Our History
TX-948 History
Lake View High School Junior ROTC was activated in Spring 1994 by agreement with the United States Air Force. Led by Major Helmers and CMSgt Nurrie, our program started out in a portable building with 76 cadets. On May 17, 1998, a late night fire erupted at Lake View High School that destroyed two-thirds of the main building. The JROTC building where new equipment and uniforms were stored, was untouched and out of danger. However, the main building was totally immersed in fire. In October of 1998 a new JROTC building was constructed by the District to act as a cafeteria while the main building was being rebuilt.
Over the years, TX-948 has grown bigger and stronger by "building a better citizen" due to the cadets' will to "soar above the rest" with the given leadership skills taught in the participation within the program.
Past TX-948 Instructors
Major Helmers – Arrived Fall 1994
CMSgt Nurrie – Arrived Fall 1994
SMSgt Newsom – Arrived Fall 1995
Colonel Oliverio – Arrived Fall 1996
Major Harris – Arrived Fall 1997
MSgt Murphy – Arrived Fall 2000
MSgt Mantel – Arrived Fall 2001
MSgt Wheeler – Arrived Fall 2002
MSgt Berenguer – Arrived Fall 2014
Major Esquell – Arrived Fall 2018
TSgt Bradley – Arrived Fall 2022
History of Air Force JROTC
The Junior ROTC program began in 1911 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The originator of this idea was Army Lieutenant Edgar R. Steevers, assigned the duty of inspector-instructor of the organized military of Wyoming. The National Defense Act of 1916 authorized a junior course for non-college military schools, high schools, and other non-preparatory schools; the Army implemented Junior ROTC in 1916. Public Law 88-647, commonly known as the Reserve Officer Training Corps Vitalization Act of 1964, directed the secretaries of each military service to establish and maintain Junior ROTC units at public and private secondary schools which apply for and are eligible according to the regulations established by each secretary. Such schools must provide a course of military instruction not less than 3 years in length as prescribed by the military department concerned.
With a modest beginning of 20 units in 1966 Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) has grown to 875 high schools throughout the world, including units located in the Department of Defense Schools in Europe, the Pacific and Puerto Rico. Junior ROTC enrollment worldwide includes over 124,000 cadets. Only boys were allowed as cadets in 1966, but Public Law 93-165 amended the requirement that a Junior ROTC unit have a minimum number of physically fit male students, thus allowing female students to count toward the minimum students needed for a viable unit. In 1972 the enrollment included 2,170 females making up 9% of the corps. Since then the number of females has increased to over 36% of the cadet corps.
The AFJROTC program provides citizenship training and an aerospace science program for high school youth. Enrollment in the AFJROTC program is open to all young people who are in grades 9-12, physically fit, and are United States citizens. Host schools are selected upon the basis of fair and equitable distribution throughout the nation. Retired Air Force commissioned and noncommissioned officers who are full-time faculty members of the participating high school and employed by the local school board teach AFJROTC classes.