Joshua J. Rogers graduated from the Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) Leader Development and Assessment Course, also known as “Operation Warrior Forge,” at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Wash.

The course includes 33 days of training in administration and logistical support, but the primary focus of the course is to develop an officers leadership skills.

Rogers is a student at the University of Alabama, Birmingham.

He is the son of M.S. and Janet L. Fitzgerald of Chickering Circle, Birmingham