JROTC Nomination Form & Instructions
Donate to the NSSAR JROTC Endowment Fund
The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) awards the ROTC Medal to foster the principle of the “citizen-soldier,” exemplified by the Minutemen of Revolutionary War days. This award is presented by an SAR Chapter, State-level Society, or the National Society to ROTC or JROTC cadets who are selected for having a high degree of merit with respect to leadership qualities, military bearing, and general excellence. The recipients are selected by the Commanding Officer of the ROTC or JROTC unit, who should be given full latitude in making the selection.
SAR members are direct descendants of those patriots that achieved the independence of the American people and the objectives of the organization are intended to perpetuate a more profound reverence for the principles of the government founded by our forefathers. Such were the ideals of Captain Alden Partridge, who is considered the founder of the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program in the United States. Partridge founded the ROTC because his father, Samuel Partridge, a soldier of the Revolution, had concern for the newly founded United States and its lacking a development resource for qualified military officers. SAR supports all programs that encourage historical research, foster true patriotism, and maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom. It strongly supports the United States ROTC and JROTC as exemplary programs of these ideals.
For ROTC or JROTC units with fewer than five hundred cadets or midshipmen, one ROTC or JROTC Recognition medal will be awarded each year. For larger units, one medal may be presented for every five hundred students enrolled in the unit. In cases where a school has more than one ROTC or JROTC unit, each unit is counted separately. The Silver ROTC Medal is presented only to students in a college or university ROTC unit and no recipient may receive it more than once. The Bronze JROTC Medal was authorized in 1965 and is presented only to students in secondary school JROTC and no recipient may receive it more than once. As of June 15, 1998, the U.S. Navy Sea Cadet Corps (NSCC) is no longer eligible to receive the SAR JROTC Bronze Medal. Instead, the NSCC should be supported by recognizing the outstanding NSCC cadet with the SAR Sea Cadet Medal (Bronze Good Citizenship Medal with Ribbon Bar).
The winner of each state-level society competition will be entered into the National JROTC Recognition program. The winning cadet at the national society level will receive his or her award at our annual SAR Congress. The award will be the National JROTC Medallion and an award of $5,000. The 2nd Place award is $2,000 and the 3rd Place award is $1,000. Two new award levels for 4th and 5th Place introduced for 2018-2019 are now at $250 each. For a complete set of rules, along with the application for both the applicant and the sponsoring SAR members, can be found below. Please be aware that the local application deadline dates may vary, so interested applicants should reach out to their local SAR Society contact listed below for further details.
Contacts
| SAR Society | ROTC & JROTC Contact |
|---|---|
| Alabama SAR | David Jones
14301 Countryside Drive Northport, AL 35475 (205) 339-4094 djones36@aol.com |
| Alaska SAR | Walter W. John
6552 Lakeway Drive Anchorage, AK 99502-1949 (907) 243-4768 walterwjohn@yahoo.com |
| Arkansas SAR | Gregory W. Hogue
913 Sylvan Hill Drive Jonesboro, AR 72401 (870) 926-9473 greghogue@msn.com |
| Arizona SAR | Bob Hoover
12851 E Nighthawk Ranch Tucson, AZ 85749 (520) 288-1290 ac1065001@yahoo.com |
| California SAR | Brandon Alexander Villardi
2661 W 233rd Street Torrance, CA 90505 310-938-8916 bvillardi@gmail.com |
| Colorado SAR | John P. McFarland
12755 Green Meadow Dr. Elbert CO 80106-8949 (719) 659-9245 mac266@hotmail.com |
| Connecticut SAR | David J. Perkins
3 Clearview Avenue Bethel, CT 06801-3003 (203) 797-1967 dperkins8@att.net |
| Dakota SAR | Donald L. Kellogg
P.O. Box 799 Edgemont, SD 57735 (605) 662-7060 dkellogg@gwtc.net |
| Delaware SAR | Matthew J. Barlow, Jr.
2105 North Glebe Road, #2316, Arlington, VA 22207-2236 (302) 245-9741 matthewjbarlow@comcast.net |
| District of Columbia SAR | Lane Douglas Brooks (JROTC Inquiries) 7820 Valleyfield Drive Springfield, VA 22153-4118 (703) 915-6194 lanedbrooks4@aol.comPeter A. Dixon (ROTC Inquiries) 111 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314-3803 (703) 549-7428 peterdixon@comcast.net |
| Empire State SAR | Brent W. Downing 65 Erie Crescent Fairport, NY 14450-2472 (585) 377-8416 bwd65@me.com |
| Florida SAR | COL Patrick J. Niemann, USA, Ret. {813) 784-1035 niemannpat@gmail.com |
| Georgia SAR | David G. Jessel 10 College Street Newnan, GA 30263 (770) 254-8579 ptljessel@charter.net |
| Hawaii SAR | Arthur N. Tulak 745 Fort Street, Suite #311 Honolulu, HI 96813 (808) 518-9208 arthur.tulak@earthlink.net |
| Idaho SAR | Ellis Rail 908 Larch Drive Rexburg, ID 83440 (909) 238-1787 ecrail42@gmail.com |
| Illinois SAR | Charles D. Dobias 127 Briar Ridge Drive Collinsville, IL 62234 (618) 365-6129 dobiascd1099@gmail.com |
| Indiana SAR | Gary C. Steinhardt 2602 Nottingham Place West Lafayette, IN 47906-5023 (765) 426-5434 gsteinhardt@purdue.edu |
| Iowa SAR | Doug Frazer 4410 Skyline Drive Des Moines, IA 50310 (515) 868-6459 dlfrazer@yahoo.com |
| Kansas SAR | Bryan Wampler (913) 707-6955 bwampler.sar@gmail.com |
| Kentucky SAR | Gerald Jerry Byrd 906 Beaver Road, Walton, KY 41094 859 393-9889 gabyrd65@yahoo.com |
| Louisiana SAR | Ed Chapman 114 Peck Blvd LaFayette, LA 70508-7328 (337) 534-8572 (504) 733-3311 Edwin.Chapman@LUSfiber.net |
| Maine SAR | Wayne H. Mallar
103 Essex Street Bangor, ME 04401-5301 (207) 942-6486 essex103@aol.com |
| Maryland SAR | George Satterthwaite II
513 Holly Road Fort Washington, MD 20744 gs2nd@aol.com |
| Massachusetts SAR | Joseph Gauthier 91 Bellevue Road Lynn, MA 01904 (978) 888-7951 pineriver99@gmail.com |
| Michigan SAR | Paul Callanan 611 Brookstone Court Marquette, MI 49855 906-273-2424 ltcmrsc@aol.com |
| Minnesota SAR | James Everett Hagen 3835 Mill Run Lane Eagan, MN 55123-1688 651 452-5835 651 983-2385 jimh_public@comcast.net |
| Mississippi SAR | Andrew M. Jones
600 South Court Street Cleveland, MS 38732 (662) 721-6398 amjones1@outlook.com |
| Missouri SAR | Charles G McMillan
6945 N Surrey Lane Springfield, MO 65803 (417) 343-5255 Email Link |
| Montana SAR | John W. Rice
181 Milky Way Drive Bozeman, MT 59718 406-585-5801 jwrice46@gmail.com |
| Nebraska SAR | John T. Parsons
1512 Beechwood Avenue Papillion, NE 68133-2506 (402) 339-7565 parsoni1@q.com |
| Nevada SAR | Roger E. Linscott
870 Matterhorn Boulevard Reno, NV 89506-7912 (775) 972-4628 rogerlinsar@gmail.com |
| New Hampshire SAR | James L. Veach
93 Lesnyk Road Goffstown, NH 03045 (603) 497-4057 awards.nhssar@comcast.net |
| New Jersey SAR | Christopher D. Sands
44 Roger Avenue Cranford, NJ 07016 (908) 868-1347 chrissands44@aol.com |
| New Mexico SAR | Andrew S. Lyngar, Jr.
300-2McCombs Road, P.O. Box 86 Chaparral, NM 88081-7937 (636) 295-2154 alyngar@earthlink.net |
| North Carolina SAR | Michael T. Aycock
229 Morganwood Elizabethtown, NC 28337 (910) 645-4764 dpa65@yahoo.com |
| Ohio SAR | Gary Duffield
42 Bridgewater Drive South Lebanon, Ohio 45065 513-494-0238 gduffield@zoomtown.com |
| Oklahoma SAR | Kenneth W. Young
1218 Richmond Road Edmond, OK 73034-3243 (405) 361-7600 kenyoung78@sbcglobal.net |
| Oregon SAR | Robert A. Bogardus
4675 Goodpasture Loop, Apt. #146 Eugene, OR 97401-1569 (541) 743-1776 xchequer1@aol.com |
| Pennsylvania SAR | Raynold L. Prusia
15063 Limber Road Meadville, PA 16335-5331 (814) 547-2730 prusia@reagan.com |
| Rhode Island SAR | Christopher C. Sparks
17 Contour Road Warwick, RI 02886 Home (401) 885-6587 (401) 450-9734 sparksccs@cox.net |
| South Carolina SAR | Matthew Breen 1341 44th Avenue North, Ste 200 Myrtle Beach SC, 29575 (843) 283-2495 matthewbreen1990@gmail.com |
| Tennessee SAR | Cliff Kent 2411 Boston Branch Circle Signal Mountain, TN 37377 (423) 517-0284 dogwoodlodge@epbfi.com |
| Texas SAR | John K. Thompson 10 Gate Hill Drive The Woodlands, TX 77381-3278 (281) 367-9627 johnkthompson@rocketmail.com |
| Utah SAR | Kit K. Workman 2067 West 470 North West Point, UT 84015 (801) 540-6464 kworkman1@aol.com |
| Vermont SAR | James L. Barr (ROTC Inquiries) 21 Chase Street Burlington, VT 05401-1507 (802) 578-7076 jlbarr@aol.comZachariah L. Fike (JROTC Inquiries) 119 Overlake Drive Georgia, VT 05454 (315) 523-3609 purpleheartsreunited@gmail.com |
| Virginia SAR | Spurgeon C. Keith, Jr. 5107 Hunting Hills Drive Roanoke, VA 24018 (540) 725-4321 sckeithjr@cox.net |
| Washington SAR | Alan M. Mandigo (ROTC Inquiries) 4610 29th Avenue NE Tacoma, WA 98422-4449 (253) 241-9502 cdramm@outlook.comConrad A. Plyler, Jr. (JROTC Inquiries) 1894 Valley Avenue E Port Orchard, WA 98366-8505 (360) 769-5910 grayman@wavecable.com |
| West Virginia SAR | Richard I. Greathouse 16 Twin Oaks Drive Clendenin, WV 25045 (304) 395-5425 rick@greathouse.us |
| Wisconsin SAR | William A. Muether 515 Greendale Dr Janesville, WI 53546 608-743-0969 Bidi92@aol.com |
| Wyoming SAR | Ronald A. Steffensmeier 1444 East Sunlight Drive Casper, WY 82601-6800 (307) 235-4769 dbldimon@aol.com |
Previous Winners
These young men and women are the past winners of the SAR’s ROTC & JROTC Recognition Program.
| Year | Winning Cadet | Sponsoring SAR Society |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | AFJROTC Cadet Capt William Beaman | Oklahoma SAR |
| 2020 | AFJROTC Cadet Lt. Col Aeson Akins | Colorado SAR |
| 2019 | AFJROTC Cadet Maj. Boston John | Utah SAR |
| 2018 | AJROTC Cadet Maj. Samantha Padilla | Utah SAR |
| 2017 | AJROTC Cadet Maj. Conner Goodrich | Oklahoma SAR |
| 2016 | AJROTC Cadet Maj. Avero Howard | Georgia SAR |
| 2015 | AFJROTC Cadet Maj. Roslayn Carlisi | Utah SAR |
| 2014 | AFJROTC Cadet Capt. Cameron A. Hoover | California SAR |
| 2013 | AJROTC Cadet Lt. Col. Victoria Offei-Dua | Alabama SAR |
| 2012 | AFJROTC Cadet Maj. Jared Reese | Texas SAR |
| 2011 | AFJROTC Cadet Lt. Col. Sierra McVeigh | Florida SAR |
| 2010 | AJROTC Cadet Maj. Caitlyn Craig |
Missouri SAR |
| 2009 | AJROTC Cadet Capt. Wesley J. Althaus | Tennessee SAR |
| 2008 | AJROTC Cadet Maj. Amber Johnson | Illinois SAR |
| 2007 | JROTC Cadet Capt. Stephen Bryant | South Carolina SAR |
| 2006 | JROTC Cadet Maj. Jacob R. Cook | Louisiana SAR |
| 2005 | AFJROTC Cadet Maj. Michael R. Calkins | Arizona SAR |
| 2004 | AFJROTC Cadet Maj. Amanda M. Howard | Ohio SAR |
| 2003 | JROTC Cadet Capt. Patrick Fourroux | Louisiana SAR |
| 2002 | JROTC Cadet Lt. Col. Jonathan Coward | Florida SAR |
| 2001 | JROTC Cadet Lt. Col. Kayln Eidschun | North Carolina SAR |
| 2000 | JROTC Cadet Maj. Nicholas J. Downing | SAR ROTC & JROTC Committee and Virginia SAR |
| 1999 | JROTC Cadet 2Lt. Anthony B. Aguilar | Texas SAR |
| 1998 | NJROTC Battalion Cdr. Rosalyn Pham | Washington SAR |