Tag: navy jrotc
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Doherty senior, accepted into three service academies, chooses Air Force
George Miller, who will graduate from Doherty High School next month, applied to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., and the Air Force Academy, in the hope that one of the prestigious schools would accept him. To Miller’s surprise, he was accepted by all three. “It was…
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Colorado Springs ROTC instructor hopes to preserve up to 300 commemorative Navy plaques
In 2017, Doherty High School’s senior naval science instructor started a project to honor the wartime contributions of service members from Colorado Springs. Five years later, with the help of a local mural artist, retired Navy Capt. Greg Thomas’ project was completed. Dubbed the Hall of Honor, the project consists of a two-wall mural festooned…
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Doherty High School cadets honor fallen local hero with Christmas wreath
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For two years, cadets from Doherty High School’s Navy Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps have participated in National Wreaths Across America Day, laying wreaths on the headstones of fallen American service members interred at Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs. In 2018 and 2019, dozens of…
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Doherty High School cadets honor fallen local hero with Christmas wreath
For two years, cadets from Doherty High School’s Navy Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps have participated in National Wreaths Across America Day, laying wreaths on the headstones of fallen American service members interred at Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs. In 2018 and 2019, dozens of cadets attended the annual ceremony and laid hundreds of wreaths.…