Highland Park JROTC Earns Major Award

Posted on 07/26/2022

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Highland Park Junior ROTC program recently earned the Air Force Distinguished Unit Award with Merit for the first time in 34 years.

It all started several years ago, when a recruiter told Senior Master Sergeant Scott Moser there was an opening for an instructor position with the program.

SMSgt Moser was immediately interested in the position, and he already met one of the three requirements.

“You need to have a love and passion for teenagers, and I said ‘I have that’,” said SMSgt Moser.

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