...JROTC is a government funded program present in high schools. The JROTC program offers great opportunities to assist high school students in building their educational attainment and career achievement. The Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, better known as JROTC is a youth development program for high school students implemented by the Department of Defense. JROTC delivers a character and leadership improvement curriculum to high school students enrolled in the program, which are known as cadets. Since JROTC is supervised and guided by retired members of the armed forces many people are of the mistaken opinion that JROTC is a program to convince students into enlisting in the military. The fact is that less than 30% of students in the program enlist in the military. The main purpose of the JROTC program is to inspire students to obtain the value of citizenship, service to our country, personal responsibility, and a sense...
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...The United States Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps was started when the National Defense Act of 1916 was passed. The bill authorized high schools the use federal military equipment and an active duty military member as teachers. Later in 1964, all instructors were replaced with retired members of the military and opened JROTC to other branches of the military. The purpose of JROTC is to teach students the values of citizenship, service to the United States, and personal responsibility. JROTC teaches students leadership, citizenship, first aid, drug use prevention, physical fitness, communication skills. JROTC’s focus is on developing young people and orienting them positively in preparation for whatever role in life they might...
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...| 2013 | | Donisha BrewerProfessor Stuart English 102 | [Junior rotc] | | Growing up I was never the person to be interested in joining the military. I actually frowned upon the idea. In my junior year of high school I was enrolled in the JROTC program. I didn’t last two week in the program before I had my mother come and withdraw me from the program and enroll me in P.E. At the time I didn’t know what ROTC and the benefits the program had to offer. As I have gotten older I have found out that there are many benefits for the students who are in the JROTC program. There is more than one branch of the JROTC. It has just as many branches as the United States Military. If I had had some prior knowledge on JROTC when I was in high school I may have giving it a chance. Junior ROTC is a part of a federal program that is sponsored by the United States Armed Forces. Junior ROTC is located within High Schools across America. Many students who enroll in the JROTC are more likely to enlist in part of the United States Military. The Reserve Officers Training Corps also known as ROTC began in 1916 on the campus of Yale University. Hundreds of thousands of cadets have trained there since then. Approximately 70,000 ROTC cadets train at over 300 campuses (Wissing 39). The latest branch was opened in 2011 when the secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus joined with Yale President Richard Levin to re-establish the ROTC on its campus. It had been 40 years since the last ROTC class graduated...
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...9 July 2010 1 LET 1 Table of Contents Unit 1 - Citizenship in Action Chapter 1: Foundations of Army JROTC and Getting Involved U1-C1-L1 Army JROTC - The Making of a Better Citizen U1-C1-L2 The Past and Purpose of Army JROTC U1-C1-L3 Moving Up in Army JROTC - Rank and Structure U1-C1-L4 The Signs of Success U1-C1-L5 Your Personal Appearance and Uniform U1-C1-L6 The Stars and Stripes U1-C1-L7 Proudly We Sing - The National Anthem U1-C1-L8 American Military Traditions, Customs, and Courtesies 3 9 13 21 25 37 45 51 Unit 2 - Leadership Theory and Application Chapter 1: Being a Leader U2-C1-L1 Leadership Defined U2-C1-L2 Leadership Reshuffled U2-C1-L3 Leadership from the Inside Out U2-C1-L4 Principles and Leadership U2-C1-L5 Sexual Harassment/Assault Chapter 2: Leadership Skills U2-C2-L1 Steps from the Past U2-C2-L2 Roles of Leaders and Followers in Drill U2-C2-L3 Using Your Leadership Skills/Taking Charge 57 61 67 73 77 81 85 89 Unit 3 - Foundations for Success Chapter 1: Know Yourself – Socrates U3-C1-L1 Self Awareness U3-C1-L2 Appreciating Diversity through Winning Colors U3-C1-L3 Personal Growth Plan U3-C1-L4 Becoming an Active Learner U3-C1-L5 Pathways To Success (QBOL) Chapter 2: Learning to Learn U3-C2-L1 Brain Structure and Function U3-C2-L2 Left and Right Brain Functions U3-C2-L3 Learning Style and Processing Preferences U3-C2-L4 Multiple Intelligences Chapter 3: Study Skills U3-C3-L1 ...
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...Why I Joined Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps To give a little history on Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC), it is a Federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across the United States. The program was originally created as part of the National Defense Act of 1916 and later expanded under the 1964 ROTC Vitalization Act. I joined JROTC because I wanted to become a better person. One day while talking to my father I asked him how he became the discipline man that he is today. My father stated when he joined the Army, he had no other choice. He stated the Army conditions you to become well disciplined and a self starter. My mother always drilled in me to be respectful and value myself and others. My father was the first person to tell me about JROTC, he said I should look into it since I was a rising 9th grader and that’s exactly what I did. I researched JROTC and was amazed to see it would be able to give me everything I was looking for value wise. JROTC enables you to learn and appreciate the ethical values and principles that inspire good citizenship, to develop leadership potential, while getting my education. JROTC also encourages and helps you develop a logical way of thinking and to communicate effectively with others, both orally and in writing. It helps you to appreciate the importance of physical fitness in maintaining good health. JROTC helps you to understand the importance of high school graduation...
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...Jackson SHS Miami, FL HOW JROTC DIFFERS FROM OTHER HIGH SCHOOL COURSES The Code of Federal Regulations states that JROTC is "designed for physically fit citizens attending participating schools. In public schools, JROTC is usually an elective course with membership limited to US citizens and legal foreign nationals, those who will graduate with their 9th grade cohort, and have not experienced an out of school suspension during the preceding six-month period. Often, students who participate for one year receive credit in lieu of a physical education class. Students who excel in the first year of JROTC can apply for a second year. Most schools offer three to four years of JROTC training. Boarding schools or (pre-college) military schools may offer JROTC programs, with some requiring participation as a condition for acceptance to the school. Some public military schools mandate JROTC as a class for all grade levels, and have a curriculum that includes military history, military protocol, civics and physical fitness. Chicago has six public military academies, more than any other city and one-third of all in the country. A Marine Corps JROTC unit in Hendersonville, Tennessee. The JROTC program stresses military discipline, with a curriculum that emphasizes study of military science and military history. Cadets typically wear...
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...fundamental that we consider our pasts and futures as well - what made us who we are, and how will we continue to improve? The Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (JROTC) has advanced in nearly all of the fields it is involved in since its founding in 1916, and it is simple to see that its development will not end here. Cadets have gone on to become professional athletes, renowned scholars, and celebrated members of the military; one can only imagine what inspiring individuals the program will produce in the future. From roughly 1819 to 1915, military training occurred sparingly in high schools and colleges across the nation; although it lacked sanction, it encouraged many students to pursue careers in the armed forces. President Wilson addressed the issue of this unofficial instruction in 1916, when he signed the National Defense Act. The National Defense Act of 1916 is primarily responsible for the creation of JROTC. At the beginning of its existence, active duty military personnel led the Army JROTC program; their tools to lead instruction consisted of federal military equipment loaned to them. Only six units...
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...Letter to an Educator Dear Colonel Fields, The past four years of my life have been spent at this school and you’ve been a big part of it. The majority of my time devoted to this school has been JROTC, especially rifle team. I just wanted to write this to you to let you know what an influence you’ve made and the JROTC program has made on my life. I think that out of all the students in the program over the years that we were closest. Everything I know and excel in, I learned from you. You taught me how to shoot on the rifle team, which resulted in 1st place in the county last year. You demonstrated leadership and lead by example in order to make me a better leader, which resulted in becoming rifle team commander as well as Battalion Commander. Due to everything you ever taught me, I received the Army ROTC scholarship. This scholarship is going to change my life and make me a much greater success I think. You made it possible for me to make a career out of the military and go to college for Army ROTC with all the lessons you taught me and everything you ever did for me. You made me a better person and I thank you for everything. You are the reason I decided to go into Aviation, so that I could make a promising career in what I love and become at least half the man that you are today. Thank you for everything. Sincerely, Dylan...
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...260th Soldiers share victory through support at JROTC competition 2nd Lt. Brittany E. Douglas 260th Quartermaster Ten Soldiers from the 512th Quartermaster Company, 260th Quartermaster Battalion set out on a convoy to Molena, Georgia, in support of the Richmond Hill High School Junior ROTC State Raider Competition 2008. The JROT Raiders are a group of disciplined cadets that have proven themselves in the class room as well as in physical ability. The 260th arrived at the Boy Scout Camp Thunder Oct. 31 to help the team set up camp. The Soldiers provided life support; including shelter, water and fuel resupply as necessary during the weekend competitions. Upon arrival, both Soldiers and cadets worked together to download and set-up tents for living areas for the competition. Soldiers of the 512th helped in other ways like teaching the cadets the correct procedures to set up and maintain the tents. Afterwards, the group enjoyed a cook-out, prepared by the teachers and staff of the Richmond Hill High School. The next day the cadets began their competition, participating in a standard Army Physical Fitness Test and a three-mile run with three categories, male, female and mixed group race. The cadets participated in other events to include an obstacle course and ruck-march. One of the events required a squad of students in the push-up position as each member would low crawled beneath obstacles on the course. Throughout the weekend, 512th provided water support...
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...ROTC The ROTC (Reserve Officer’s Training Corps) program has some great opportunities for college students who are trying to obtain a Bachelor’s Degree. They learn basic military training and officer training. Once a cadet graduates and obtains their Bachelor’s degree and still participating in the ROTC program you then get commissioned and become an officer in the United States Army. During a cadets senior year before they commission they have to fill out a paper that has the 16 branches they can choose from to be in once they graduate. The cadets fill it out in order of preference and pick whether they want to go into Active Duty (AD), Army National Guard (ARNG) or United States Army Reserve (USAR). Then the cadets get put into a pool with all the other senior cadets and get ranked by the OML (Order of Merit List). This list ranks you from 1 all the way to the last cadet. The accession process has some problems within the selecting portion. With this complicated process there are some areas where it has room for improvements. The ROTC accession “branching” process could be improved by adding merit to the GRFD (Guaranteed Reserve Forces Duty) program, take into account the cadet’s past experiences, academic major and the university attended. The ROTC program and branching process can be very complicated if not accurately described. Not just anyone can join the program. They have to meet a set of requirements before joining the ROTC program. A cadet has to be a U.S. Citizen...
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...These are some principles that can be applied in Reserve Officer Training Corps or popularly known as ROTC. As the general public may view it, ROTC is basically, a course taken because it is required in the curriculum and not because it’s an interesting program. If ROTC had not been a required course, and CWTS in the PLM chapter can accommodates all freshmen students, I guess there would only be a handful of students who will enroll in ROTC. Why wake up as early as seven in the morning and miss your Sunday family-get-together in exchange for this? Why suffer the exposure of the intense heat of the sun? Why wear the bulky fatigue uniform with all its accessories? Why feel intimidated by officials around you who are ready to command at any time? Why even follow their orders at all, and even their method of punishment? And even of all the colors, a black cover for a tickler? There are many puzzling questions as to why and how these things are done, and, why and how some things happen. But as part of being human, we constantly search for answers, hoping that if we find the answers we are looking for, we can justify what we do. Just as students try to unveil the principle behind every training day in the ROTC course. Behind every suffering that a cadet undergoes are actually, if not development, enrichment of values. These include obedience, camaraderie, commitment, excellence, service and self-discipline. First is obedience to those who are in command, most especially to the superiors...
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...REVISED IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM (NSTP) Pursuant to Section 12 of Republic Act No. 9163 otherwise known as the National Service Training Program (NSTP) Act of 2001, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), and Department of National Defense (DND), in consultation with concerned government agencies, the Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC), Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations of the Philippines (COCOPEA), Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and recognized student organizations, hereby jointly issue, adapt and promulgate the following implementing rules and regulations in implement the provisions of the Act. Rule I GUIDING PRINCIPLES Section 1. Guiding Principle. While it is the prime duty of the government to serve and protect its citizens, in turn it shall be the responsibility of all citizens to defend the security and promote the general welfare of the State, and in fulfillment thereof, the government may require each citizen to render personal military or civil service. Section 2. Role of the Youth a. In recognition of the vital role of the youth in nation building, the State shall promote civic consciousness among them and shall develop their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual and social well-being. It shall inculcate the ideals of patriotism, nationalism, and advance...
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...The Republic of The Philippines Our land, our country, our home. Blessed with a bounty of verdant mountains rich with gold and ore, emerald islands ringed with meandering beaches, forests alive with wondrous flora and fauna, fertile lands, and spectacular sunsets and temperate climates that have bred warm and smiling people who would be known all over the world for their overwhelming hospitality. However, those were also the reason why It was targeted by many nations centuries ago. Eventually it was colonized by Spain, The United States, and Japan. Though peaceful by nature, our freedom loving ancestors resisted. They purchased our freedom and the liberty of our country with toil and danger at the expense of treasure and blood, but beyond that, so many lives we're lost, and so many blood was shed, just for us to have the freedom we enjoy today. The land that we are on now is their gift to us, the flag that we raise every morning is their gift to us, the song we sing as a nation is their gift to us. Our freedom is their gift to us. And it is darn right our responsibility, as Filipinos, to preserve these gifts and make it better as much as we can for the next generation of Filipinos. And that is a task like no other. I would like to point out one quality that our forefathers, especially those who fought for our independence, had. Patriotism, a quality born from our passion and love for our country. Patriotism makes us fear for our country, defend for our country, and...
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...The National Service Training Program The National Service Training Program was also known as “An Act Establishing the National Service Training Program (NSTP) for Tertiary Level Students, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 7077 and Presidential Decree no. 1706, and for other Purposes” or Republic Act No. 9163. It was signed into law in January 23, 2002 amidst the various calls of dissenting sectors for its abolition or reform. It invoked the constitutional provision regarding the “duty of the state to serve and protect its citizens,” specifically Article II (Declaration of Principles and State Policies), Section 2, which states that “The prime duty of the government is to serve and protect the people. The government may call upon the people to defend the state, and in fulfillment thereof, all citizens may be required under conditions provided by law, to render personal military or civil service” (italics supplied). This is the same principle that created and sustained the Reserve Officers Training Corps. The primary objective of the NSTP law is to promote the role of the youth in nation-building. As such, it aims to encourage the youth to become civic and/or military leaders and volunteers whom could be called upon by the nation in cases their services are needed. Compared with the ROTC which specializes in military training, and the E-ROTC which granted three options for students yet was limited in implementation, the NSTP law ensured that the three components...
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...pThe National Service Training Program The National Service Training Program was also known as "An Act Establishing the National Service Training Program (NSTP) for Tertiary Level Students, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 7077 and Presidential Decree no. 1706, and for other Purposes" or Republic Act No. 9163. It was signed into law in January 23, 2002 amidst the various calls of dissenting sectors for its abolition or reform. It invoked the constitutional provision regarding the "duty of the state to serve and protect its citizens," specifically Article II (Declaration of Principles and State Policies), Section 2, which states that "The prime duty of the government is to serve and protect the people. The government may call upon the people to defend the state, and in fulfillment thereof, all citizens may be required under conditions provided by law, to render personal military or civil service" (italics supplied). This is the same principle that created and sustained the Reserve Officers Training Corps. The primary objective of the NSTP law is to promote the role of the youth in nation-building. As such, it aims to encourage the youth to become civic and/or military leaders and volunteers whom could be called upon by the nation in cases their services are needed. Compared with the ROTC which specializes in military training, and the E-ROTC which granted three options for students yet was limited in implementation, the NSTP law ensured that the three components...
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