A house RESOLUTION

to recognize and honor the Nation Ford High School Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers' training corps cadets and instructors for their outstanding performance and to congratulate them for recognition as a MCJROTC Naval Honor School for the 2021-2022 school year.  

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to learn that the cadets of Nation Ford High School Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (MCJROTC) received the distinction of being selected as a Naval Honor School on September 15, 2022; and

Whereas, recognition as an MCJROTC Naval Honor School represents being in the top fifteen percent of the sixty-nine MCJROTC programs in MCJROTC Region 2 which includes the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia; and

Whereas, the selection is based on several criteria of unit performance: the number of cadets active in school extra-curricular activities and clubs, the number of community service hours for the unit as a whole and per cadet, the number of organizations assisted by the unit, and educational achievements, including the number of academic awards and scholarships given to cadets; and

Whereas, the units are also measured by participation in public affairs events, drill-team competitions, rifle-team competitions, physical fitness team competitions, and field trips; and

Whereas, the Nation Ford MCJROTC during the 2021-2022 school year completed more than five thousand hours of community service, won multiple national championships in air-rifle marksmanship, hosted a week-long summer camp for rising sixth through ninth graders, and hosted multiple blood drives; and

Whereas, the cadets attended Cadet Leadership Camp at Fort Jackson and visited the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) at Parris Island and Washington, D. C., which included a visit to the office of South Carolina Congressman Ralph Norman; and

Whereas, nearly three hundred thousand dollars in college scholarships were awarded to Nation Ford High School MCJROTC graduating cadets; and

Whereas, the 2021-2022 honor was Nation Ford's twelfth consecutive Naval Honor School selection, and adding to the enjoyment of the cadets' honor was that their sister MCJROTC at Fort Mill High School, with whom they share competitions throughout the year, was also named a Naval Honor School; and

Whereas, the South Carolina House of Representatives appreciates the pride and recognition that the students of the Nation Ford MCJROTC have brought to their school and to their community, and the members look forward to following their continued achievements in the days ahead. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, by this resolution, recognize and honor the Nation Ford High School Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets and instructors for their outstanding performance and congratulate them for recognition as a MCJROTC Naval Honor School for the 2021-2022 school year.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Sergeant Major John Logan.

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