COLUMBIA – The Blythewood JROTC Bengal Battalion worked with two other JROTC programs on March 5 to acquire all the necessary resources to prepare 20,000 instant oatmeal meals with Harvest Pack, a humanitarian, hunger-relief, nonprofit organization. Blythewood cadets were split into teams with cadets from other schools working in assembly lines to create the packages. […]
Bengals Clean Up Blythewood
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School’s Bengal Battalion spent the morning of Friday, Feb. 11 cleaning up Wilson Boulevard from Farrow Rd. to Blythewood Rd. as part of the Keep the Midlands Beautiful Adopt-a-Highway clean-up program. As a part of their physical training, 118 JROTC students picked up trash on roadside and placed it in 18 […]
Bengal Battalion
Blythewood’s Bengal Battalion hosted their annual Drill and Rifle meet on Oct. 23 as a part of the Greater Midlands Drill and Rifle League. Drill Sergeants from Fort Jackson’s 3rd Battalion Sixtieth Infantry Regiment served as evaluators for the meet as Blythewood’s team competed against nine Army JROTC schools. The Bengal Battalion Drill Team and […]
Bengals clean up The Wood
BLYTHEWOOD – Blythewood High School Bengal Battalion cadets held their second roadside clean-up event this past Saturday. Over fifty cadets picked up trash from Blythewood Road to Farrow Road. The Battalion serves the community through roadside clean-up to teach cadets the importance of selfless service, one of the Army values.
Bengal Battalion
BLYTHEWOOD – While routines are still settling in the new school year, Blythewood High School’s JROTC has kicked into gear. On Sept. 12, the JROTC program hosted a senior breakfast (pictured above) where they discuss post-graduation plans to ensure that seniors are prepared for their next step. On Sept. 24, the Bengal Battalion partnered with […]