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

The role of JROTC in U.S. high schools has been a point of debate since the program was founded more than a century ago. During the anti-war battles of the 1970s, protests over what was seen as an ...

Chicago Public Schools told families that students in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program, or JROTC, should only wear their military-issued uniforms inside to avoid being mistaken for ...

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At Plum School District’s upcoming Veterans Day celebrations, Kailey Burton hopes not only to thank current and former service members but impart some history to her peers. Burton is the group ...

A student in Erwin High School's JROTC program wore a Confederate uniform during a football game ceremony on Oct. 7, bringing up issues the school has dealt with in years past. The uniform — a ...

The number of uniformed Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets walking the halls of Wake County high schools could rise in the next several years. Wake County will start a Navy National ...

Marine Sgt. Maj. John Rethage checks a Parkersburg High School Navy Junior ROTC cadet’s uniform during the unit’s annual inspection Wednesday at the PHS Memorial Field House. (Photo by Evan Bevins) ...

Graduating Executive Officer Woodward Tran at Cary HIgh School’s Naval Junior ROTC Change of Command Ceremony in Cary, N.C. on May 17, 2022. Wake County wants to expand the number of JROTC units in ...

The crisis spans services. Only the Marines and Space Force hit their intake targets. Army, Navy, and Air Force all missed their 2023 recruitment goals by a combined 41,000 personnel. The bad news ...