[Charles Martel]

My high school (1980 graduate) also had a Naval JROTC program. The retired USN instructors' office space doubled as an armory, both for .22 match rifles and for the deactivated Springfields and Garands of the Drill Team. A local Navy Reserve facility with an indoor range allowed us to practice and compete there.

I think the indoor range went away first - the usual EPA lead contamination hand-wringing. Then the .22 rifles went back to DCM and were probably sold through the DCM and later CMP processes.

The school still has a JROTC unit, it still has "ARMORY" painted in military stencil on the Petty Officers' door, but the rifle team shoots airguns now. I'm a bit amazed that they're retained that much.

[GaltAdonis]

One amazing thing is that guys (and one gal) in the ROTC program that
were on the shooting team were issued a separate additional locker
to keep our guns and shooting stuff in. Right in the hallways with all of the
lockers for regular students. And we could and did carry our rifles on
the school bus. Can you imagine that now?
How times change.