Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC)

What is Jrotc; where did it originate? The united states passed the National Defense Act of 1916; that allowed American high schools the loan of federal military equipment and the assignment of active duty personnel as instructors. The main idea of JROTC is to develop citizens as leaders for careers later on in life. We will be talking briefly about the history of JROTC, and what JROTC is all about. The concept of JROTC was brought up in the National Defense Act of 1916. The Act allowed the loan of federal military equipment and the assignment of active duty military personnel. JROTC stand for Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps. The JROTC program was to help develop leaders and make sense of what it meant to be in the military although JROTC is not a military recruitment program. There are fives branches of JROTC that correlate to the five branches of the military; Airforce, Army, Coast Guard, Marines, and Navy. The most common types of JROTC is the Airforce and …show more content…
JROTC is a hands on oriented class, dedicated to pushing cadets to a new standard of living. One day every week cadets participate in Physical Training. Physical Training, otherwise known as PT, is dedicated to training cadets in physical and emotional leadership by providing a challenging experience at exercise and bodybuilding. Outside of PT cadets study on what it truly means to be a leader by studying leadership examples and the core abilities leaders have. Cadets also practice being leaders in class as the class is divided into four squads; squads are divided up into two teams, Alpha and Bravo teams. Each squad has one squad leader with a Alpha team leader and a bravo Team leader. Cadets earn ranks and positions by showing exceptional leadership abilities. Everything in JROTC falls under a branching leadership design. Each period of JROTC is a different company; first being Alpha, second is Headquarters where all the battalion staff is hosted, third is Bravo and so