U.S. Military JROTC

[Lenin64]

If I join another school's JROTC program, will I be required to wear my uniform to school?

 

Most likely. Definitely during the time in which you have that class, since you'll be inspected then and all that, but once you're back in your school I really don't know. Technically you're not to take it off from the time you leave home to the time you arrive back, unless you have a class like auto tech or PE, but I guess they can't really enforce it at another school.

[Lenticular_J]

I thought that was a foreign program. Cool.

 

 

 

I'd join it, but we don't have one at my school (probably not even in town...). I'd like to be a helicopter pilot for the Marines, or maybe another branch. But, with my poor eyesight, that probably won't be too probable.

[The_Who]

I'm joining ROTC in college next year. I had the opportunity to go to West point, but I wanted the atmosphere of a regular campus. JROTC has never really been big around here for some reason though.

[dangeresque]

I'm in AFJROTC, it's funish I spose, uniforms annoying but whatever it's worth it. Only problem is JROTC is such a freak/nerd attractor, I'm like 1 of 3 normal people in the whole program. I guess we're at group status as well. And I'm not uber serious about it, and I would suggest not getting to be to much of a tight [wagon], it just annoys people.

[evil_mumm_ra]

i was in NJROTC my freshman year of highschool. i didn't really enjoy it, but i excelled at it, was top of the freshman class in the coursework for it, and marching and stuff, even beat out some of the higher grades. didn't matter though, i stayed the full year and quit cause i didn't like it. when i'm walking, i'll still find myself turning like i'm marching though. bleh. that was back when i had thought about a branch of the military for a possible career, scored an 89 on my ASVAB test (armed services vocational aptitude battery). i think it was an 89 anyway, something around that for sure, been a good 3 years since i talked to the dude who told me my score. army just isn't an option for me right now, maybe a bit further down the line, but i doubt it.

[Kriegsmier]

I have a few friends up at West Point, they love it. Some at the Citadel as well.

 

 

 

Thought you all might enjoy this, or appreciate this. Its short and not great quality but, this is a video of Clemson University Pershing Rifles Company C-4 colorguard. Army ROTC. Always love watching them at football games.

 

 

 

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[Nero]

I was in air cadets for a couple years, did guard and whatever; can't really remember since it was a while back. Was fun I suppose.

[Agunimon979]

Sorry for the delay, I had to go pick up my dad. He tried to run 20 miles, made it to 16 I think and had to stop at the drug store and wait for me to get out there :lol:

 

 

 

Yea, I'm in JROTC. Navy branch, 2nd year. We're currently at battalion status, but that's pretty shaky; next year we'll probably be a Company, but then again that's what they said last year. Ranked E3, but sometime in the next week or two (next time the air rifle commander cancels practice at the last second and I'm stuck at school *again*) I'm going to try for PO3. Sergeant, I think, for the other branches, or staff sergeant or something. Not too sure.

 

 

 

Currently on the air rifle squad, mainly helping out the newbies, one of which I really only know as "newbie". I'm not as agood a shot as the veteran shooters, though; I shake like nobody's business. I have great raw talent- even with the shaking I shoot at least 80 in the prone position and usually 180-190 total out of all 3 positions, and I'm great with a real rifle-but have yet to break 200 because of it :|

 

 

 

Last year's graduating class made Distinguished Unit their entire 4 years, which is pretty cool. Year 2's curriculum is Naval History, that's somewhat interesting. The rest of the time we're marching and such. Uniform inspections are Wednesdays and Thursdays, depending on when you have the class. So that's the basics of my battalion.

 

 

 

Arent you a communist. i thought they didnt let communists into the army. and dont you oppose america or something?

[Lenticular_J]

Billy May's products should not be ingested orally (or in other ways), Agunimon979.

[Agunimon979]

haha so funny :roll:

[Wizz]

I have a NJROTC program in my School.

 

I think it's Navy Junior etc. But really they are kinda fun, they are more like our Marching Cousins, just a little bit stricter.

[megakiller32]

Sorry for the delay, I had to go pick up my dad. He tried to run 20 miles, made it to 16 I think and had to stop at the drug store and wait for me to get out there :lol:

 

 

 

Yea, I'm in JROTC. Navy branch, 2nd year. We're currently at battalion status, but that's pretty shaky; next year we'll probably be a Company, but then again that's what they said last year. Ranked E3, but sometime in the next week or two (next time the air rifle commander cancels practice at the last second and I'm stuck at school *again*) I'm going to try for PO3. Sergeant, I think, for the other branches, or staff sergeant or something. Not too sure.

 

 

 

Currently on the air rifle squad, mainly helping out the newbies, one of which I really only know as "newbie". I'm not as agood a shot as the veteran shooters, though; I shake like nobody's business. I have great raw talent- even with the shaking I shoot at least 80 in the prone position and usually 180-190 total out of all 3 positions, and I'm great with a real rifle-but have yet to break 200 because of it :|

 

 

 

Last year's graduating class made Distinguished Unit their entire 4 years, which is pretty cool. Year 2's curriculum is Naval History, that's somewhat interesting. The rest of the time we're marching and such. Uniform inspections are Wednesdays and Thursdays, depending on when you have the class. So that's the basics of my battalion.

 

 

 

Arent you a communist. i thought they didnt let communists into the army. and dont you oppose america or something?

 

 

 

The communist army was the best army; it was the only army at the time which let both men and women fight, and they were pretty strict to.

 

(Forget the fact some people were forced to join xD)

 

I'm British so we don't have JRTOSC or however you spell it, but sounds like a modern version of the Hitler Youth without the indoctrinating against certain races and religions.

[Claremont]

Is anyone here in a JROTC Battalion?

 

 

 

Im in the Charles B. Aycock Golden Falcons JROTC Battalion, Eastern Region 4th Brigade.

 

 

 

I take this very seriously, so please dont joke around.

 

 

 

 

 

Lol.. You Americans are so cute :/ My school feeds strait into ADFA. Beat that :/ Half my grade are in Iraq/af. My brother will be in 2 months and I go off in 7 months.

[Freakyhair]

Hmm, could you explain to me what that is exactly and what you do? Are you going to Iraq/Afghanistan?

JROTC is highschool military training. It stands for "Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps" but we do pretty much standard basic training things. Im taking Army JROTC so we do army things. We wear the army "greens" every thursday, perform drill and ceremony and we march. On fridays we do PT (physical training) and we study the chain of command of the US and things related to the military

 

 

 

mate your just going to be brainwashed into stupid patriotism and thinking that all terrorists are evil (they probaly are as evil as fair proportion of the army) and that middle eastern countries will perform countless terroist attacks if wwe don't police them.

 

 

 

i think that young military training is a complete joke, it has good intentions but theres evil behind the intentions, its obviously going to side you towards joining the army. the army is evil, not at individual levels (although some are) but what the group does.

[Lenin64]

Hmm, could you explain to me what that is exactly and what you do? Are you going to Iraq/Afghanistan?

JROTC is highschool military training. It stands for "Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps" but we do pretty much standard basic training things. Im taking Army JROTC so we do army things. We wear the army "greens" every thursday, perform drill and ceremony and we march. On fridays we do PT (physical training) and we study the chain of command of the US and things related to the military

 

 

 

mate your just going to be brainwashed into stupid patriotism and thinking that all terrorists are evil (they probaly are as evil as fair proportion of the army) and that middle eastern countries will perform countless terroist attacks if wwe don't police them.

 

 

 

i think that young military training is a complete joke, it has good intentions but theres evil behind the intentions, its obviously going to side you towards joining the army. the army is evil, not at individual levels (although some are) but what the group does.

 

Ha, this is hilarious. I almost laughed after I realized you were serious. Not once in the years I've been in this program has anything at all been said about the Middle East from any negative perspective, what it's been about is on the political/economic side, which if anything gave us an anti-war perspective.

 

 

 

As for your second statement, they make it a point not to try to get you into the service. While it's true that every so often a recruiter will come talk to us about the benefits, it'sreally more of just the information than a "come over here guys, it;s awesome!!!" thing. And while it's true that yea, a lot of the people in ROTC will join the military, many are in the program because of that, not as a side effect. In fact, last year's Battalion Commander isn't going in at all; I think he's going to law school.

 

 

 

I find your "brainwashing" statement amusing in that someone probably instilled that idea in you.

[Freakyhair]

Hmm, could you explain to me what that is exactly and what you do? Are you going to Iraq/Afghanistan?

JROTC is highschool military training. It stands for "Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps" but we do pretty much standard basic training things. Im taking Army JROTC so we do army things. We wear the army "greens" every thursday, perform drill and ceremony and we march. On fridays we do PT (physical training) and we study the chain of command of the US and things related to the military

 

 

 

mate your just going to be brainwashed into stupid patriotism and thinking that all terrorists are evil (they probaly are as evil as fair proportion of the army) and that middle eastern countries will perform countless terroist attacks if wwe don't police them.

 

 

 

i think that young military training is a complete joke, it has good intentions but theres evil behind the intentions, its obviously going to side you towards joining the army. the army is evil, not at individual levels (although some are) but what the group does.

 

Ha, this is hilarious. I almost laughed after I realized you were serious. Not once in the years I've been in this program has anything at all been said about the Middle East from any negative perspective, what it's been about is on the political/economic side, which if anything gave us an anti-war perspective.

 

 

 

As for your second statement, they make it a point not to try to get you into the service. While it's true that every so often a recruiter will come talk to us about the benefits, it'sreally more of just the information than a "come over here guys, it;s awesome!!!" thing. And while it's true that yea, a lot of the people in ROTC will join the military, many are in the program because of that, not as a side effect. In fact, last year's Battalion Commander isn't going in at all; I think he's going to law school.

 

 

 

I find your "brainwashing" statement amusing in that someone probably instilled that idea in you.

 

 

 

i get my views from personal experience as well as reading on the internet. i've never bothered to check about this so it is just personal opinion not brainwashing on me :S, obviously it is misinformed but from me speaking to people in the army and talking to army recruiters and watching there many presentations i decided this for myself. obviously i was wrong so fair enough but i still think it's be a load better if they just left the military out of it completely, doesn't sound like it'd make much odds if it was? if its military funded then its state funded so the money can just come straight from the government.

 

 

 

jus my thoughts and sorry if i insulted you or whatever.

[Lenin64]

Wow, I...I don't know what to say. I've never seen a compromise reached on the internet before. But correct me if I'm wrong, aren't public schools on the whole state-funded? Well, tax-funded at least. And I guess I can see how removing the military element might work, and just teach discipline, etc. but it gives the academic curriculum more substance (year II is naval history; sea power, the development of the navy in general and the American Navy).

[Kriegsmier]

Hmm, could you explain to me what that is exactly and what you do? Are you going to Iraq/Afghanistan?

JROTC is highschool military training. It stands for "Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps" but we do pretty much standard basic training things. Im taking Army JROTC so we do army things. We wear the army "greens" every thursday, perform drill and ceremony and we march. On fridays we do PT (physical training) and we study the chain of command of the US and things related to the military

 

 

 

mate your just going to be brainwashed into stupid patriotism and thinking that all terrorists are evil (they probaly are as evil as fair proportion of the army) and that middle eastern countries will perform countless terroist attacks if wwe don't police them.

 

 

 

i think that young military training is a complete joke, it has good intentions but theres evil behind the intentions, its obviously going to side you towards joining the army. the army is evil, not at individual levels (although some are) but what the group does.

 

 

 

Spend 6-12 months over there with your boots on the ground and lets see the tune that you blow out of your horn then. You have no idea about ROTC or what goes on in country, NO IDEA.

 

 

 

The military offers SO much more then the "brainwashing" negative hateful views portrayed by you in your posts. Again, you have no idea.

[Tribal]

I took Army JROTC all 4 years of High School. We were an Honor Unit with Distinction, one of the top programs on the east coast if not the country according to our Formal Inspection. During our inspection, we had a girl set a bathroom on fire, but instead of mass panic they made us get into formation outside in the 20 Degree weather and complete the inspection. I'm sure that earned us some points ;)

 

 

 

Every year theres a big awards banquet held by the Colonel and Sarge, I got the 'Most Improved Cadet' award. Basically because my senior year I was put on probation for stupid things, in the first Marking Period and managed to stay in the program for the entire year. Finished up as a 2nd Liutenant.

 

 

 

It's really a great program to get into, I would recommend it to anyone.

[dangeresque]

Sorry for the delay, I had to go pick up my dad. He tried to run 20 miles, made it to 16 I think and had to stop at the drug store and wait for me to get out there :lol:

 

 

 

Yea, I'm in JROTC. Navy branch, 2nd year. We're currently at battalion status, but that's pretty shaky; next year we'll probably be a Company, but then again that's what they said last year. Ranked E3, but sometime in the next week or two (next time the air rifle commander cancels practice at the last second and I'm stuck at school *again*) I'm going to try for PO3. Sergeant, I think, for the other branches, or staff sergeant or something. Not too sure.

 

 

 

Currently on the air rifle squad, mainly helping out the newbies, one of which I really only know as "newbie". I'm not as agood a shot as the veteran shooters, though; I shake like nobody's business. I have great raw talent- even with the shaking I shoot at least 80 in the prone position and usually 180-190 total out of all 3 positions, and I'm great with a real rifle-but have yet to break 200 because of it :|

 

 

 

Last year's graduating class made Distinguished Unit their entire 4 years, which is pretty cool. Year 2's curriculum is Naval History, that's somewhat interesting. The rest of the time we're marching and such. Uniform inspections are Wednesdays and Thursdays, depending on when you have the class. So that's the basics of my battalion.

 

 

 

Arent you a communist. i thought they didnt let communists into the army. and dont you oppose america or something?

 

 

 

The communist army was the best army; it was the only army at the time which let both men and women fight, and they were pretty strict to.

 

(Forget the fact some people were forced to join xD)

 

I'm British so we don't have JRTOSC or however you spell it, but sounds like a modern version of the Hitler Youth without the indoctrinating against certain races and religions.

 

Where the hell did you get this idea? All they do is tell us the history of this and that and discipline etc. Correct me if I'm wrong but didnt the HY have to serve in the military? The JROTC cadets don't.

[ForsakenMage]

This is why you got to be careful with how you describe JROTC. It's not a military training program for youth! :wall: A lot of anti-military people love to jump on this program because of that poor description. It may be funded by the government and it may use the same uniforms as the military, but JROTC is far from being the military. If you think marching around and doing PT every week makes those people soldiers, you're wrong. The real military does a lot more than that. JROTC may give you an idea of what the military may be, but it's intentions are definitely not for giving youth military training.

 

 

 

It angered me greatly when the San Francisco Board of Education voted to remove the program and have it replaced with something else (which they have failed to so far) and now a proposition is on the ballot for the people to elect to have JROTC put back into place. The SFBoE's excuse for the removal: promotes violence, is homophobic (the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy is actually Congress' rule, not the military's), and is a waste of money. Wow. Seriously? JROTC gave a lot of students in San Francisco a safe place to be after school and a place where they felt like they belonged.

 

 

 

I was a cadet for three years. Do I know how to use a gun? No. I could have learned if I joined the rifle team, but I didn't have to be a JROTC cadet to join it, and one doesn't have to be a soldier to learn how to use a gun. Do I know how to fight in a war? No. Have I ever gotten recruitment letters from the various military colleges in the United States? No more than the average person that was applying to go to college. Have any military personnel approached me in an attempt to recruit me? No. Did being a JROTC cadet make me want to join the military? No.

 

 

 

What the JROTC program did do was teach me life skills that not a lot of classes in grade school would. It teaches leadership, discipline, communication, first aid, map reading, physical fitness, social and personal responsibility, teamwork, and many things that may not even be part of the curriculum but you learn anyway from the different people you work with every day to make the program work.

 

 

 

Highest awards I've gotten as a JROTC cadet: the Retired Officer's Association Award and JROTC Citizenship Award. I'd rattle off the rest but I don't want to bore anyone. :oops:

[Wizz]

Forsaken some people might think you're Brainwash because of that post. I think my opinions on NJROTC is Neatreual. I know one of the Commanders got fired last year for a Racist thing (he seemed like the Old Fashion type, the "American as Apple Pie!", apperantly he accept a Gay kid to his class but.. acted Unfairly to him soo much that he finally sued when the Commander did not held his tounge :shame: ) They are kinda like us, they are Discipline, willing to take the wheel, and smart. I swear Afterschool the only people here late are NJORTC, Us, Football/CheerLeaders(Usally for games), and Tutoring or Random Clubs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*by "Us" I am reffering to my Marching Band. Also I remember that this is the Year in wich we are the only Class in America to Mix Marching Band with a JORTC Program. So not much changed except now we get free money from the Government for Trips and Instruments \ (No Uniforms, No Dress Codes like hair lenght, etc.)

[jackattack]

 

It angered me greatly when the San Francisco Board of Education voted to remove the program and have it replaced with something else (which they have failed to so far) and now a proposition is on the ballot for the people to elect to have JROTC put back into place. The SFBoE's excuse for the removal: promotes violence, is homophobic (the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy is actually Congress' rule, not the military's), and is a waste of money. Wow. Seriously? JROTC gave a lot of students in San Francisco a safe place to be after school and a place where they felt like they belonged.

 

 

 

 

 

This just brought to mind the prop 8 ad that has Gavin Newsom (mayor of SF, famous for his affairs and providing alcohol to minors) yelling out to a crowd saying "Whether you like it or not!" I hadn't heard that the board of education had done this but I wouldn't be surprised if it was at his initiative.

 

 

 

And correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the movie "Major Payne" about JROTC? Not to trivialize it or anything but that is one funny movie.

[Kriegsmier]

I had a dirll instructor in bootcamp that was the spitting image of Major Payne....it was like, unbelievable. Unfortunately that movie, was, well....a movie.

[ForsakenMage]

Brainwashed would mean me believing the program is perfect. It's not of course. There's bound to be differences between different cities and battalions. I know for sure that there are commanders, SAIs and AIs that aren't perfect either. What I do know is of the curriculum based on experience and from what I've been told from people who have done JROTC and are now serving the military, it's definitely different from the "real thing." :P