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Press Release | Nov. 19, 2024

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard to establish first Hawaii-based JROTC

Coast Guard District 14 External Affairs - Office: (808) 535-3230 / After Hours: (808) 265-7748

WHAT: Commissioning ceremony for first Hawaii-based Coast Guard JROTC unit 

WHERE: Kalani High School, 4680 Kalanianaʻole Hwy, Honolulu, Hawaii 96821 

WHEN:  Thursday, Nov. 21, 10 a.m. 

WHO: Rear Adm. Sean Regan, commander, Coast Guard District Fourteen; Kalani High School principal and staff; Coast Guard leaders and personnel from surrounding units 

HONOLULU — The Coast Guard will establish Hawaii’s first Coast Guard Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps unit during a commissioning ceremony at Kalani High School in Honolulu Thursday.

Media members are invited to attend the ceremony and interview Coast Guard members and Kalani High School representatives about the JROTC unit.

Kalani High School’s Coast Guard JROTC unit is the 14th in the nation and has over 20 cadets enrolled in the inaugural semester.

Rear Adm. Sean Regan, commander of the Coast Guard’s Fourteenth District, is scheduled to speak at the ceremony along with other Coast Guard, Kalani High School and community leaders.

Media interested in attending should RSVP to Coast Guard District Fourteen External Affairs by emailing hawaiipacific@uscg.mil or calling 808-265-7748. 

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