Throughout our country’s JROTC organizations, Dining-ins take place, and they are not limited to only JROTC. They are formal events that build up camaraderie while cadets have the chance to interact with each other in a dignified, yet enjoyable manner. In the Army, Navy, and Coast Guard branches, these nights are called dining-ins. In the Marine Corps, these same events are called mess nights.
Dining-ins are held for a variety of reasons. They may be to welcome people, to bid them farewell, to recognize achievements of a specific or multiple individuals or groups, to create an event in which a guest of honor may speak, to build esprit de corps, or a mixture of a few or all of these things. Dining-ins tend to have and be based off traditions. These traditions can range from poking fun at fellow cadets, to the way one carries themselves. Dining-ins consist of a unit and possibly a guest speaker. It is not an event that is appropriate for inviting personal guests. …show more content…
However, many people believed that they could have starts back in the Roman Empire times. Vikings held formal ceremonies and feasts to celebrate battles to honor heroes. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Americans started to adopt the idea of dinging ins form England, although they started to recede after the civil war. During World War II, the British hosted mess nights where they invited Army Air Force officers. In return, the United States officers hosted their own dining-ins and the traditions started to come back in to the