FARGO, N.D.- Fellow Cadet Thompson was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor and after that things progressed quickly. He found out he was scheduled to have brain surgery this week and one of the things he was struggling with the most was having to shave his head. The Junior ROTC Cadets got together and decided that the best way to…
BISMARCK, ND — An ROTC tuition assistance shortfall has been covered. The North Dakota Emergency Commission voted in favor of a National Guard proposal to move $450,000 within its budget and to have an additional $110,000 transferred from the state’s contingency fund. The Legislative Budget Section must give final approval. The group meets on December 5. Tuition increases and declining federal…
Some National Guard students attending North Dakota colleges on ROTC scholarships are scrambling to find ways to stay in school. The students were expecting free tuition that for years has been covered by a combination of federal and state funds. The Guard’s education services officer says the state no longer has enough money to cover a shortfall created by both…
MOORHEAD, Minn. — School’s out and summer vacation has begun. But for those in Fargo Public School’s Air Force ROTC program, that doesn’t mean they get a break. It means they are taking their lessons to new heights. It wasn’t the halls of the new school she was in or all the faces Ella Trautmann saw on her first day of…
