets from eight high schools participated in the drill team championships. 

Junior ROTC is a citizenship program that is an elective class for the high school students. Courses in the program include aviation history, science of flight, survival, astronomy, and exploration of space.

Air Force officials provide cadet uniforms and all of the curiculum material. The cadets are under no military obligation after graduation. It is not designed to be a recruiting program. However, some graduates do enlist for active duty, enroll in college ROTC programs, and some go to the military academies.

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