Welcome to CA-935, Air Force JROTC!
I’m excited to begin my 1st year of teaching JROTC at one of the best public schools in the nation, Scripps Ranch High School. The goal of our program is to propel cadets/students to reach their max potential by becoming a better version of themselves through comradery, management, guidance, and teamwork. We do this by offering courses in life skills, effective communication, leadership education, physical fitness/education, and aerospace science courses.
This year I will be teaching the “Citizenship, Character, and Air Force Tradition” (LE-100) learning/ module/ curriculum to the freshmen & first year cadets and “Communication, Awareness, and Leadership” (LE-200) to all upperclassmen cadets.
I am very proud and honored to tell you that we have been the #1 Unit in the San Diego Unified School District out of 14 JROTC programs which encompasses over 2,200 cadets. Our program has continued this legacy of excellence for several years and has been awarded the Distinguished Unit with Merit by HQ’s Air Force JROTC for 11 consecutive years. This has been possible due to the high-caliber and motivated cadets that continue to do great things in our program year after year!
Senior Master Sergeant Martin Guardado graduated from Mission Bay High School in June of 2000 and entered Active-Duty Air Force on 4 February 2003. Following Basic Military Training (BMT) and Security Forces Technical Training School (TTS) at Lackland AFB, TX, he was assigned to his first duty station at the 90th Missile Security Forces Squadron, F.E. Warren AFB, WY, as a Security Forces Response Team Member. There, he gained extensive experience in National Security, holding positions as a Team Leader, Flight Security Controller, and Security Forces Group Trainer. In 2008, he made the decision to accept a special duty assignment as a recruiter. He was assigned to the 352d Recruiting Squadron at March AFB, CA, where he recruited from a geographically separated satellite office in Chula Vista, CA. In 2013, after completing his recruiting assignment, Sergeant Guardado was transferred back to his original career field to the 509th Security Forces Squadron at Whiteman AFB, MO, home of the B-2 Bomber Aircraft fleet. During this assignment, he learned various duties within Law Enforcement and Airport Security.
In 2014, he separated from Active Duty and joined the Air Force Reserve as a full-time recruiter. For the next 11 years, he held several assignments as a Line, Lead, In-Service, and Flight Chief recruiter. These assignments included locations at Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ; Vandenberg AFB, Lompoc, CA; Mira Mesa, San Diego, CA; and Fort Snelling Reserve AFB, Minneapolis, MN.
He is a graduate of the Airman Leadership School, the Non-Commissioned Officer Academy, Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Academy, and Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education-Course 1 & 2. In addition, SMSgt Guardado holds an Applied Sciences Degree in Human Resource Management and Criminal Justice from the Community College of the Air Force and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice Administration, from Park University, MO.
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