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COMMANDER'S INTENT
The primary focus of the Lee Corps is to train and educate young men to excel in leadership and military skills preparation with a decidedly Christian worldview, to regain a Christ centered focus within the military ranks of our nation, and to serve our local communities.
Motto
“Semper Christo Fidelis"
(Always Faithful to Christ)
Mission
The Lee Corps prepares America’s youth to serve their country and communities and trains them to bring the gospel of Christ into the military ranks.
Core Values
Courage (Joshua 1:9)
Humility (1 Peter 5:5)
Responsibility (Romans 14:12)
Integrity (Proverbs 2:7)
Servanthood (1 Cor. 14:40)
Truth (John 8:32)
Order (1 Cor 14:40)
OUR STORY
Lee Corps is a Christian Cadet training and education program geared toward home-school and private school students designed to prepare them to serve their country and communities and train them to bring the gospel of Christ into the military ranks.
Many Christian families desire a JROTC style organization to round out their education and prepare their children for future service to their communities, state, and nation. It is the hope and prayer of the Lee Corps to help grow a generation of youth to rekindle the embers of Christendom in the military and community ranks throughout our nation.
The Lee Corps is named after General Robert E. Lee, a firmly Christian American military leader who embodied the gospel in his life. His influence was strongly evident throughout his officer corps and all ranks of his army, in every command in which he served. He was deeply loved by his officers and men of every rank, and he exhibited the greatest personal care for their wellbeing, while ensuring they were trained, equipped and ready for service. Lee actively spread the gospel throughout the military ranks and beyond into civilian life, which epitomizes the mission of the Lee Corps. While he fought for the Confederacy as an advocate for states’ rights, he personally opposed slavery and worked to educate and free slaves. He did not own slaves for most of his life until he inherited a plantation upon the death of his father-in-law, upon which he began to educate and free them. Upon accepting a commission in the Confederate Army, Lee immediately petitioned the Virginia Legislature and Jefferson Davis to free the slaves and confine the war to the issue of state rights as he considered slavery a corrupt institution that should be immediately abolished. Following the war, Lee worked diligently to support reunification efforts for the country. The force of his character alone averted decades of guerrilla warfare proposed by many in the Confederacy. He serves as an exceptional role model for the Lee Corps cadets and should remain an honored hero in American history.
SOURCES include:
Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee by Robert E. Lee
Lee’s lieutenants by Douglas Southall Freeman
Call of Duty the Sterling Nobility of Robert E. Lee by J. Steven Wilkins
Nicene Creed
We believe in one God,
the Father almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
begotten from the Father before all ages,
God from God,
Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made;
of the same essence as the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven;
he became incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary,
and was made human.
He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered and was buried.
The third day he rose again, according to the Scriptures.
He ascended to heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again with glory
to judge the living and the dead.
His kingdom will never end.
And we believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life.
He proceeds from the Father and the Son,
and with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified.
He spoke through the prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church.
We affirm one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look forward to the resurrection of the dead,
and to life in the world to come. Amen.