Jrotc History

The SAI of Blackman’s program, Colonel Gary Spry, expresses an additional goal besides the overall mission statement: “We have many young adults in our program who grow up in less that [sic] stellar conditions at home and they crave a place to belong … we work with these young people in an attempt to help them be better...to have a better life for themselves.” Cyla Lacuniak, a senior who has been a cadet in the program for all four years, says, “… the goal of the JROTC program is to improve our leadership, communication, and critical thinking

I would like to be in the Marine Corps JROTC program because it will be able to help me learn the basic elements and the need for national security and my personal obligation as an American. The Marine Corps JROTC program will also help me strengthen initiative and individuality to establish natural gifts, to teach me self-control, progress personal character, responsibility and aspect of integrity, loyalty, and dedication. This program sparked my interest as I know that it is highly beneficial and can teach or promote positive, productive behaviors. With this program, I learned that the Marine Corps JROTC cadets arrive everyday, have higher participation in class, are role models for avoiding substance abuse, have higher self-respect, develop

JROTC is a program to help students graduate from high school, help them become a better citizens, and help them grow with their strengths and help build their weaknesses up. JROTC will also prepare students for their future in possibly joining in the army.

JROTC has prepared to be a better citizen by showing me the orals of how a leader should act and how disciplined a leader should be at all times. JROTC has taught me the ways that you should treat a lady and how to serve tables when you got to an event and have a guest sit at your table you stand up. JROTC has also taught me how to put service learning projects together so that the cadets or the people who will be helping know what to do and when it needs to be done by. It also has taught me how to be safe with guns because of the gun safety course. It has also taught me how to show respect a person with a higher rank than me like Sgt. And sir if they are an officer. There is a lot that JROTC has taught me to become a citizen and there will be a lot more that they will teach me. It changed me by helping me to bump my grades up and helping me with my

Since freshman year, the Junior Reserves Officer Training Corps (JROTC) program has been an invisible hand of guidance that strived to bring out the best in me. This longstanding program has an impact on me in ways so innovative, it is impossible to find another program filled with diverse exhibitions of life lessons, discipline, and teamwork. JROTC has given me a lifelong readiness to combat the harsh realities of the real world that exist, which in return has helped me better myself and my community in contributions to being a citizen in the United States of America.

My experience with JROTC began my freshman year at Forestville Military Academy through my senior year at Parkdale High School. At the very beginning of this opportunity i realized that i enjoyed participating in JROTC more and more everyday that passed. Only problem, like others was the uniform. Of course they were uncomfortable a first but then you get used to it. You get to make the uniform yours. It's almost like a new set of skin that sooner or later you're gonna have to get used to it.Slowly everyday you get a little more used to the way of obeying to the rules. This experience has been the most absolute fun experience of my entire high school memories. Favorite things to do was anything involving JROTC. From community service to

They challenged my capabilities, and made me overcome some of my worst fears. Excellence can come from breaking barriers, but it can also come from just chipping those barriers, or even nudging them. My four years in JROTC has taught me that as long as you are making progress towards your dreams, you are striving in excellence and self dedication. And even though your path may get rough, and have more obstacles in the way than ever before, I have learned to never give up hope and to continue to strive in motivation and

“I think one of the most important lessons we teach in JROTC is importance of service. And not just military service, but service… giving back to our school, our city, our community, our state our country, that’s given so much for us”

The United States Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, abbreviated JROTC, was established by the National Defense Act of 1916. JROTC serves as a character and leadership development program for the United States’ high school students. High school students enrolled in JROTC are called “Cadets.” There are approximately 314,000 Cadets enrolled in JROTC in 1,731 high schools, drove by 4,000 retired Army Instructors. In the beginning, through the JROTC program, high schools were able to use federal military equipment and assign active duty military personnel as instructors for their classes. In 1964, the Vitalization Act opened JROTC up to the other branches of the military and also replaced most of the active duty instructors with retired members of the armed forces, who worked for and are cost shared by the schools. Title 10 of the U.S. Code declares that “the purpose of Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps is to instill in students in United States secondary educational

Reserve Officers ' Training Corps instructors provide college and high school students training in the subjects and skills they will need to become commissioned officers in the armed forces. These subjects include leadership, critical thinking and military science.

There are little changes that had happened to the JROTC program since it had been established in “1819 by Captain Alden Partridge.” (U1C1L2 student textbook) Though JROTC program is very old, its history is filled with rich facts that makes JROTC an amazing program. One hundred years of JROTC from when it was established to today’s JROTC and how I would perceive JROTC in the future.

JROTC has been around at Smith-Cotton High School since 2004. Lieutenant Cunningham said JROTC is a program that motivates teens to be a better citizen. To join JROTC all you have to do is see a counselor or one of the instructors and they’ll help enroll you. The program currently has 177 students. In JROTC you not only have fun, but you learn life skills like leadership and doing the right thing. They don’t charge you for anything in this program, but the cadets are responsible for cleaning their uniform. When the cadets travel Lieutenant Colonel Cunningham, Command Sergeant Major Woods, and Sergeant First Class Bush provide the food, transportation, everything for the cadets.

US Army Cadet Corps has summer activities and activity schools for youthful colleagues and women ages 13 to

Now, the mission is “to motivate young people to become citizens”. While that has changed from its military structure, the initial military culture continues to stay the same, and continues to teach high school students discipline and responsibility. With rising aspects of life skills, communication, and ethnicity, the JROTC program can better prepare students for our always growing

I was in the Laurel High School Jrotc program for two years. This is my first year in Interact. The jrotc program has taught me to respect other, obedience, and made me a better person. I was introduced to many different cadets in the Jrotc program and this guided me to help in the community.