AFJROTC instructor retires after 58 years in uniform Retired Senior Master Sgt. David Weissgerber will be retiring after 35-year career as an AFJROTC instructor, plus 23 years active duty military.

Rayburn’s Army JROTC cadets will begin this year by hanging up their green uniforms (worn since the late 1950’s) in exchange for the new, blue Army’s Service Uniform, or ASU.

The Lely High School JROTC was already ... The right stuff: Lely JROTC cadets obtain near-perfect score, feted at ... MIchael Harp displays his medals and ribbons on his dress uniform.

Although the national office oversees curriculum, certifies instructors and provides uniforms and equipment to JROTC programs, the day-to-day management of instructors is up to school administrators.

ARE INVOLVED. AFTER A YEAR OF STANDING ON THE SIDELINES IN THE JROTC PROGRAM AT SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOL IN PORT ORANGE, A 16-YEAR-OLD CAN FULLY ENGAGE BECAUSE HE WILL BE ALLOWED TO WEAR A UNIFORM ...

JROTC, a program that has existed since World War I, offers an increasingly rare means of connecting students who will soon be old enough to join the military with those in uniform.