This year marks the 100th year anniversary of the Junior Reserves Officer Training Corps program. With more than 3,230 JROTC programs world wide, 314,000 Cadets, 4,000 Instructors, and thousands of advocates, the JROTC program institutes character education, the value of citizenship, student leadership, community service, diversity, and giving back to others. I will be reviewing the historical events that contributed to the founding of the JROTC program, how the curriculum has evolved to its present day standing, and finally, the portrayal of what this program may have to offer 100 years into the future. The ancient Greeks are known as the first to incorporate military training into adolescence schooling. The movement of goods, ideas, and peoples …show more content…
At this point in time, JROTC programs are found in all 50 states and even in overseas American schools. The main focus when the curriculum was first established was to prepare high school boys mentally and physically for joining the U.S. Army as enlisted soldiers. Today, men and women are permitted and encouraged to join the program. The mission statement of the present day course is: “to motivate young people to be better citizens.” Even though this mission has not really changed over the years, the program has gained more depth to it. The course teaches the cadets, in many forms, the importance of good citizenship and the qualities a good citizen possesses. For example, we learn self-discipline by taking responsibility in a leadership position all while instilling a sense of self esteem. Even to this day the JROTC program continues to expand and …show more content…
Not only has the progression of the program excelled throughout the century, but it has also flourished in constructing the lives of those who are a part of it. I can only imagine what the next 100 years will bring to the course. However, using my previous knowledge of how this program has progressed, I can infer the future of the curriculum will continue to prosper . As the future approaches, new standards will be applied to make the course more rigorous for every new cadet. Young cadets will be faced with new challenges and lessons that my generation will wish we had. Technology will improve and the program will be provided with high tech gear. As acts of terrorism in the United States increase, cadets could be trained to professionally respond to such events. As of now, there are Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine ROTC’s across the nation; a part of the curriculum is learning the customs of that certain branch. In the future, I can imagine the course extending to all branches and teaching the basics of each to ensure a better understanding of the entire U.S. military. New skills such as first aid and land navigation should be added to the curriculum instead of a chapter we read from the textbook. There is no doubt that time will only benefit this program and the cadets of the future. We need to make a daily effort to make our plans for the future a reality to ensure a brighter future for the cadets to
So do cadets at West Point all just have the amazing ability to hold out for delayed gratification, or is there something else at play? If beliefs about the future aren’t the only thing keeping cadets inside these Stony Gates, then what is? Well for about half the corps the marginal benefit of leaving West Point doesn’t out weight the marginal cost. The upper two classes have taken the Oath of Affirmation thus committing themselves to the profession of Arms.
High School JROTC Instructors are retired Officers and Noncommissioned Officers carrying decades of military experience, whose responsibility is to teach students character education, student achievement, wellness, leadership, and diversity. In order to become a JROTC instructor, the following questions must be addressed. What prerequisites are there to become an instructor, what additional training is required, what education institutions provides the training, and what is the hiring process? My research to answering these questions will focus on internet searches, governing agency of the JROTC program, and by leveraging local high school JROTC instructors for information. I believe my research will identify that gathering information from
They want to see you grow up to be respectful of those around you; to give you more opportunities than you could have had if you continued to show disrespect and no remorse for those around you. They put you through painstaking tasks that you would have to complete before the sun rose and after it fell. However only certain type of people will understand these meanings and more. For those who show more of a liking to the Military Academy, they tend to be more of those who want to change and show respect to those they have hurt. They feel sorrow, remorse and even pain themselves for what they have done.
One of the main extracurricular activity that is very helpful to me is NJROTC. It teaches cadets about the real world and the military world. The Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC), is put in place to teach you more about the military, and also to teach students to become great leaders. Everyone in this program learn to be well disciplined. Without discipline there would be total chaos.
The Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, JROTC, was established over a years ago. With the purpose to install core value into high school and middle school students. These values would be to developed citizenship and patriotism, responsiveness to authority, improving communication, developing team building skills and basic military skills. The JROTC program was first created by the National defense act of 1916. The act was passed by President Wilson.
1. I offer my highest endorsement on behalf of C/MAJ Brown. He is currently the Battalion S-2, Security Officer for Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) and a key asset to R.J. Reynolds High School. He is an outstanding student who displays requisite characteristics of a great leader. 2.
It has started to become more relatable to the period of time it lives in. The program needs to and seems to change with the time to stay relevant and useful in today’s society. The program will still have the same mission and priorities but the curriculum would need to be more evolved and it would need to expand to different topics. High schools all over the country should be helping students find career opportunities; JROTC is a very helpful program for that. Discipline is enforced in JROTC, which discipline isn’t just important in a job but also in daily life.
JROTC was primarily a source of enlisted recruits and officer candidates. Now, JROTC is a citizenship program that is devoted to the moral, physical, and education of American youth in high school. Although JROTC still has its military structure and sense of discipline, it has left behind most of its early military content. Studies of citizenship, communications, leadership, and life skills are the core of JROTC now. JROTC prepares high school students for leadership roles while making them aware of their rights and privileges as American citizens.
Our voluntary armed forces system is in crisis. The supply of available young people is shrinking. In 1980 there were more than 17 million 17- to 20-year-olds. Currently, there are fewer than 10 to 12 million in this age group. This reduction in the number of available youth and the shrinking number of new recruits should serve as a wake up call that mandatory military service should be a requirement if we hope to have a safe and secure
5.The schools, Army, and Navy thought that the ROTC and the SATC were important and needed to be strictly monitored. 6. The two courses that were being emphasized to better prepare students were mathematics and science.
As a cadet in the JROTC program at my school, I have the opportunity to go to a summer camp every year. Summer camp is a place where other cadets from other JROTC programs get to go to, only the best of the best are able go. My junior year I had the honor to go, along with twelve other cadets. When I finally arrived there, I became in charge of at least sixty other cadets. However, there were others that were placed in charge.
Because of this experience, I was able to learn that one of the most important traits that anyone can have is self reflection and self-improvement. Unbeknownst to me, I believed that self reflection was about improving yourself as a person but ultimately through this experience I learned that self reflection and improvement is not just about changing yourself as a better person, but to also impact those around you. Change all begins with one movement and if a leader is willing to change himself then those around him will also seek ways to improve. As this is particularly true for aspiring USMA cadets and Army officers because as the future leaders
Through this course I’ve learned skills of how to lead and work as a unit with others. Also through moving through the ranks and this past year being the Alpha Company commander with the rank of Cadet Captain I learned how to take responsibility of the actions and deeds of my unit and myself. It also helped me to see that being on the top of the food chain with many below you at your command isn’t all fun and games it entails things like knowing if your company’s data is all squared away and if everyone is up to date, if they all have uniforms and if not when will they get them, and if they have them are they wearing them correctly, who's going to promotion board are they ready is their uniform squared away and things like
I was five years old when I became instilled with a love of the Navy. Every aspect of that faithful occurrence remains fresh in my mind, as though it had occurred in the very near past. In reality, more than thirteen years have passed since my conversion and the present. My desire to attend the United States Naval Academy began in May 2003, on a particularly beautiful day along the Hudson. A gentle breeze grazed my skin, the sun shone strongly, and the river coursed powerfully before my eyes.
As paradoxical as it may seem to achieve success from both good and bad, the right perspective transcends failure. I participated in Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) for four years during high school before eventually joining the United States Air Force (USAF). The roots of my professional development