Peter J Courcy Post 178 recently presented American Legion JROTC medals for scholastic and military excellence at three area high school awards ceremonies: Lebanon Trail, Rock Hill, and Lake Highlands.
 (L-R) At Lebanon Trail High School, Cadet Lieutenant Abhigna Yella accepts the American Legion Scholastic Excellence Medal from Ed Reed, Post Commander, Bill Drake, Post Executive Committee Member, and Major Gary Billings, USMC, Retired, Lead Naval Science Instructor. |
 (L-R) At Lebanon Trail High School, Cadet Ensign Dan Sahaya accepts the American Legion Military Excellence Medal from Ed Reed, Post Commander, Bill Drake, Post Executive Committee Member, and Major Gary Billings, USMC, Retired, Lead Naval Science Instructor. |
 At Rock Hill High School, Cadet Sergeant Soumika Annam accepts the American Legion Scholastic Excellence Medal from Joanne Schumm, Vice Commander – Post Activities. |
 At Rock Hill High School, Cadet First Sergeant Chloe T. Tardiff accepts the American Legion Military Excellence Medal from Larry Wilhelm, Post Executive Committee Member. |
(L-R) At Lake Highlands High School, Cadet Staff Sergeant Alizada Aila accepts the American Legion Scholastic Excellence Medal from Bill Drake, Post Executive Committee Member. Cadet Staff Sergeant Marcos Limon accepts the American Legion Military Excellence Medal from Terry Gilbert, Vice Commander – Programs.
Post Commander Ed Reed, Bill Drake, Post Executive Committee Member, Larry Wilhelm, Post Executive Committee Member, Joanne Schumm, Vice Commander – Post Activities, and Terry Gilbert, Vice Commander -Programs, presented American Legion certificates and JROTC medals to six distinguished JROTC cadet.
The mission of the JROTC Army and Navy programs is to motivate young cadets to become better citizens and effective leaders. The teaching goals of both the JROTC programs and the Post 178 Americanism programs have identical focuses: leadership, teamwork, personal responsibility, a sense of accomplishment, and service to the nation. American values and patriotism are also highlighted.
Classique Jewelers, a longtime Post 178 supporter, engraved the medals.