Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps

Jacob Wiegand

Saturday, June 1, 2019

Scenes from the first year of the Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Cape Central High School. For cadets in the program, Col. Michael Goodin, senior aerospace science instructor with the AFJROTC program, said there are opportunities for success and the chance to develop new life skills that help “prepare them to go out into the world after high school and succeed.” Read the full story in the Southeast Missourian's Weekend Edition.

Cape Central Air Force Junior ROTC cadets Jacob Chippewa, left, a student whose name was not able to be used, center, and Mariel Bisher, right, practice folding an American flag during an AFJROTC class Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
A Cape Central Air Force Junior ROTC cadet holds an American flag while working on the procedure for folding the flag during an AFJROTC class Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Cape Central Air Force Junior ROTC cadets Ethan Glenn, first row facing forward, and Austin LaRose, behind Glenn, stand for inspection as a cadet, whose name was not able to be used, marks on a page during an AFJROTC class Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Cape Central Air Force Junior ROTC cadets Dalson Caudle (from left), Nick Stearns and Nick Hodges sit at computers during a meeting of Cape Central's Air Force Junior ROTC cybersecurity team Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, at Cape Central High School. The team, which operates through the CyberPatriot, the National Youth Cyber Education Program, recently won a Missouri competition against 14 other schools. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)

Cape Central Air Force Junior ROTC cadets Jacob Chippewa, left, and Mariel Bisher workout with other cadets during a physical training day with their AFJROTC class Friday, May 3, 2019, at Cape Central High School in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Cape Central Air Force Junior ROTC cadets Creed Davis, in background, and Nicholas Stearns volunteer in helping take down American flags in the Avenue of Flags on Memorial Day on Monday, May 27, 2019, at Cape County Park North in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Cape Central Air Force Junior ROTC cadets Gregg Hallman, left, and Nick Hodges volunteer in helping take down American flags in the Avenue of Flags on Memorial Day on Monday, May 27, 2019, at Cape County Park North in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)