Students learn leadership, build confidence and become better citizens in high school JROTC programs, experts say.

JROTC classes, which offer instruction in a wide range of topics, including leadership, civic values, weapons handling and financial literacy, have provided the military with a valuable way to ...

Rhea-Lee Thompson emigrated from Jamaica to the United States in 2019. She never thought about joining her adopted country's military but became enamored with the idea of service once she saw her ...

SFC John Pennington teaches JROTC at Central High School. His leadership has been a pillar of the up-and-coming military ...

DETROIT -- On her first day of high school, Andreya Thomas looked over her schedule and found that she was enrolled in a class with an unfamiliar name: JROTC. She and other freshmen at Pershing High ...

HAZLE TWP. – Students in the weight room at Hazleton Area High School were learning about more than physical training. Their guest instructor, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Zane Petrushka, taught ...

When high school student Trevor Reed was automatically enrolled in a Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) class in 2020, both he and his mother objected. “We don’t have to look far outside ...

Savannah Rucker of Fairview High's Savannah Rucker is the top vote getter for poll of Middle Tennessee's best JROTC students. JROTC poll generated 15 nominations. Fairview High School's Savannah ...

Walking into class in her blue military uniform and polished black shoes, Alisha Arshad may not look like the typical JROTC cadet, but at Brentwood High School, she is. The senior is the ...

While Tufts students have the opportunity to participate in the well-known Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program, current university policies have made the experience more challenging for some ...