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Article: ARMY JUNIOR ROTC CADETS COMPETE IN ACADEMIC BOWL
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 29, 2009
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FAIRFAX, Va., July 28 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news release:
In a competition involving Army Junior ROTC teams from around the globe, the Cadets of Saint Thomas Academy, St. Paul, Minn., took top honors at the 2009 Junior ROTC Academic Bowl. The competition - created exclusively for Junior ROTC Cadets by the College Options Foundation - provides the nearly 300,000 students in the Army Junior ROTC program the opportunity to showcase their academic prowess.
More than 2,100 teams participated in the initial phase of the competition, which was conducted online. Top placing teams advanced to Level II - which also was conducted online with a web/voice interactive component. The final ...