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Expanding Horizons: RFH’s Programs and Partnerships to Promote Service

Over time, in addition to grant-making, RFH seeks to develop and administer programs to further its purpose of encouraging individuals to serve. This would include mentoring programs, speaker series at educational institutions, and funding and assisting in the development of programs and courses at educational institutions, which would provide education and training to individuals. Finally, RFH may also partner with other organizations with a mission similar to its own to support and encourage individuals to serve in the military by partnering with such organizations to fund, develop, and administer programs to further their shared goals.

Recruiting Info/Facts

• Current state is unquestionably the most challenging recruiting environment since the inception of the All-Volunteer Force.
• Only Marine Corps, Space Force, and Marine Corps Reserve achieved their Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 recruiting missions.
• The Military Services collectively missed their FY 2023 recruiting goals across the Active and Reserve Components by approximately 41,000 new recruits.
• Over the past 40 years, Americans’ familiarity with the military decreased as the number of military veterans in the U.S. has dropped from about 8 percent of Americans in 1980 to approximately 7 percent today (late 2023).
• Further complicating recruiting challenges is the low number of youth qualified for military service.  Data shows nearly 77 percent of youth between the ages of 17 and 24 are not qualified for military service without some type of waiver.
• Today’s youth market remains largely disinterested and disconnected with the military, resulting in a low propensity to serve.

How Funds Are Used

For 2024, RFH has a fundraising goal of $100,000, which will support $25,000 gifts to The Ohio State University ROTC; Texas A&M ROTC; Valley Forge Military Academy; and Three Rivers Battalion Army ROTC.

Meet our Raised for Honor Scholarship Recipients

D Company Cadet Commander Grace Detling is our first Raised for Honor scholarship recipient. A rising MSIV at Duquesne University with a major in Occupation Therapy and a minor in Assistive Technology, Detling plans to obtain her Doctorate in Occupational Therapy. She plans to become an Active Duty Occupational Therapist once completed.

Detling is from a rural town in Ohio where she lives with her five siblings and parents. In her time at Duquesne, she has been involved in Duquesne’s Student Occupational Therapy Association (SOTA) and Pi Kappa Epsilon (PKE) Health Sciences Fraternity. In her time with the Three Rivers Battalion, she has held the roles of Delta Company Public Affairs Officer and Fundraising Chair.

Detling is the Company Commander of Delta Company. She has accomplished basic camp training and advanced camp training for ROTC at Fort Knox, Kentucky. She looks forward to Commissioning from the Three Rivers Battalion as a Second Lieutenant in the future.

Cadet Maxwell Trainor is currently a sophomore in MSII at the University of Pittsburgh. Majoring in both Philosophy and Classics. Maxwell plans to pursue a law degree through the Army Educational Delay program after graduating and commissioning in 2027. Trainor was born and raised in Scott Township, just 20 minutes south of Pitt’s campus, where he lives with his parents and younger sister. Maxwell is in his second year with ROTC which he feels has changed his life for the better. The camaraderie, physical challenges, ability to work with like minded individuals, and opportunities to train both locally and abroad are the things Maxwell loves about ROTC.

“This Scholarship has been more important than I can put into words, allowing me to pay for this semester of college while I apply for the Line Scholarship. Without it, I could not continue to go to Pitt and train to become a commissioned officer. Allowing me to continue to stay on track to graduate and commission, this gift has been crucial to my goal of becoming a U.S Army officer.”

Maxwell intends to study Russian through Project Global Officer (Project GO) next summer at Pitt, then continue the immersive experience in the summer of 2026 by studying Russian abroad in Estonia through Project GO.

Cadet Jubal Osborn, originally from Beaumont, Texas, is a Sophomore Cadet at Robert Morris University majoring in Political Science and History on a pre-law track. Osborn is hoping to further pursue his education with an educational delay to attend law school and to join the Army’s Judge Advocate General Corps. Since joining the ROTC program he has gotten involved with assisting anywhere he can, whether that is the supply room, or even serving as the Bravo Company Public Affairs Officer; highlighting all of the great things that the Bravo Company Cadets are doing on a daily basis at RMU.

Osborn is looking forward to contracting with ROTC as soon as possible and continuing his professional Army career. “This scholarship has meant more to me than you can possibly know, unfortunately I was involved in a serious car accident over the summer which restricted my ability to work towards paying for my education here at RMU. This scholarship has taken that burden off of my mind for this semester and allowed me to continue my education and to continue serving as an ROTC Cadet. Otherwise I may not have been able to make ends meet. I cannot express to you how grateful I am for this opportunity that you have provided for me and I am excited to see the day where I can commission as a Second Lieutenant from the Three Rivers Battalion.”