Army places Jefferson’s JROTC instructors/program on probation

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. The JROTC program for Jefferson County Schools (JCS) is in trouble. A memorandum dated 13 May 2025 from the Department of the Army to then-Principal Marlon Ball, Senior Army Instructor Capt. Kevin White and Army Instructor First Sgt. Terry Walker immediately placed the instructors and the JROTC program at JCS on probation for non-compliance, with a “direct impact on the operational funding of this program.” In the memo, JROTC Division Chief Robert J.