Smithfield-Selma High School Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (SSS NJROTC) successfully completed their annual Area Manager's Inspection on Tuesday, October 24, 2023 with Lieutenant Commander James Landis USN-Ret. Area Five Manager. Sixty-three cadets were graded at the unit personnel inspection which measured their basic knowledge of the program, grooming standards, and uniform appearance. The unit was also evaluated on their drill and color guard performance, as well as program management with the Operations, Administration, Supply, and Communications Departments.
NJROTC also offers many exciting extra-curricular activities that include marksmanship, academic, athletic, drill, STEM, and orienteering competitions throughout the region. There are thirty high schools with NJROTC in the Area Five region that have eight schools in North Carolina and the remaining twenty-two in the Norfolk and rural Virginia area.