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Essential information about the Marine Corps JROTC National Drill Championship

About the Championship

The Marine Corps JROTC National Drill Championship brings together the finest Marine Corps JROTC programs from across the nation for a day of intense competition and camaraderie.

Event Highlights

  • • One-day competition
  • • Armed and Unarmed divisions
  • • Four team events
  • • MCJROTC Units must be nominated to attend
  • • Elite competition atmosphere
Marine Corps JROTC teams in formation

2026 Event Details

Event Date

Competition: Friday, April 11, 2026

Location

Colquitt County High School
Norman Park, Georgia

Registration

Following Regional
Qualifier event

Competition Package

Competition T-shirt

Competition T-shirt

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Competition Medal

Competition Medal

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Team Photo

Team Photo

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Frequently Asked Questions

Schools will submit videos for evaluation to determine who will be chosen for nomination.

Yes. Colquitt County HS will have separate dedicated classrooms available for each school along with an assigned cadet who will orient your program to where everything is located.

See the SOP for the required number of cadets.

There is no registration fee or per person fee to attend this event, however programs are responsible for their travel and hotel expenses. Those programs who are unable to attend in person have the ability to submit their competition videos to SNI who will have the on-site judges who are scoring the teams in person also score the videos that are sent in.

Contact & Support

Event Director

Samantha SteClaire

Contact Samantha for
general event questions

Email Samantha

Director of Operations
& Customer Relations

Brie Gates

Contact Brie for registration and
general customer support inquiries

Email Brie

Database Manager
& Scoring Director

Sharron Ritch

Contact Sharron for general website,
payment, or scoring information

Email Sharron

Competition Director

Justin Gates

Contact Justin for SOP
& competition questions

Email Justin