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Jrotc History Essay

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You have probably heard about JROTC already before, but do you know how different JROTC is today than how it was 100 years ago? Maybe any historical events that has been contributed to the Army JROTC? Well if you don’t then I would consider for you to keep reading! First of all JROTC stands for Junior Reserves Officers Training Corps and this program has been around for 100 years now and I think there have been huge changes from yesterday to what it is today to what it will be tomorrow. Specifically the Army Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps began when President Wilson signed “the National Defense Act” of 1916 but its history of JROTC goes as far back as the 1800's. Army JROTC was originally started by Army Captain Alden Partridge. The idea of JROTC first started being planned at the American Literary, Scientific, Vermont Norwich University in 1819 which is also known as a “Military Academy”.This idea was to combine the regular college studies with army training combined together. When JROTC first began it started with six units in 1916.The program has been only available to kids in grades 9-12 known as high school students. From this starting point on high schools were given military equipment and active military instructors. Later on in 1964 the Act had replaced the active duty instructors with …show more content…

One of those things I think might be the mission of JROTC that is to motivate young citizens to become better citizens. As the number of years increases the more schools and cadets join the JROTC program. By 100 years By 100 years from now I think the number of cadets would probably be 350,000 to 400,000. This program has established to have the highest graduates being in the program along with also having high GPA’s. The JROTC program will still be the program that produces successful students and productive adults while still learning in a disciplined

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