Career Military Who Were Members of JROTC
Many members of JROTC go on to have careers in the United States Armed Forces. Some notable former members of JROTC include:
- William J. Bordelon, Staff Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, awarded the Medal of Honor.
- Baldomero Lopez, First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, awarded the Medal of Honor.
- James Cartwright, General, U.S. Marine Corps, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
- Shoshana Johnson, Specialist, U.S. Army. First female African-American Prisoner of War in the history of the United States military. (Medically retired.)
- Emily Perez, Oxon Hill High School 2001, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army. First Class of 9/11 West Point graduate to die in the Iraq War.
- Alan G. Rogers, Major, U.S. Army. First known homosexual combat fatality in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
- Thomas E. White, Brigadier General. U.S. Army, Secretary of the Army from 2001–2003
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