Just walking into the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps building at John Jay High School, a stone’s throw from Lackland, is a testament to the unit’s dedication to being the best.
The hall of trophies more closely resembles a sheer wall of trophies of all sizes and shapes and reasons for being and on a Saturday, when so many other kids are hanging out, the dedicated cadets are at school, working diligently.
While drill team members and instructors filter in and out of the activity room, in search of snacks and a much needed break from drill practice, a select few cadets sit, mostly quietly, clicking away at their computers. The cadets on laptops aren’t inside to avoid the intensity of drill, they too, are competing.
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