In July 2009, 1SG (Ret.) Leroy Bogan retired from teaching, and was replaced by SGM (Ret.) Herbert A. Maison, III. Maison taught JROTC for three years at Montbello High School in Denver. He retired from the military after serving 20 years as a combat engineer. In April 2012, SGM (Ret.) Rodney Smith was hired, as the JROTC program was required to have three instructors. Smith has two years' experience as a JROTC instructor under Pueblo County High School's JROTC program and several years of experience as a social studies teacher. As of 2018, LTC (Ret.) John Tatom is the lead instructor of the JROTC program.