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News from the Oklahoma National Guard

NEWS | April 17, 2023

137th SOW hosts Oklahoma JROTC state drill championships

By Airman Erika Chapa 137th Special Operations Wing

WILL ROGERS AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Okla.  –   Two Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) cadets lift the American flag and Oklahoma flag during a color guard exhibition at the Oklahoma JROTC State Drill Meet championships held at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma, April 8, 2023. The 137th Special Operations Wing, Oklahoma National Guard, hosted the competition for cadets as well as the volunteer judges from Tinker Air Force Base and the Oklahoma Army National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Erika Chapa)
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Sixteen Soldiers from the Oklahoma Army National Guard competed in the 2025 OKARNG Best Warrior Competition at Camp Gruber Training Center, Oklahoma, Nov. 6-8, 2024.

At the conclusion of the competition, Spc. Juan Lopez, a resident of Stillwater, Oklahoma assigned to the 1st Battalion, 160th Field Artillery Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team as a signal operations support specialist, won the title of Soldier of the Year, while Sgt. James Bording, a resident of Claremore, Oklahoma assigned to the 1st Battalion, 279th Infantry Regiment, 45th IBCT as an infantryman, was awarded the title of Noncommissioned Officer of the Year. (Oklahoma National Guard Video by Sgt. Haden Tolbert)

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