JROTC
High school cadets
JROTC stands for Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, a U.S. military program offered in high schools.
Students take courses in leadership, citizenship, and military customs while wearing uniforms and participating in drill exercises.
The program emphasizes discipline and character development rather than military recruitment: She joined JROTC for the scholarship opportunities.
Military academy student
- uniformIdentical throughout
- drillHole-boring device
- battalionMid-sized military unit
- platoonSmall infantry formation
squad · company · regiment · brigade · rank · ribbon · ceremony · inspection
Educational program's content plan
- instructionGuidance for action
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- courseworkStudent academic tasks
- studyDeliberate learning effort
classroom · syllabus · academics · citizenship · history · civics · physical fitness · first aid
Ability to restrain impulses
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- punctualityBeing on time
- conductManner of behaving
rules · composure · duty · responsibility · rigor · decorum · standards · bearing
Upper secondary institution
- teenagersPeople aged thirteen to nineteen
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- cadetsMilitary students in training
- peersThose of equal status
development · identity · potential · ambition · aspirations · college preparation · career readiness · extracurricular
Authoritative instruction given
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- directionWay something faces
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
delegation · decision-making · team building · public speaking · accountability · initiative · NCO · community service
cadet
Military academy student
platoon · squad · company · regiment · brigade · rank · ribbon · ceremony · inspection · salute
curriculum
Educational program's content plan
- instructionGuidance for action
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
- courseworkStudent academic tasks
study · classroom · syllabus · academics · citizenship · history · civics · physical fitness · first aid · map reading
self-control
Ability to restrain impulses
- structureArrangement of interconnected parts
- obedienceCompliance with authority
- punctualityBeing on time
conduct · rules · composure · duty · responsibility · rigor · decorum · standards · bearing · respect
high school
Upper secondary institution
- teenagersPeople aged thirteen to nineteen
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- cadetsMilitary students in training
peers · development · identity · potential · ambition · aspirations · college preparation · career readiness · extracurricular · after-school
command
Authoritative instruction given
- mentorshipGuidance from experienced person
- directionWay something faces
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
supervision · delegation · decision-making · team building · public speaking · accountability · initiative · NCO · community service · civic responsibility
- military cadetscadets, plebes, plebe, midshipmen, ROTC
- military trainingfield manual, drill instructor, combat drills, drilling, drill weekend
- paradesparade, marching bands, parade floats, floats, parade float
- school programsAP, honors, scholarship, honors program, AP classes
- drill commandsshoulder arms, fall in, port arms, order arms, forward
- military academiesmilitary academy, Annapolis, Sandhurst, cadets, VMI
JROTCactive duty
Current military employment status
regular army · combat troops · enlisted personnel · active service · frontline troops
JROTCanti-war activism
Opposition to armed conflict
drama club · art club · poetry club · Model UN · debate team
junior, reserve, officer, officers, training, corps, juniority, reservation, reservist