ROTC
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Widener University 2025 Alumni Awards Honor 5 Individuals
The biennial 2025 Alumni Awards at Widener University are a celebration of the outstanding impact and achievements of graduates, as well as current students, faculty,…
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Legacy Secured: Widener’s ROTC Program Looks to Future While Honoring Its Past
In the pre-dawn hours, cadets of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Dauntless Battalion are hard at work doing push-ups, pull-ups, and other intense physical…
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Phoenixville Area High School Looking for Ways to Keep JROTC Program Running
Phoenixville Area High School is looking for ways to keep the JROTC program running after it was informed by the Air Force that it would…
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Chester County Leadership: Chris Wiseman, Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of Chester County
Chris Wiseman, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Chester County, grew up in West Virginia and North Carolina. He recalled adventures with a German…
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Valley Forge Cadets Honor Those Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice in the Tragedy of 9/11
Valley Forge Military College Cadets honor 9/11 victims annually with a stair climb. The cadets are honoring honor those who lost their lives in the…
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West Chester Native was First Black Woman General in U.S. Army
West Chester native Hazel Johnson-Brown was a nurse and educator who became the first Black woman general in the U.S. Army and the first Black…
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Valley Forge Military College Graduates the 86th Class of Cadets
Valley Forge Military College, the Military College of Pennsylvania, has graduated its 86th class of Cadets. Thirty-six Cadets received Associate’s degrees and will matriculate to…
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Widener President and Student Swap Places for a Day
Widener University continued its annual President for a Day tradition Monday by placing senior marketing student and ROTC cadet Vincent Starkey of Chester temporarily at…
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VFMC’s Preferred Early Commissioning Program Draws Future Military Leaders
The Valley Forge Military College’s Army ROTC Early Commissioning Program (ECP) continues to draw men and women seeking leadership opportunities in the US military. It…
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After Declining Enrollment, Coatesville’s Air Force Junior ROTC Program Gets Boost
After struggling with low enrollment for several years, the Air Force Junior ROTC program at Coatesville Area School District is once again thriving thanks to…
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Valley Forge Military College Cadet Dilia Reyes-Hill Receives 2022 Liberty Bell Award
Valley Forge Military College Cadet Dilia Reyes-Hill has received the 2022 Liberty Bell Special Achievement award. The award was presented along with Liberty Bell Scholarships…
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Valley Forge Military College Cadets Honor Victims of 9/11
Valley Forge Military College Cadets honored those who lost their lives in the 9/11 attack and those servicemen and women who gave their lives after…
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Penn State Brandywine Ball Raises Funds for Academic Success Center
The Brandywine Ball May 13 raised more than $55,000 which will go toward the Media campus’ Academic Success Center in the Vairo Library on campus.…
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Valley Forge Military College Graduates 84th Class of Cadets
Valley Forge Military College, the Military College of Pennsylvania™, has graduated its 84th class of cadets. Thirty-three cadets received Associate’s degrees and will matriculate to…
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Dallas Krapf of West Chester’s Krapf Group Endows ROTC Scholarship at Penn State
Dallas Krapf – Vice Chairman of the Board of the Krapf Group, the West Chester-based operator of school and charter buses – has shown his…
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Chester County Leadership: David E. Sparks, Chairman and Founder of First Priority Bank
VISTA Today spoke with David E. Sparks, Chairman and Founder of First Priority Bank, about growing up in Upper Merion when farms, instead of malls…




























































