Our Army JROTC program is administered and taught by two retired Army career personnel, each with over 20 years of active military service. Certified by both the U.S. Army and the State of Oregon to teach Junior ROTC, they have many years of experience working with young people and a firm commitment to help students become successful as leaders and citizens.
Senior Army Instructor
Lieutenant Colonel Dwight Morse (Retired)
Lieutenant Colonel Dwight E. Morse was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, graduating from Lincoln High School in 1970. He was appointed to the U.S Military Academy that year, graduating from West Point and earning his commission as a second lieutenant in the Field Artillery in 1974. He served in a variety of position in a Field Artillery units in the United States, Germany, and Korea, including command of two batteries and assignments as a battalion and brigade operations officer. He taught for three and a half years in the English department at the U.S Military Academy and for three years in the center for Army Tactics, U.S Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. His final active duty assignment, from 1993 to 1995, was as the Professor of Military Science at The University of Mississippi. While at Ole Miss, LTC Morse was responsible for preparing senior ROTC cadets to become commissioned officers, and it was here also that he had his first exposure to Junior ROTC.
LTC Morse earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Russian and Soviet Studies from the U.S Military Academy and a Master Degree in Philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin. He is also a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College. He retired from active service in 1995 to return home to Oregon and start up the Junior ROTC program at North Salem High School– the first in the Willamette Valley.
Lieutenant Colonel Morse’s awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters, the Army Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal with bronze star, the Korea Defense Service Medal, the Overseas Service Ribbon with numeral two, the Army Service Ribbon, the Ranger Tab, and the Army Parachutist Badge. He is a recipient of the Crystal Apple Award, presented annually to the top educators in the Salem Keizer School District.
Army Instructor
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