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Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)

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The (Junior) Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC), (ROTC), began with President Woodrow Wilson signing the National Defense Act of 1916. Even though military training had been taking place in civilian colleges, academies, and universities as early as 1819, the signing of the National Defense Act brought this training under single, federally-controlled entity: Since its inception, The Reserve Officers' Training Corps. Army ROTC is the largest officer-producing organization with the American military, having commissioned more than half a million second lieutenants throughout time.
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Making the best military officers in the United States throughout the world, motivating young people to be better citizens is the mission of The United States Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC). It came into being with the passage of the National Defense Act of 1916.
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The Paul Revere Battalion, an Army ROTC unit, was established at M.I.T. in 1917, shortly after the passage of the National Defense Act of 1916. It is believed to be one of the first ROTC units in the Nation, possibly the world. During World War I, there were more Regular Army Officers (RAO) serving in the Army from M.I.T. than from any other school except West Point. Of the 1,538 military participants in World War II from the Institute, 1,335 were commissioned officers. The battalion now consists of students from M.I.T., Harvard University, Tufts University, Lesley University, Endicott College, Gordon College, Salem State College, Wellesley College and Gordon-Conwell Theological

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