JROTC Students Participate in 9/11 Public Safety Challenge

The second annual 9/11 Public Safety Challenge was held on Saturday, Sept. 10, in the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Annex.

The event, which was first held last year, combines the City of Winston-Salem’s 9/11 commemoration with a competition for high school Junior ROTC units. The event was open to the public and admission was free. The program opened with the city’s annual 9/11 commemoration.

Next, JROTC cadets from high schools in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County competed in marksmanship, close-order drill and a “raider” (obstacle) course that combines elements of the police physical abilities test and the fire agility test. The winning unit took home the Public Safety Challenge Cup, a perpetual trophy that is passed to the winner from one year to the next.

The Public Safety Challenge is sponsored by the Winston-Salem Police and Fire departments, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s and Fire departments, and Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Emergency Management. The event is designed to give JROTC cadets an opportunity to learn more about careers in public safety.

In conjunction with the Public Safety Challenge, the public safety agencies provided a $5,000 sponsorship to the Military Science program of the city-county schools, which oversees the high school JROTC units.

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