2026 Awards & CoC Program

Thank you parents, family, and friends for attending tonight's Awards Ceremony, Change of Command, and Recognition of our seniors. We are very proud of our cadet's accomplishments throughout the year and appreciate your support, enabling us to make it possible.

Please click below for an electronic version of our program and descriptions of the awards being presented tonight.

Sequence of Events

National Anthem
Recognition of Honor Flights
Presentation of National Awards
Presentation of Outstanding Cadet Awards
Recognition of Booster Club Officers
Change of Command
Recognition of Seniors

Distinguished Guests

Brooke Matthews, Ashley Ridge High School Principal
Jelani Ellington, Ashley Ridge High School Assistant Principal
Miley Taylor, Daughters of the American Revolution, Susannah Smith Elliott Chapter
Maj (ret) Bill Clark, Air Force Association and Military Officer’s Association of America

Lieutenant Ralph Draper, Sons of Union Soldiers
Alicia Draper, ARHS AFJROTC Booster President
Erika Bialek, ARHS AFJROTC Booster Vice President
Mary Morris, ARHS AFJROTC Booster Secretary
Scott Wethington, ARHS AFJROTC Booster Treasurer