Checking in with FHS/FL-931st grad Jeremy Wellhoner, who’s attending Combat Systems Officer training at Pensacola NAS. Jeremy was our very 1st Flight Academy grad in ‘19; he went on to attend ERAU/AFJROTC Det 157. The T-6 is a bit bigger than that little Diamond you trained in!

Flight Academy ‘24 alum and FHS/FL-931st senior Keira Doramus decided to go flying (minus the actual airplane) for her 18th birthday last week at Skydive City in Zephyrhills! Looks like fun!

Day zero at our annual Mini Leadership School. This three day encampment, planned and executed by juniors and seniors, is designed to sharpen 1st-yr cadet team building skills & initiative. Right now, though, we’re focusing on the best spaghetti dinner we’ve ever had.

What were you doing at 5:30am? Training Day 1 begins at FL-931st Mini Leadership School. After PT, Reveille, and hygiene time, we’re ready for breakfast!

NASP-certified archery instructor MSgt Martinson helps out cadets Rainey and Vonsander as they teach archery; one of several classes, including sports, color guard, small unit tactics, and others today on MLS Training Day 1. A formal flag retirement ceremony will end the day.

Great day of training Sunday and a breakfast this morning of chicken & waffles, grits, scrambled eggs, pancakes and sausage. Next is graduation ceremony this morning and the bus ride home. Buses should be picking us up at around 12:30 with an ETA about 1:15 at school.

MLS ‘25 is in the books! Congrats to Schlicher & Alyea (Distinguished Graduates) and Montanye & Kostowicz (Superior Performers). Everyone sleep good tonight and we’ll see you back at school tomorrow!

Competing at the JROTC Fitness Challenge Championships in Daytona! It’s our first time here. Great fun!

Congrats to Cadet Rainey for passing the FAA commercial drone (Part 107) exam!

Good luck seniors! We’re proud of you… you are warrior poets all. Have a great few days off and we’ll see you at graduation!

Our Flight Academy selects got some airtime today as they prepare to leave for their USAF-funded flight training. Shout out to instructor Austin Fields and PRP Aviation for helping them get a taste of what they’ll be doing all summer!

Congrats to our very own Lillian Griffis, who completed her initial solo at the University of Nebraska-Kearney Flight Academy this past Friday. Cadet Griffis is one of four FL-931st cadets attending USAF-funded Summer flight training at locations around the country.

FL-931st cadet Bradley Hitchcock completed his initial solo at Perdue University’s Flight Academy! A few days ago, fellow FL-931st cadet Nola Willie—at University of Nebraska (Kearney)—did as well. Here’s some pics of Bradley; congrats to both for achieving this milestone!

Congrats to Cullen Briggs who completed his initial solo at University of West Florida’s Flight Academy! All four FL-931 Flight Academy attendees are progressing through their 8 weeks of USAF-funded flight training & are focused on earning pilot licenses by the end of summer.

Congratulations to our Flight Academy attendees who are all finally back! We’re dusting off our classrooms and getting ready for another great year… cadets, if you can make it out to the FHS open house Thursday 8/8 we would love some help; contact C/Col Griffis. See you soon!

Getting ready to present the colors for tonight’s (9 Aug) Bucs/Titans game at Raymond James Stadium, 7:30pm

Thanks to Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the opportunity to present the national colors before the 9 August Bucs/Titans game; definitely a core memory for our high school AFJROTC cadets. Congrats on the win!

Planted nearly 8,000 flags at Highland Cemetery yesterday in the shape of the World Trade Center towers—honoring 9/11 victims and Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in the Global War on Terror.

Congratulations to PFC Kaeden Botticello, FHS/FL-931st ‘25, who just graduated Army basic training. He will be stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado, as soon as he completes Advanced Individual Training in Missouri. We’re proud of you!

Kicking off Rotary’s Little League season with a color guard!