OUR UNIT HISTORY Unit Milestones Established August 2001 May 2004 C/LT Eric Martin-Powell awarded an NROTC Scholarship (Auburn) Unit Achievement 2004-2005 Distinguished Unit w/Academic Honors 2005-2006 Navy League Most Improved Unit in the Nation 2005-2006 Area 8 Most Improved Unit 2005-2006 May 2006 C/LT Marquis Cook awarded an NROTC Scholarship (Auburn) Distinguished Unit w/Academic Honors 2006-2007 Distinguished Unit w/Academic Honors 2007-2008 May 2008 C/LT Najeeb Carter and Sean Randolph awarded an NROTC Scholarship (Savannah State) Distinguished Unit w/Academic Honors 2008-2009 May 2009 C/LtCdr Shauvez Bennett (Tuskegee Univ) and C/PO1 Shanaevia Joseph(Jacksonville Univ) awarded an NROTC Scholarship May 2010 C/Lt Orrin Brown (Tuskegee Univ) awarded an NROTC Scholarship Distinguished Unit w/Academic Honors 2009-2010 March 2011 C/CPO Marcus Jackson(Tuskegee Univ) awarded an NROTC Scholarhship Distinguished Unit w/Academic Honors 2010-2011 JUL 2011 Due to increased enrollment unit reorganized into a Battalion August 2011 Third Instructor (CPO Dudley) hired for the Central NJROTC program Distinguished Unit w/Academic Honors 2011-2012 May 2012 C/PO1 Kaleel Pitre (Savannah State Univ) awarded an NROTC Scholarship Distinguished Unit w/Academic Honors 2012-2013 May 2013 C/LCDR James Jackson and C/CPO Isaiah Pitre (Savannah State Univ) awarded an NROTC Scholarship May 2014 C/CPO Jaquise Burns(Tuskegee Univ) awarded an NROTC Scholarship Distinguished Unit w/Academic Honors 2013-2014 Unit Achievement Award 2014-2015 May 2015 C/ENS Rynel Marshall (Tuskegee Univ) awarded an NROTC Scholarship Distinguished Unit With Academic Honors 2015-2016 May 2016 C/MCPO Quantavious Moore (Tuskegee Univ) was awarded the NROTC Scholarship May 2016 Former cadet Kaleel Pitre graduated from Savannah State Univ and was commissioned as an Ensign in the Navy (He is the first former cadet to be commissioned from the NROTC Scholarship Program) March 2017 C/CDR Lindo is selected as the state of Alabama ROTC Career Tech Student Org President DEC 2017 Former cadet Isaiah Pitre graduated from Savannah State Univ and was commissioned as an Ensign in the Navy December 2017 Chief Petty Officer Dudley retires from Central High NJROTC April 2018 Lieutenant Jones retires from Central High NJROTC May 2018 C/CDR Jada Lester nominated and accepts appointment to US Military Academy West Point May 2018 C/CDR Davornne Lindo offered appointment to US Naval Academy and scholarship to Yale University; She chose to attend Yale. July 2018 Senior Chief Habersham comes aboard as a Naval Science Instructor August 2018-February 2019 Commander Jones, Senior Naval Science Instructor July 2019 Major Fenell comes aboard as Senior Naval Science Instructor May 2020 C/CDR Elijah Wood (Auburn Univ) was awarded the NROTC Scholarship May 2020 C/LT Taylor Michalski nominated for appointment to the US Air Force Academy
Unit Commanding Officer History C/LIEUTENANT CARLOS RANDOLPH 2002 - 2003 (*First Unit Commander) C/LIEUTENANT ERIC MARTIN-POWELL 2003 - 2004 C/LIEUTENANT KEVIN BLOCKER May 2004 - Dec 2004 C/LIEUTENANT COMMANDER WILLIAM 2004 - Dec 2005 C/LIEUTENANT COMMANDER COLBERT Dec 2005 - Dec 2006 (*First Female Unit Commander) C/LIEUTENANT COMMANDER RANDOLPH Dec 2006 - May 2007 C/LIEUTENANT GEORGE CUNNINGHAM Dec 2007 - Dec 2007 C/LIEUTENANT COMMANDER JENNINGS Dec 2007 - May 2008 C/LIEUTENANT COMMANDER BENNETT May 2008 - May 2009 C/COMMANDER STEPHEN CURTISS May 2009 - Dec 2009 C/COMMANDER ANGEL MEADOWS Dec 2009 - May 2010 C/COMMANDER PERRY HOLTON III May 2010 - Jul 2010 C/LIEUTENANT COMMANDER STEWART Jul 2010 - Dec 2010 C/LIEUTENANT COMMANDER CANTRELL Dec 2010 - May 2011 C/LIEUTENANT THADIUS VANNBURAN May 2011 - Jul 2011 C/COMMANDER JOSHUA CANTRELL Jul 2011 - Dec 2011 C/COMMANDER THADIUS VANNBURAN Dec 2011 - May 2012 C/COMMANDER JACOB MARLER Jun 2012 - May 2013 C/COMMANDER ALIYAH RILEY May 2013 - Dec 2013 C/COMMANDER CHEYENNE ROSS Dec 2013 - May 2014 C/COMMANDER JERUEL HUNTER May 2014 - Dec 2014 C/COMMANDER SAM JONES Jan 2015 - May 2015 C/COMMANDER COLLIS SMITH Jul 2015 - Dec 2015 C/COMMANDER DENNIS BRYANT Dec 2015 - May 2016 C/COMMANDER AERIONNA KINDREX Jul 2016 - Dec 2016 C/ LIEUTENANT COMMANDER MARSHMAN Dec 2016 - May 2017 C/COMMANDER DAVORNNE LINDO May 2017- Dec 2017 C/COMMANDER JADA LESTER Dec 2017 - May 2018 C/COMMANDER TOKUMBO AYINMIDE May 2018 - May 2019 C/COMMANDER ELIJAH WOOD May 2019 - Nov 2019 C/COMMANDER TAHLIA LEWIS Nov 2019- May 2020 C/COMMANDER CHRISTOPHER SNIPES May 2020 - May 2021 C/COMMANDER LAJADA WOLFE May 2021 - Sep 2021 C/COMMANDER JADE ABRAMS Sep 2021 - May 2022 C/COMMANDER ADRIANA SIMPSON Jul 2022 - May 2023 C/COMMANDER TERRY ROBINSON Jul 2023 - Present