Submitted by COL (R) Darryl Hensley

Two Los Angeles Unified School District Army JROTC Programs Support the Operation Stand Down for Veterans in the Compton and Southeast Los Angeles area on Saturday, September 17, 2022.  The two schools that provided Community Service for the Annual event were Gardena High School and George Washington Prep High School.

Operation Stand Down Flyer provided by the Compton Chamber of Commerce with generous funding from the “For the Love of Our Veterans Foundation”. 
Group photo of the Gardena and Washington Prep High School Cadets, Instructors, and the LAUSD DAI at the 2022 Compton Operation Stand Down for Southeast Los Angeles and Compton, California Veterans.
Photo by: Suzanne Rampe (SAG, AFTRA).
From Left to Right: SFC (R) Alex Pitts, Army Instructor and 1SG (R) Thierry Williams from Gardena High School; COL (R) Darryl Hensley, DAI, Los Angeles Unified School District; and 1SG (R) John Williams from Washington Prep High School.  Photo Credit: Suzanne Rampe (SAG, AFTRA).
COL (R) Hensley, DAI, LAUSD thanks the Cadets from Washington Prep High School for providing Community Service Support for the 2022 Compton Operation Stand Down for local Veterans.  Photo Credit: Suzanne Rampe (SAG, AFTRA). 

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