Reserve Officers' Training Corps

Epidemic of 1918 The flu epidemic of 1918 came as a result of hemagglutinin 1 neuraminidase 1 (H1N1) virus strain . The reason Spanish flu was so devastating when compared to other flu strains, was due to this strain being new to humans and thus population have not developed natural resistance to it. It is hypothesized that the reason this strain was new to humans is because it has crossed from birds to swine to humans . Conservative estimates from United States Department of Health and Human…

“Consider how deeply this issue intrudes into the life of the college, how it effects the college even in unexpected ways”( Lascell). In 1996, Grove City College withdrew from federal student loan programs and instead, created its own system. Because of the Grove City College versus Bell court case, the college is no longer able to offer some of the opportunities to incoming students that they once could. However, since then, Grove City College has been known for their exceptional effort and…

Prior to this class I believed that managing and leading were synonymous and that a manager is automatically considered a leader. However, I have learned that a leader is not someone who just checks things off a list but much more. I still believe that a leader is someone that completes tasks and has managerial skills to get the job done but also can be much more influential. I believe that good leadership in any field will make the people involved much more productive and will overall have a…

Army Reserve officer was transitioned in 2012. Though she was not discharged after her transition, she was shifted to the Individual Ready Reserve. This meant she could be called back to duty but would not show up for training, draw a paycheck or have access to health benefits. Finally taking step to lift the ban will have an impact beyond just those transgender people…

Fast forward through some of the awkward years of social development, which I didn’t have much of up until high school, to my freshman year. I finally found something I enjoyed pouring my time and effort into, NJROTC, or the Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp. I loved the order, the discipline, and the authority. I happened to be the first group of cadets that enrolled in the class at Deptford Township High School. I developed quickly into a natural leader, and my social skills started…

Four Dead in Ohio: Understanding the Kent State Massacre of May 4th, 1970. The Kent State Massacre was a tragic event that occurred on May 4th, 1970, on the campus of Kent State University in Ohio. It was a day that began with protests against the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War and ended in bloodshed and violence. The United States' support of South Vietnam and involvement in the Vietnam War had deeply divided the American public since 1965. Many members of the public disagreed…

The Vietnam War, which began in 1955 and ended twenty years later in 1975, had an unforeseen impact on American society, which caused a decline in support for the United States’ involvement in Southeast Asia. This paper will examine the causes that led to a shift in support for the Vietnam War from the American public. Factors such as the cost of the war, both in monetary terms and solider causality rates, the lack of progress being made in Vietnam, and the protests and resistance that came from…

John F Kennedy: (HIGH) Kennedy used the power appointed to him as president in an active way, he believed in an approach similar to the New Deal, only he brought creativity and imagination with his New Frontier idea for the government. He offered the American people his youth and his wit, he had new ideas he wanted to turn into government programs but decided to focus on issues that needed to be addressed first. One of those issues was the economy, it wasn’t expanding at a desirable rate.…

Affairs. 1969, during his tenure at Princeton, Justice Alito was drafted to fight in the war of Vietnam, yet he was able to defer due to education until after he finished law school in 1975. Although during his schooling he joined the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, Alito eventually served three months of active duty in 1975 and in 1980 he was honorably discharged (Washington Post). During his time at Princeton, Justice led a conference creating rights for homosexuals, along with other…

My personal experience as a Non Commissioned Officer in the military and my growth as a Non Commission Officer started on 25 March 1988. It all started with my lifelong dream of being a Soldier. My next-door neighbor was a Sergeant in the Army and every day when he got home, I would sit and chat with him, I was no older than eight years old. I remembered him saying, “Curtis, I can tell you will join the service in ten years from now because every day you produce different questions regarding…